One of the cornerstones of any liberal democracy is a judiciary that is independent, fair, and free from bias. Unfortunately, judges are human beings and […]
Tag: Justin Trudeau
A Pointless Battle: The Canada Summer Jobs Program and Andrew Scheer’s Crusade Against Abortion
It must be said that there is no issue more personal than that regarding our health care and family planning choices. It must also be […]
An Incomplete Attempt to Finally Fulfill an Election Promise: An Analysis of the Federal Cannabis Legalization Law
On April 13, 2017 our parliament began its first reading of Bill C-45, The Cannabis Act. Recently this bill was passed in the House of […]
Meanwhile in Canada: Promoting Militarism as an Anti-Trump Move
Last week, while everyone was busy looking at that nice picture of Obama and Trudeau amiably chatting it up in Little Burgundy, the government dropped […]
Deflecting Scandal with Identity Politics: Why Couillard is Reopening the Constitutional Debate in Canada
On June 1st, 2017, Premier Philippe Couillard announced that the time has come to reopen the constitutional debate in Quebec. The response across much of […]
Handshakes and Falling in Line: The Two Trudeaus Meet Trump
Justin Trudeau was a man on a mission Monday. Canada’s global golden boy came to Washington ready to go head to head with Donald Trump, […]
The Beauty, the Beast and the Trade Agreement: A Closer Look at NAFTA and Canada/US Relations
Yesterday marked a historic occasion. It wasn’t just the meeting of the Canadian Prime Minister and the American President, those things happen all the time. […]
2016 Year-in-Review: News
When you look back on 2016, you may think of all the greats we lost like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and, most recently, Carrie Fisher […]
Is Justin Trudeau’s Progressive Honeymoon Over?
It happened. Justin Trudeau has gone from the Selfie Prime Minister to the Photobombing PM. At least that’s what it seemed like yesterday. He was speaking […]
FTB Podcast #32 : Québec NDP, New Leaders for Projet Montréal and the PQ and Trump
This podcast features panelists Mirna Djukic and Jimmy Zoubris discussing the new NDP back in Québec , Projet Montréal looking for a new leader, Trump’s latest remarks regarding […]