Politics

As someone who has lived for 67 years with a degenerative medical condition, I am alarmed at how easily a human rights norm can be toppled.

Politics has taken on a nasty edge, and the word compromise is quickly becoming a dirty word.

The federal government is pushing its new Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) bill through Parliament before year’s end. The bill makes dying easier than living. 

While there are very very very few political issues about which Jason Kenney and I agree . . . 

Someone needs to tell a bajillion election officials who’ve taken to TV in recent days that surviving long lines, complicated counts and legal challenges is not in fact a sign of a healthy democracy

The Chinese Ambassador to Canada says that Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor (the two Michaels) are in good health and suggested that the China-Canada bi-lateral relationship could be reset