Politics and its Discontents

Prime-Minister-For-A-Day Kim Campbell is probably best remembered for saying, “An election is no time to discuss serious issues.” She migh...

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? - W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming The man pict...

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland continues to treat the Canadian public as children, revealing nothing as to what our country'...

Recently, my newspaper of record, The Toronto Star, wrote what I felt was an uncritical endorsement of CETA. The part that especially dis...

While it is disappointing to see that Wallonia has dropped its opposition to the CETA deal, thus paving the way for signing and ultimate r...

While it looks, unfortunately, like the Belgian opposition to CETA is dissolving , it is perhaps instructive to understand the core of Wal...

In response to yesterday's post about free trade, John B. provided a detailed commentary that derves a separate posting. Below is wha...

While it is beginning to look like International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland's departure from CETA negotiations was more of a ploy ...

A recent post I wrote contrasted the apparent indifference/ignorance of Canadians toward CETA with the furious involvement of the Europea...

While Canadians by and large seem content to sleep through the entire CETA negotiations, uttering nary an objection to a deal that will seve...

A very brief video , but a very important message about the dangers of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism that is a central par...

Recently, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a woman I much admire, released a five-minute video that takes aim at the Trans Pacific Partnership...