This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Ever since that poignant morning in 2016 when Hillary Clinton took the stage in bipartisan, conciliatory purple to concede defeat to Donald Trump, I have used this space to urge people to remain calm. To remind them that America is a mature […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, June 13, 2020. Though it now seems easy to forget, we remain locked in a battle with the novel coronavirus. It has been 93 days since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic; a declaration that brought with it unprecedented restrictions on our liberties […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, June 6, 2020. In January 1909, a group of notable Americans signed their names to a statement that called for a national conference focused on the civil and political rights of Black Americans. The “Call” was signed by the likes of W.E.B. Dubois and Ida […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, May 31, 2020. When it comes to China, the Trudeau government has acted with the deference a pageboy would show a queen. As they have muddled through a long series of skirmishes, from the arbitrary and unjust kidnapping of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor to […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, May 24, 2020. Of all the inequalities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is none more glaring than the profoundly unequal effect it has had on the lives of women. The impacts are felt everywhere. Primary caregivers have been forced to balance their professional and personal […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, May 17, 2020. This week, a furor arose on a topic that feels remote to most Canadians, even more so amid the upheaval of COVID-19: the prime minister’s cottage. In the context of unprecedented layoffs, a health-care crisis and a looming recession, there are many who […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, May 10, 2020. Fingers crossed, as the peak of the pandemic fades into Ontario’s rear-view, Queen’s Park has begun to turn its attention to the perhaps even more challenging task of reopening the economy. The province, along with governments the world over, has laid out a framework […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, May 3, 2020. It’s not right, nor is it fair to compare one tragedy with another. To claim some grief more poignant than other grief. But it is equally wrong to let new grief submerge the pain and memory of grief past. As we come […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Though it was justifiably overshadowed by last weekend’s tragedy in Nova Scotia and the ongoing pandemic itself, parliamentarians this week resolved an important debate over when and how the House of Commons and its committees will convene during this state of emergency. […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Of all the things underpinning our pre-COVID19 lives that we paid little mind to, supply chains would have been at the top of the list. And for good reason. Parts were seamlessly delivered on a just-in-time basis to our factories. Shops were […]