I think I join all New Democrats in opposing this was and in being more than disappointed in Carney’s endorsement of it. The issue with the war, though, is not that it is ‘illegal’, it is that it is wrong. Specifically: even if the war were justified (and there is a strong argument to make…
It was just a few days ago that Canadian prime minister Mark Carney called on the world’s smaller nations to demonstrate solidarity in the face of greater hegemony being shown by the major powers. It was a solid speech, with a resonating message, and a call to action. Now we are in a position where…
Responding to McPherson’s response to Carney’s speech. Canada was never in a position to enforce the rules-based international order, and suggesting it failed because we (Canada) didn’t enforce it would be mistaken. As others have commented, the main point of Carney’s speech was to state that in many ways the rules-based international order was always…
The Conservative criticism of Mark Carney’s recently-signed agreement with China shows exactly why the Conservatives do not understand how to promote national interests in an increasingly uncertain world. “Prime Minister Carney must explain how he has gone from saying China was Canada’s ‘biggest security threat’ before the election to announcing a ‘strategic partnership’ with Beijing…
I’m not going to pretend that Venezuela was any kind of socialist paradise. I had the opportunity to visit a number of years ago and saw first-hand the crime, poverty and inequality that argues that it wasn’t. All this despite its wealth. As always when I visit other lands, though, I found the people incredibly…
I’m going to admit that Donald Trump’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy today made me angry. It seems apparent that Zelenskyy was intended to simply take whatever Trump was offering – which would have essentially been to sell out all Ukraine’s minerals – and be thankful for the opportunity. Or, maybe, it was intended that there…
I watched a lovely bit of propaganda from Russian television on prime recently, the first two seasons of Ekaterina, the story of Catherine the Great, who ruled Russia in the mid 1700s. Though the second season paled in comparison with the first, it was still entertaining, and I’m looking forward to more. And I don’t…