13 h. ago Chris Selley: Quebec declares de facto independence. Will Ottawa care?

A proposed new provincial constitution does things provinces can't do — except Quebec has already done them

Economics

16 h. ago FIRST READING: Canadians don’t care about Palestine as much as Ottawa seems to think they do

Two polls show widespread disinterest and misconceptions about the conflict

Transport

33 h. ago Chris Selley: ‘Birthright citizenship’ is an outdated concept

Arguments against ending it are based almost entirely on lazy economics, hypotheticals, or (especially recently) knee-jerk anti-Americanism

Economics

3 d. ago Chris Selley: Canada is well within its rights to ban Kneecap (but it shouldn’t)

Denying entry to the anti-Israel rappers can only bolster the case for limits on free speech

Economics

3 d. ago City of Ottawa considering new strategies to recruit doctors

Ottawa has a shortage of approximately 270 practising primary family-care providers, a number that is likely to grow with retirements.

Science

5 d. ago Chris Selley: Speech bans are not the path to truth and reconciliation

Truth is a defence against 'hate speech', whether activists like it or not

Economics

7 d. ago Chris Selley: Education reform is change Ontario can believe in

School choice is seen as a third rail — but no one has tested the voltage in years

Society

9 d. ago Chris Selley: If there’s a ‘bunch of yahoos’ in Ontario politics, it’s certainly not Project Ontario

The group is best thought of as conservatives alarmed by some of Ontario’s fundamentals and uninterested in being in power for its own sake

Politics

1 week ago Chris Selley: Ostrich politics are a worrying sign of where our political heads are situated

Even amidst existential crises, Canadian politics is too often obsessed with peripheral issues

Politics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: We’re not going to get euthanasia right, but we could try harder to

The answer to an unsolvable ethical dilemma isn’t always ‘do your best and hope you were right’

Economics

2 w. ago Le débat constitutionnel est lancé au procès de Gilbert Rozon

L’ex-magnat de l’humour veut que deux récents articles du Code civil du Québec soient déclarés invalides.

Politics

2 w. ago Espoir pour des personnes invalides qui se battent pour leurs prestations de retraite

Québec a porté en appel un jugement qui a déclaré «discriminatoire» une pénalité imposée aux retraités invalides.

Other

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Carney missed a golden opportunity to ditch the Liberals’ gun buyback

The public safety minister thinks it's a mess. For once, at least, he's right

Economics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Carney missed a golden opportunity to ditch the Liberals’ gun buy

The public safety minister thinks it's a mess. For once, at least, he's right

Economics

2 w. ago Health advocates call on Liberals to keep pharmacare promise ahead of budget

OTTAWA — Health care advocates say they’re worried the Liberal government will backtrack on its promise to create a universal, single-payer pharmacare program. Frederique Chabot, executive director of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, said conversations with government officials lead her to believe Ottawa is “seriously considering” a different approach that would instead provide […]

Science

2 w. ago Chris Selley: A constitutional crisis? Sure, why not? We’ve got nothing else going on

The government's intervention on the notwithstanding clause is both ill-conceived and ill-timed

Economics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: On ‘hate speech’, Trump’s attorney general sounds downright Canadian

The standard for hate speech is high in Canada and we should all appreciate the careful balance we've struck with it

Economics

3 w. ago Ce n’est pas une déclaration de guerre, assure Jean Boulet aux syndicats

François Legault lui a demandé lors du remaniement d’avoir «le courage de moderniser le régime syndical».

Other

3 w. ago Montreal man who attacked Jewish father in park not criminally responsible

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has declared that a man charged with attacking a Jewish father in a Montreal park last month is not criminally responsible. Sergio Yanes Preciado was charged with assault causing bodily harm after he attacked a 32-year-old man on Aug. 8 who was with his young children at a Montreal park. […]

Events

3 w. ago Chris Selley: If not Bonnie Crombie, then who do Ontario Liberals consider electable?

The Ontario Liberals just dumped a leader with a pretty good shot at becoming premier

Economics