Redirecting even a fraction of the F-35 budget toward humanitarian response wouldn’t weaken Canada’s defence, it would redefine and strengthen it for the threats we actually face. By shifting focus from outdated notions of warfare to the urgent realities of today, Canada has a chance to lead the world in a new era of security—one rooted in resilience, readiness, and compassion.

Western support for Israel during its war with Iran and continued assault on Gaza reveals deep double standards in applying international law. Despite rising global protests and civilian casualties, leaders still back Israel while silencing dissent. The situation points to a broader crisis of legitimacy and the erosion of democratic norms across the West.

Zionism is the underlying ideology that is heaping unfathomable misery upon Palestinians. For this reason, Zionist organizations should not play a role in shaping public policy in Manitoba. For Zionist ideology to maintain influence in Canada, voices supporting Palestine are often silenced, frequently through accusations of antisemitism.

Formed in 2019, Juventudes Revolucionarias (JR, or JR-16) is a socialist organization made up of young Panamanian revolutionaries. They have organized against undemocratic constitutional reforms, Canadian mining companies, and US imperialism. Now, they are engaged in resistance against the US-backed government of José Raúl Mulino.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is presenting himself as a politician who has a vision of a new, more prosperous and sovereign Canada. Yet, whatever he and his government have in mind, writes Harry Glasbeek, they certainly do not want the working class to make too many gains or to have much of a say in what kind of a society we might become.

Canada could be an educational superpower. Taking advantage of the brain-drain from the US, we could recruit the best and brightest to fill our labs, faculty lounges, and classrooms. By leading the world in research, we could build back up some credibility and soft power on the world stage. But we need to fix our own long-neglected system first.

A long-standing maxim in the newspaper business holds that the longer you spend as a journalist, the more jaded and cynical you become. As a high-profile columnist for national newspapers since 1985, most recently for the Globe and Mail, Andrew Coyne may have succumbed to this syndrome, judging by his new book The Crisis of Canadian Democracy.

In Global Battlefields, Walden Bello’s analytical rigor illuminates the trials that he and his allies confront. He notes that the new normal is polycrisis: an intersection of climate change, unrelenting capitalist expansion, increasing inequality between and within states, and the perpetual drive to imperial violence.

Carney became prime minister on the backs of progressive voters desperate to stop a Trump–Poilievre axis from sweeping North America. But so far, his policies have served mainly to placate Trump and validate Poilievre. He’s already signalling broken promises, hinting that his dramatic increase in military spending may require deeper cuts than voters ever endorsed.

Digital services taxes have long been a target of the US tech industry. As multinational tech giants grow dominant in markets around the world, governments have introduced these taxes to address a glaring issue: despite generating substantial revenues abroad, these companies often pay minimal tax by shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions.