Views from the Beltline

A message that dropped into my in-basket this week provided one of those moments that buoys your hope for humanity. And it was a political…

Amid the doom and gloom on the climate change front, we are occasionally treated to some good news. That was the case this week with…

It doesn’t seem that long ago that the U.S. and Canadian governments were assuring us that free trade would be the answer to everything from…

If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it's polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization.…

The decision of Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel has caused predictable…

Joe Biden is my kind of leader—bright, compassionate, experienced and, of no small importance, he lead’s by consensus. I think he’s one of the better…

Some French lawmakers are pursing a goal that needs to be more widespread. They are seeking to cap pay for corporate executives at 20 times…

Shortly after becoming premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith expressed her intention to pardon violators of health restrictions. (She referred to the Covid unvaccinated as the…

Much is heard these days about Canadian history and the truth, particularly regarding the fortunes, or misfortunes, of the Indigenous population. The narrative has been…

Meat. Steak and hamburgers. Who would have thought a diet staple would become such a controversial subject? Conservatives, as is their wont, have dragged the…

Employers in the American South have long had a thing about cheap labour. In fact, for the first 90 years of the country’s history they…

Now about my tax dollars. Finance Minister Freeland tabled her 2024 budget Tuesday and, by and large, I approve. The signs are about right: the…