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Feds cite ‘immediate and present-day harm’ to U.S. ties as court orders release of some Nazi resettlement records  
BY Neil Moss - September 9, 2026
'A bald statement of ongoing ‘tensions’ between Canada and the United States is not a sufficient basis to refuse disclosure of very specific information,' the Federal Court ruled. Read full story
Opinion
Anglophones on the sidelines in the Quebec election
BY Andrew Caddell - September 9, 2026
Along with a lack of bilingual voter information cards, there will be three French leaders’ debates, even though non-francophones have specific concerns related to language, health, education, and government services. Read full story
Opinion
As wildfires rage, online conspiracies are adding fuel to the flames
BY Ricardo Grinspun,Samantha Green - September 7, 2026
Governments can no longer treat disinformation as an unavoidable feature of the internet, and must do more to address it through safer design of online platforms. Read full story
Opinion
After the failure of trade talks, Canada has to push forward and build
BY Jay Khosla,Yiota Kokkinos - September 7, 2026
Global investors are coming to Toronto this month for the Canada Investment Summit. The federal government must be ready to show them—and Canadians—the projects, partnerships, and an execution plan that can turn interest into investment. Read full story
Opinion
Build, Canada, build. And do it now.
BY David Crane - September 7, 2026
We need a strong determination to build and support Canadian entrepreneurs and projects in pursuit of digital sovereignty, including support for quantum computing and application projects for AI. Read full story
Opinion
Forward-looking Canadian energy policy needed against President Trump’s authoritarian moves
BY Shawn McCarthy - September 7, 2026
Canada should look to diversify export markets, and also aggressively pursue the energy transition as the U.S. president preaches continued reliance on hemispheric reserves of carbon-intensive fossil fuels. Read full story
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Broken telephone: Conservative MP Andrew Lawton takes poor cell coverage into his own hands
BY Davis Legree - September 3, 2026
The rookie MP has launched the Cellular Connectivity Project, a crowd-sourced initiative designed to identify cellular dead zones and build a more reliable coverage map. Read full story
Opinion
A university student’s cautionary note on AI in classrooms
BY Aliyah Daya - September 2, 2026
We cannot allow a whole generation of Canadians to be treated as collateral in the pursuit of national ‘productivity gains.’ Read full story
Opinion
Telescopes, war, and civilization
BY Gwynne Dyer - August 31, 2026
Perhaps we are now encountering the Great Filter, the notion that intelligent civilizations may emerge on many planets in a universe, but that most of them are too weighed down by the baggage of their past to adapt to their new circumstances. Read full story
Opinion
With the end of trade talks, it’s time to talk about the digital services tax
BY Sheila Copps - August 31, 2026
The cancellation of the tax was originally a concession to the U.S., with Ottawa promising to protect Canadian content through government funding. But those dollars would be taxpayer money, and their future uncertain depending on budgetary needs. Read full story