Ottawa refuses to provide cost details around a $400M defence procurement purchase, making evaluation of the deal impossible
Author Archives: Sam Forster
Sam Forster is an Edmonton-based journalist whose writing has appeared in The Spectator, the National Post, UnHerd and other outlets. He is the author of Americosis: A Nation's Dysfunction Observed from Public Transit (Sutherland House, 2024). Sam previously lived in Argentina where he wrote for The Buenos Aires Times. He holds a BA from the University of Alberta and a MA from the University of Toronto.
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Does Canada need tougher organized crime laws?
B.C.’s premier says Ottawa needs stronger tools to pursue organized crime. Experts say Canada’s bigger challenge is its existing laws
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Can Trump make Canada pay for wildfire smoke?
Trade lawyers, climate law scholars and forest ecologists on what the U.S. can — and can’t — do about smoke drifting south
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Experts raise privacy concerns after MPs rush through Bill C-22
Civil liberties advocates say Ottawa was more interested in ‘checking a box’ than getting its new policing bill right
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‘Open the floodgates’: Did Canada’s citizenship laws go too far?
Ottawa was right to expand citizenship by descent, sources say. But it should have required a substantial connection to Canada
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America at 250: In conversation with Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
Despite a difficult year in bilateral relations, the U.S. ambassador says Canadian partnership still has ‘unlimited potential’
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Should Canada re-open an embassy in Iran?
The prime minister said Canada should open its Iran embassy — a position at odds with Global Affairs Canada and critics’ concerns
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Explainer: Canada has expanded citizenship by descent. Here’s what changed
A court ruling, a new law, and a new pathway for families with Canadian ancestry to become Canadian citizens
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Does AI make the case for a UBI?
Ottawa has a plan to boost uptake of AI. Does it have a plan for workers if artificial intelligence causes their jobs to disappear?
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The death of the ‘dad book’? Not so fast
There is still a market for serious non-fiction, industry experts say. But authors now have to work harder to find their audience