Commentary

To those who shared the view that Justin Trudeau was all froth and selfie symbolism – a please-everyone politician and a leader of substantial non-substance – you must admit that last week our fearless leader put on the Big Boy Pants.

With a Donald Trump-led America set to abdicate its global leadership on the free trade front, challenges for corporate Canada will increase. But so will opportunities.

The election of Donald Trump could offer Canada a rare opportunity to reverse the southward brain drain of tech and other high-demand workers and to better compete for international talent entering our universities.

Aside from all the other issues bubbling in the media mix, what do pipeline expansions mean to Canada’s need to cut emissions 80% below 2005 levels by 2050 to meet the Paris agreement targets (the latest target, just released by Environment and Clima

I spent the night of November 17 sleeping outdoors in Vancouver with about 50 others to raise money for Covenant House to help the nearly 700 youth on our streets find a better path.

Dealing with difficult fiscal constraints and respecting our laws requires more than just the rule of law. It takes negotiation and a keen sense of economic reality. Our democracy is thankfully governed by the rule of law.

The ravaging fires last year in Fort McMurray devastated a community, affected our economy and united us in our resolve to address the personal toll.

Many of us went to bed in the early hours of November 9 assuming that the United States presidential election had been another “blown call” for pollsters.

Major decisions about how Canada’s health-care system operates could be decided by our courts - not democratically elected parliamentarians. A Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge is underway in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

A few years ago, Unilever launched The Campaign for Real Beauty in support of its Dove Beauty Bar. The campaign highlighted an important social problem: the artificial, stylized image of beauty to which women were expected to conform.