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China’s Thought Police Handcuff Canadian Businesses
- Analysis
- May 16, 2018
When I received Air Canada’s promotional email about a worldwide seat sale this week, I immediately checked their website to book my August trip to Taipei. To my surprise, the list of destinations had been changed to read “Taipei, China” rather than “Taipei, Taiwan.” This change is Air Canada’s reaction to directives sent in April
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Why We Need to Stop Letting Economic Crises go to Waste
- Analysis
- April 30, 2018
There’s a popular adage that we should never let a good crisis go to waste. Yet, arguably, that’s what we’ve been doing for decades now. We’ve avoided facing the genuine political challenges that economic crises present us and lost these opportunities to build a more equitable, effective society. Although we seem to have dodged the
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The Commonwealth’s Refusal to Address LGBTI Rights
- Analysis
- April 25, 2018
One of the best predictors of whether a country criminalizes homosexuality is whether it is a member of the Commonwealth. In 36 out of 53 Commonwealth countries, sexual acts in private between two consenting adults of the same sex are illegal. In most cases, the laws against homosexuality — especially male — and the ill-defined acts
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The (Vanishing?) Conspiracy Theory Part 1: Daniel Jean on the PM’s India Trip
- Analysis
- April 21, 2018
The National Security and Intelligence Adviser to the Prime Minister, Daniel Jean, made a rare appearance before a Parliamentary committee on April 16. Such visits are usually sparked by scandal and controversy, and Jean’s appearance was no different. On the last occasion when a National Security Adviser ventured onto Parliament Hill, in 2014, it was
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