Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez has “opened the door” by establishing an office dedicated to strengthening Canada’s supply chain, but success will depend on understanding that the challenges are broader than the movement of goods, says the president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada. “Transportation is only one piece of [the] supply chain. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for the [National Supply Chain] office. This is a great office. They just have to understand that supply chain is greater than just transportation,” said Martin Montanti. “The fruits of that office haven’t come forward yet, but yo ..read more

Twitter plays a “significant role in Canada’s democracy,” and the tumultuous fallout stemming from Elon Musk’s recent $44-billion acquisition of the platform highlights “the failure of governments” to regulate these platforms, says Sonja Solomun of McGill University. Solomun, who serves as deputy director of McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, said Musk’s controversial acquisition ..read more

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GIBSONS, B.C.—From my vantage point out here, retired in the boonies, it’s easy to see that most Canadians are in society-wide denial on climate.To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.Subscribe Now Only $7.67 / week for one year. Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper. Cancel anytime. Already a Subscriber?Log In ..read more

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser has new hands at the till of his communications shop, after the departure of both his press secretary and communications director this fall.To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.Subscribe Now Only $7.67 / week for one year. Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper. Cancel ..read more

LONDON, U.K.—Predictions are tough, especially about the future (as Yogi Berra once said). Moreover, the “iron laws” of economics don’t actually exist: there are too many random variables for any predictions about economic futures to be reliable. But the 30-year rule comes pretty close.To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.Subscribe Now Only $7.67 ..read more

The federal government is on a roll, ardently declaring how much it supports expanding nuclear energy. A recent example is the Oct. 26 address by Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to an international conference in Washington, D.C., on nuclear power. Wilkinson proclaimed that Canada desires to play a leadership role in nuclear energy and promote its peaceful use ..read more

OTTAWA—There is almost universal agreement that the United Kingdom’s Conservative party made a disastrous choice both for themselves and for the country when they selected Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson as the party leader. Her policy of generous unfunded tax cuts for the most affluent in a time of high and rising inflation helped ..read more

Countries from around the world are now gathering in Egypt for the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Next month, the world will gather in Montreal for the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference. Climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected global threats, and one of the most overlooked causes of each is the poor treatment of ..read more

Two days before a weeklong round of voting, Green Party leadership candidates made their case for how they would help the party recover from years of infighting, a loss of relevancy, and accusations of racism and anti-Semitism that lost the party its former leader and one of its three elected MPs. But with only one ..read more