Christine Sismondo

Opinion: As Doug Ford becomes the Ontario PCs’ leader, a spate of American populism imported into the province in the 1890s offers lessons for the present

As Donald Trump threatens tariffs on steel and aluminum, policymakers should look to history and take heed of the Smoot-Hawley Act’s cautionary tale

Canada and America may argue over who was the first to hold a harvest festival, but both countries’ approaches to the national holiday are similar

Though it’s fashionable to complain about it now, the province’s liquor control regime has come a long way from its Prohibitionist past

Canada is not immune to hate, and a look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan’s expansion efforts proves it

Canada has long been home to hate groups—and two moments, in 1938 and 1965, show us how best to handle today’s strain

Canadian history—from JFK and Diefenbaker, to the last ’Trudeau Doctrine’—is littered with foreign-policy differences with the U.S.

As Toronto Pride asks police not to participate in this year’s parade, the fraught past—including the RCMP’s ’fruit machine’—offers cautionary lessons

On ’Janey Canuck,’ and what history tells us about dealing with the opioid crisis plaguing places like British Columbia

As trade with Canada falls under Trump’s angry, roving eye, a look back at a U.S. trade deal that helped lead to Confederation