The government should take a similar approach to regulating social media as it does to substances like alcohol and cannabis: age-gate them
Category: Commentary
Posted inCommentary
Antisemitism in Canada no longer feels like ancient history
I grew up hearing about and experiencing baseline levels of antisemitism in Canada. But now, it feels blatant and threatening
Posted inCoffee with Canadians
Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve: ‘I wanted to be controversial’
Lt.-Gen. Maisonneuve on the speech that got him cancelled, how he got invited to speak at the CPC Convention and what Trudeau should explain to Canadians
Posted inCoffee with Canadians
Dr. Alika Lafontaine, on his CMA presidency ‘sprint’
‘There’s an adage in heath care: You can have things fast, you can have them less expensive or you can have them high-quality, and you can only choose two.’
Posted inEnergy & Environment
The ‘missing middle’ in Canada’s critical minerals strategy
Governments have thrown billions at upstream and downstream mining and manufacturing, while mid-stream processing of critical minerals is overlooked
Posted inCommentary
Letter to the Editor regarding the Online News Act
It is not clear whether Ottawa has the constitutional authority to pass the Online News Act
Posted inCommentary
An open letter to the new Heritage Minister
The Online News Act raises profound questions about the kind of country Canada is and the kinds of companies it is committed to helping
Posted inSecurity
‘I had all that training I never used’
Canadian Affairs speaks with Canadian Armed Forces veteran Stephan Adams about his experience volunteering as a fighter in Ukraine
Posted inThe Interview
Q&A with residents of a homeless encampment
Canadian Affairs visited one of Toronto’s homeless encampments to find out what pushed some residents to the margins of society
Posted inCommentary
Why I’m launching Canadian Affairs
Bill C-18 and market consolidation won’t solve the news industry’s woes. What will is subscriber-focused journalism. Enter Canadian Affairs