Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada. It is a profoundly damaging crime - an affront against the most inviolable core aspects of human dignity. Unfortunately, Canada, and Ontario in particular, see very high rates of this degrading practice, which fuels organized

Fen Osler Hampson and Tim Sargent (Tim Sargent): Time, inflation, and markets are on Canada’s side in Trump’s tariff wars FREE 3-month Hub subscription: thehub.ca/free-trial/ Full article here: thehub.ca/2025/02/24/fen…

My latest for Macdonald-Laurier Institute

As my wife and I leave Canada, we wanted to send our most heartfelt thanks to all those who turned out to offer their support on this, my first visit as Sovereign. It was the warmest of welcomes - and the fondest of returns to a land and a people we love. Until the next time,

Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley tells CBC News why MLI is “always talking about the Grand Bargain strategy” when it comes to dealing with United States President Donald Trump. “We need to be able to broaden these discussions beyond trade so that we can have cards to play

Domestic Policy Director Tim Sargent joins Canadian Global Affairs Institute to explore the potential risks & benefits of a Canada-EU security partnership and what it entails for our national sovereignty:

.Tim Sargent, Richard Shimooka & Jamie Tronnes call for a deal that settles long-standing #US-#Canada disputes—and raises the cost of backing out— to secure North American #prosperity & #security - Explore the full analysis in CNAPS' Grand Bargain report 👇 cnaps.org/the-grand-barg…

Varcoe: Carney government needs 'quick wins' from energy projects and to address internal challenges on Bill C-5, says new report calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

Canada’s renewed focus on Arctic security has led to lots of comparisons with Russia’s Arctic posture - usually to Canada’s disadvantage. But these comparisons tend to ignore some key realities. I want to break some of that down. 🧵

Tim Sargent (Tim Sargent): There’s no Canada-U.S. trade deal—and that’s a good thing. thehub.ca/2025/08/01/tim…

"American consumers will pay the costs of this disruption w/ significantly higher prices while Canadian consumers would end up replacing US goods... Both countries would become more independent but poorer as a result." - Tim Sargent, Hampson & Weekes macdonaldlaurier.ca/thinking-the-u…

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My latest for The Hub. Ontario is dragging Canada’s economy down. The Ford government has taken some steps in the right direction but much more needs to be done. thehub.ca/2025/08/29/tim…

This is exactly right. SR&ED is well known to be both burdensome and poorly targetted. We can do better.

“ It doesn't have to be like this All we need to do is make sure we keep talking “ Pink Floyd - Keep Talking (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited) youtu.be/AVzM6cS1iME?si… via YouTube

For decades, we’ve been told that freedom means throwing off restraint. But what if the sexual revolution didn’t liberate us, and instead left us lonelier, unhappier, and adrift? Our culture’s promises of autonomy and self-creation have left young people disconnected from

There's been a lot of talk about trade with Mexico over the last couple of days. Let's keep things in perspective.

Latest from me on The Hub.

Louise Perry and Andrea Mrozek on the case against the sexual revolution - ‘liberation’ has delivered broken families, fatherless homes, isolated and lonely people, and an all-time low in fertility in Canada just this year. Yet the facts are clear - marriage is the path to