Opinion

Jillian Horton: We spend much of our lives tending to the aftermath of failed social policies, afraid to engage. This is our call to speak out.

Shannon Gormley: As China decides to no longer hide behind the language of engagement and friendship, Ottawa finds itself increasingly exposed

Ed Broadbent and Brittany Andrew-Amofah: To ’build back better’ Canada will need childcare, pharmacare, a green recovery—and new measures to sustain them

Andrew MacDougall: According to Liberal logic, the only thing the government has bandwidth for is spending vast sums of money through the pandemic

Brianna Bell: We bought a house, got a dog and are splurging on groceries. In these stressful pandemic times, maybe a little debt isn’t so bad.

Shannon Proudfoot: With a modicum of creativity, trick-or-treating would be as low-risk as adults grabbing takeout. Why the lack of effort to make it happen for kids?

Adnan R. Khan: How do you convince rural Americans that the cities are not the anarchy Trump says they are? How do you convince urbanites to engage with rural fears rather than dismiss them?

Michael Coren: America was founded on religious neutrality of its governance. For religious conservatives—even judges—it’s an increasingly difficult position.

Andray Domise: It wasn’t last week’s Trump/Biden debacle, but the surreal VP debate reflected almost nothing of the world outside the debate hall

Paul Wells: There aren’t a lot of ways to politely defend the president. Enter the interrupting, truth-inverting funhouse mirror Mike Pence.