Trade War

Why Does Trump Love Tariffs?

 Donald Trump really likes tariffs. When he muses about tariffs, it sounds like he wishes that he could place tariffs on absolutely anything brought into the US from anywhere. And he might try to do so (or not). But why is he so enthusiastic about them? In his public discourses

How Pierre Poilievre Made the Conservatives Mainstream Again

 It was a passionate, factual, riveting and heartfelt speech that cut like a knife through the incomprehensible incompetence and corruption that has come to define the Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh coalition government. Member of Parliament for Thornhill, Melissa Lantsman, spoke with authority and conviction about the alarming rise of

UOttawa Professor Promotes Political Violence

 It has become clear that the radical left in Canada is as committed to violence as groups like Diagonal—the ultimate boogieman of right-wing racist violence. The main difference is that the radical left academics are in the open, and their disturbing manifestations of presence are more tolerated. The pro-Palestinian protests

Doppelganger: Who is Looking in the Mirror Now?

 By Evelyn Kaye Brooks On October 4th, the Ottawa International Writers Festival hosted an interview of Naomi Klein, to discuss her new book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.  Klein’s work and social activism over the last 25 years have made a significant contribution to the definition of ‘left’

Canada and China are both behaving arbitrarily in the Meng Wanzhou case, however the ball is in Canada’s court

 Ottawa Life Magazine has been publishing a Canada-China Series since 2013. The series focuses on bi-lateral interests, business affairs, people-to-people relations, Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora in Canada. Since 2018 there has been tension in the Canada Chinese political relationship. Ottawa Life Magazine has continued and will continue to publish

To Impeach or not to teach?

 By Howard Adelman One of the interesting items to note about the whole affair of Donald Trump and the storming of the Capitol is that impeachment was not really a question for almost all the legislators. Virtually all Democrats knew what they wanted to do. A small group of Republicans,

America, we need to talk.

 Well, if that was the American election, we had it. Notwithstanding the almost inevitable chicanery and nonsense likely to occur between now and January 20th about which I’ve written previously, the fat lady has sung and Joe Biden will win the presidency by 36 Electoral College votes and 5m+ direct votes.

Wither ‘Murica

 No one who has read a word I’ve written over the course of my life will be surprised to hear that I loathe Donald Trump and everything his administration has come to represent with an abiding passion that makes Romeo and Juliet look like puppy love. The man is a

What will Canada do?

 It’s late November 2020. After declaring himself the victor on election night, it is becoming clear as the results of mail-in ballots are counted that Donald Trump has, in fact, lost the Electoral College and the election. As promised, Trump is refusing to accept those results. Rigged election. Fake news.

G20 meeting signals the end of the beginning of Covid-19

 China, Russia, UK and other countries call for the world to fight the virus together   Last Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hosted an emergency video conference summit of the world’s 20 major industrialized nations (G20). He urged them to adopt a war-time plan to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

The Alpha and Omega Man

 Each obstacle in life provides an insight into the person you truly are. With such scrutiny into what constitutes manhood in the modern age, and to the obverse, what is a failing of manhood, I find myself questioning whether my fellow gentlemen devote as much time as I do, trying

Worried about the alt-right? Be the anti-right

 One year since the violent alt-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and months since the Toronto van attack, Canadians can legitimately worry about increased political violence. The images of angry white men marching openly in Nazi regalia loom large alongside the revelation that some men are organizing groups driven by views

#WelcomeToCanada

 It is nightfall at the end of January. Bitter cold has descended on the snow-covered fields somewhere in southern Quebec. It’s the kind of cold that seeps right through your clothes and clutches at your breath. Along the dark shadows of the treeline, figures are walking. It is a family.

Trudeau standing strong as he hits back at Trump for “Totally unacceptable tariffs” and his unnecessary commentary

 Canada is standing strong against U.S. President Trump’s attack on Canadian PM Trudeau’s leadership skills and tariffs. NDP party member Tracey Ramsey emphasised the united front that is being put up by all parties in Canadian Parliament. Today I introduced a Motion in the House of Commons calling for all

Trump’s Tariff Attack on Canadian Steel and Aluminium Will Harm 38 states and Risks Millions of American Jobs

 Photo credit: Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from US Census Bureau A review of the US Census Bureau Report from late 2016 completely contradicts American President Donald Trump’s bellicose and at times false statements on the merits of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada. The US Census Bureau

Everything you need to know about Trump’s new tariffs

 Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly announced his intention to impose substantial taxes on imported steel and aluminium. Trump announced that he would add a 25% tariff on steel imports and another 10% on aluminum imports, which was all brought forward during a White House meeting with the U.S.

The US to slash UN funding by more than a quarter of a million dollars

 The Trump administration is preparing executive orders that will reduce the US’s role in the United Nations in 2018. US Ambassador Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative to the UN, has officially announced the quarter of a million-dollar cut to the UN’s annual budget. The negotiated $285 million reduction for the

Their Time is Up

 You’ve probably heard that Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 2018 Golden Globes and gave one of the most powerful speeches of 2018. In the weeks following the Award Show, her speech became the waving flag of the #TimesUp and #MeToo campaign: at the Golden Globes,

Canadian Identity in the Shadow of ‘Trumpism’

 We’ve all been a part of that inevitable dinner table conversation: politics -- the awkward social divider that many a hostess would wish to avoid. Polite chatter turns to angry fist-pounding, and newly formed connections are promptly ended when political opinions clash. Since November 2016 and the election of Donald

The Hawaiian Missile Crisis: A Failure of Emergency Preparedness

 By Matthew Fisher January 13, 2018 – Honolulu, Hawaii I was at Honolulu International Airport – next to Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base – on Saturday morning, when a loud electronic alarm sounded on my cellphone and the screen filled with this message: “EMERGENCY ALERT. Ballistic missile threat

A Hopeful Approach From China

 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the 19th CPC National Congress in October was startling in one respect. He presented the idea of building a community of a shared future for mankind. It was a heartening and hopeful narrative coming from the leader of a great superpower and leader of

Of Parrots and Men: Q&A with Comedian Gilbert Gottfried

 Who goes to a Gilbert Gottfried show in 2017? Well, according to the controversial comic himself, people who don’t know any better! Former SNL cast member, Microwave Hot Bites salesman, comedian, reality show star, actor, parrot, duck, husband, dad and podcaster, the quick-witted funnyman has been all of the above. Now,

The Archduke Game

 My PhD supervisor was an elegant Hungarian who had grown up in the wreckage of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He completed his advanced studies by the late 1940s and fled Hungary during the revolution. Arriving in Canada in 1957, he joined the faculty at Toronto. He was a terrific mentor and

Chick-start Our Hearts!

 Photos by Renée Boucher Doiron A chorus of boos rains over Natalie Maines. She takes one step back, looks over the vocal Ottawa crowd, and smiles wide. This is just music to her ears. Her band mates Emily Robison and Martie Maguire stand beside Maines grinning. They’ve been here before and

How Trump Will Save the World

 When someone asked me about my Oscar predictions last month, I said that Moonlight should win, but honestly didn’t think it would. I didn’t think a movie not only made by African Americans but with a narrative so exclusively about the African American experience could ever win in the new