Is the golden age over for Jews in Canada?
Why Mark Carney’s speech was woefully short Is the golden age for Jews over? Last month, historian Simon Sebag Montefiore was being interviewed by Israel’s prominent journalist, Haviv Rettig Gur, about the state of British Jewry. Two U.K. Jews were murdered and three injured at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on the Day of Atonement last year. Hate […]
Parliamentary sovereignty is not a “nuclear option”: Why the Notwithstanding Clause can save Canadian democracy—and the Constitution
These days, Canada’s Notwithstanding Clause is the legal-political equivalent of a hot potato. Depending on whom you ask, it’s either a “nuclear option” that could lead to the “future downfall of our nation” or a constitutional counter against “judicial autocracy” that will save our parliamentary democracy. Intended as a protection against judicial overreach by the courts, its future is now, ironically, being decided by the […]
Riding sizes in House of Commons should reflect current population realities
Ontario, B.C., and Alberta are massively disadvantaged. Rebalancing would increase electoral fairness on the House floor Canada in 2026 is obviously not the Canada of 1867. At Confederation, Canada’s population was nearing 3.5 million. As of 2026, it’s almost 42 million. In 1867, there was no Alberta, no Manitoba, no Saskatchewan, and 80 per cent of Canadians lived in […]
It’s 2026, not 1867: A 21st-century review of population and representation in the House of Commons and Senate
Foreword by the Hon. Gordon Campbell In 1867, Canada was birthed into a world of potentially chaotic change. Alaska, just acquired by the United States, created a new threat to the north. The U.S. Civil war was over but the massive Union Army that successfully fought it was still intact. President Ulysses S. Grant mused […]
