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It's Time For Canada To Get A Gripen Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In Canada, we are reconsidering our pl...

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In Canada, we are reconsidering our plan to do the same, and with good reason. ...

Epstein's Legacy: Trump to Vance, Poilievre to Jivani? Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about to follow suit, and the...

Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about to follow suit, and there are serious implications for Canada. ...

The Time Element Of Fermi's Paradox Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't want to stick around.

Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't want to stick around. ...

Floor Crossing Is Part Of Democracy Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for them, floor-c...

Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for them, floor-crossing is a strength, not a weakness, of Canada’s democracy.

One of the most famous floor cross...

Former Liberal MP David Graham gestures as he speaks with first-year political science students at the University of Alberta on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

I'd like to express my gratitude to ex-Liberal MP David Graham (@daviddbgraham.bsky.social), who regaled my first-year UAlberta poli sci students with tales from his term in office as well as thoughtfully answered their questions about current events and the future of Canada, U.S., and the world.

Unchecked Capitalism's Inevitable Conclusion While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road t...

While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road toward an even greater cataclysm that we need to get ahead of.

On Thursday, Tesla’s board, fearin...

Poilievre Needs An Election Canada does not need a second 2025 election, but Pierre Poilievre desperately needs his third kick at the can this year.

Canada does not need a second 2025 election, but Pierre Poilievre desperately needs his third kick at the can this year. And he needs to make it Mark Carney’s fault, which will be a tougher sell after yesterday.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first federal budget is bringing home...

Dry Humour at the End of Empire How to Gift a Burial Crown and Call It Respect

With the United States government now shut down for a full month while Republicans take away food assistance and medicare from vast swaths of the American population, Donald Trump has a new distraction: nuclear weapons testing.

Through the noise, you may have missed the announcement that the Uni...

Keep The Ballroom Donald Trump’s tax breaks to Americans add up to about $1 trillion per quarter, and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest. It is no surprise, then, that the wealthiest are thanking him with relatively...

Donald Trump’s tax breaks to Americans add up to about $1 trillion per quarter, and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest. It is no surprise, then, that the wealthiest are thanking him with relatively modest contributions to the new White House ballroom. There are numerous calls for the next pres...

Doug Ford's Long Game Doug Ford is playing a long game.

Doug Ford is playing a long game. He has, in the past, openly supported Donald Trump and, as with so many, discovered that the Leopards Eating Faces Party will eventually come for your face too. For him, though, there is opportunity to become a leopard.

Ford has been positioning himself as a kin...

America's Constitutional Monarchy Last weekend’s massive NO KINGS protest across the United States with shadow protests in several other countries is a funny one for us Canadians.

Last weekend’s massive NO KINGS protest across the United States with shadow protests in several other countries is a funny one for us Canadians. We have a King, after all. A real hereditary king who adorns our money and in whose name all of our official documentation exists, from laws to corpora...

Poilievre's Descpicable Attack On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks af...

On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks after the indictment of former FBI director James Comey south of...
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The Nobel Peace Prize's Big Miss Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the more I learn about her, the more I realise Trump actually won this round. ...

Canada Dodged A Bullet In April This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on April 28th.

This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on April 28th. ...

Again With The 51st State Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there n...

Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there next to him. ...

How Will It End? Being a Canadian today feels an awful lot like being in Austria in the mid 1930s, in the years leading up to Anschluss. After watching last night’s performance by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump at Mari...

Being a Canadian today feels an awful lot like being in Austria in the mid 1930s, in the years leading up to Anschluss. After watching last night’s performance by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump at Marine base Quantico, I am left wondering how this absurdity will... www.davidgraham.ca/p/how-will-i...

Progressives Lack Ambition The root cause of the social dysfunction allowing the rise of authoritarian leaders is a fundamental lack of progressive ambition.

The root cause of the social dysfunction allowing the rise of authoritarian leaders is a fundamental lack of progressive ambition. ...

They're Disappearing Them Somewhere around 1000 detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz have disappeared.

Somewhere around 1000 detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz have disappeared. ...

Consequences Are Possible For Coups In the year leading up to his bid for re-election, the president sought to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the voting machines and voting system throughout his country.

In the year leading up to his bid for re-election, the president sought to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the voting machines and voting system throughout his country. Following his defeat, he planned a coup and his supporters attacked and ransacked the country’s national legislature. Now he ...

Why We Need A Strong Military Poland invoked NATO Article 4 last week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace forcing a defensive military response. On the weekend, Romania reported a Russian drone violating their airspace, a...

Poland invoked NATO Article 4 last week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace forcing a defensive military response. On the weekend, Romania reported a Russian drone violating their airspace, as well. As a member of NATO, Canada enjoys joint protection, but also shares in joint responsibil...

Rhetoric And Assassination This week’s political assassination in the United States was not the year’s first, and the difference in reaction among right wing leaders is terrifyingly stark.

This week’s political assassination in the United States was not the year’s first, and the difference in reaction among right wing leaders is terrifyingly stark. ...

The Department Of War Last week, the United States Navy attacked a Venezuelan vessel in international waters, killing everyone on board under flimsy legal pretext. Like the January 6 pardons and the deployment of the Natio...

Last week, the United States Navy attacked a Venezuelan vessel in international waters, killing everyone on board under flimsy legal pretext. Like the January 6 pardons and the deployment of the National Guard on American streets, the purpose of the shooting was not so much to intimidate drug car...

Project 2025 Invited To... Cabinet? This week, we learned that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team invited Heritage Foundation president and Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts to speak to cabinet at a closed-door session for his insight...

This week, we learned that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team invited Heritage Foundation president and Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts to speak to cabinet at a closed-door session for his insight on “Trump’s playbook”. Roberts canceled his own appearance, to the disappointment of our leaders...

Pierre Poilievre Back To... Do Something? What does Pierre Poilievre want for Canada?

What does Pierre Poilievre want for Canada? Besides the personal prestige of being Prime Minister, he has offered no constructive ambition for the role he has fought so hard to obtain. ...

American Succession Should Trump die in office, it is not entirely clear that the 25th amendment will be followed when the rest of the constitution is already being ignored. There is, after all, another Donald J. Trump.

Should Trump die in office, it is not entirely clear that the 25th amendment will be followed when the rest of the constitution is already being ignored. There is, after all, another Donald J. Trump. ...

Fire With record-breaking forest fires burning across the country as we experience a prolonged drought in the Maritimes, it is time to post a short story I wrote a few years ago.

With record-breaking forest fires burning across the country as we experience a prolonged drought in the Maritimes, it is time to post a short story I wrote a few years ago. ...

The Right Move On Fibre Optic Internet Access Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years.

Last week, the federal government upheld a ruling by the CRTC that existing fibre optic infrastructure must be shared with resellers in much the same way as cable and phone lines have for many years. The big telecom companies are mad, and I hope we make them a whole lot madder still. It is time f...

Texas Is Why Parliamentary Privilege Exists Dustin Burrows is a name that will one day have his own chapter in the Anthology of American Fascism.

Dustin Burrows is a name that will one day have his own chapter in the Anthology of American Fascism. Burrows, the Speaker of the Texas state legislature, is the one who issued arrest warrants for Democrat representatives who left the state to prevent quorum to block the vote that would gerrymand...

Rediscovering Canada I owe a debt of gratitude to Donald Trump.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Donald Trump. His war on Canada gave me the needed impetus to bring my family to the one province we had not yet visited, when we normally would have taken our summer vacation time at least partly in the United States. ...

US Travel Advisory Required It's time for the government to issue a travel advisory warnings Canadians to avoid the United States for their own safety, not only as a means of economic protest.

It's time for the government to issue a travel advisory warnings Canadians to avoid the United States for their own safety, not only as a means of economic protest. ...