Lt.-Gen. Maisonneuve on the speech that got him cancelled, how he got invited to speak at the CPC Convention and what Trudeau should explain to Canadians
Author Archives: Lauren Heuser
Lauren Heuser founded Canadian Affairs in 2023. Her previous roles include chief strategy officer of a Paris-based news service for young people, deputy section editor at the National Post and corporate lawyer at a global law firm. Lauren holds a JD from the University of Toronto and an MBA from INSEAD. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto Fellowship in Global Journalism.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
House Speaker resigns after tribute to Nazi veteran
House Speaker Anthony Rota resigned on Tuesday after singling out for a standing ovation a Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Nazis
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Study challenges narrative that Supreme Court is more divided
While the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Wagner does exhibit higher levels of disagreement, the headline numbers don’t tell the full story
Posted inCoffee with Canadians
Dr. Alika Lafontaine, on his CMA presidency ‘sprint’
‘There’s an adage in heath care: You can have things fast, you can have them less expensive or you can have them high-quality, and you can only choose two.’
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Dispatches from the Conservatives’ policy convention
Party resolutions may have little impact on the Conservative Party’s election platform. But they can shape how the party is perceived
Posted inEconomy
Canada wildfires inflict brutal toll on tourism, other areas of economy
Canada’s wildfires have dealt a blow to British Columbia’s tourism industry and the broader economy
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Liberals’ bilingualism law narrows SCC candidate pool
Of the 48 full-time appellate judges in the West, only 5 are known to be fully bilingual — and all five have factors weighing against a SCC appointment
Posted inCommentary
An open letter to the new Heritage Minister
The Online News Act raises profound questions about the kind of country Canada is and the kinds of companies it is committed to helping
Posted inCommentary
Why I’m launching Canadian Affairs
Even as a young girl I enjoyed reading the newspaper. I loved how the newspaper provided a window into the wide world outside my small Prairie community. I found it satisfying to canvass a paper front to back — to feel like I’d seen all the stories worth knowing. I liked how, on weekends, the […]
Posted inBooks
Q&A with the authors of Valley of the Birdtail, a history of Canada
Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson’s book Valley of the Birdtail (HarperCollins, 2022) won the Dafoe Prize and the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. It was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. LH: What is Valley of the Birdtail about and why should people read it? DS: Valley is a history of Canada. The two Manitoba communities that we follow, Rossburn and Waywayseecappo, were both founded around the same time. We track family members and follow them over 150 years, right up to the present day, to show how government policy favours one population over the other. LH: Andrew, you recently said you learned absolutely nothing about Indigenous people in history class. I assume there […]