Small town Canada is dying. This is sad. But it’s not tragic.
Scott Gilmore: The truth is that Canadians live healthier, happier and longer lives in cities
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Scott Gilmore
Scott Gilmore is a former diplomat and social entrepreneur who works in (and writes about) the United States, Africa and Asia. His disclosures are many and can be found here: http://linkd.in/1DDzoKv.
Don’t take Maxime Bernier’s bait
Scott Gilmore: In the long list of problems facing Canada, multiculturalism doesn’t even make the top hundred. Let’s give Bernier’s rant a pass.
Is it time to abolish provinces?
Scott Gilmore: This middle tier of government makes no sense in an increasingly urban Canada, and its distorting effect on our politics will only get worse
Is everything getting better or worse? Yes.
Scott Gilmore: Your news feed may be an ’unrelenting fire hose of doom.’ But the bigger picture might not be so desperate.
Donald Trump’s last best friend: Vladimir Putin
Scott Gilmore: The ranks of his official friends are thinning. Increasingly its Putin giving Trump what he really craves: validation and assurance.
There is no precedent—a president sides with America’s enemies
Scott Gilmore: After Helsinki, America is in unchartered waters, facing the possibility that its president is no longer defending America
Time for a moratorium on summits: The Trump Pause?
Scott Gilmore: The U.S. president is the badly behaved guest at the international table. As long as he’s around, nothing will get done.
Trump trashing NATO isn’t important—what the alliance does next is
Scott Gilmore: Washington has dropped the ball, but Canada and the EU is capable of picking it up and making this summit a milestone in history
Will we really sacrifice the Canadian economy at the altar of the dairy industry?
Scott Gilmore: What was last week an issue of trade is now a question of patriotism in the face of Trump. But it won’t change the economic math.
The case for invading America
Scott Gilmore: The days of accepting American light beer and draft dodgers with nary a complaint are done. Canada, it’s time to fight.