Why Canada should back Antarctica North
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comCanada just assumed the chair of the Arctic Council. Predictably, the Harper government grabbed the gavel and announced that its priority will be to open up the vast... FULL STORY
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And the sure losers? Pollsters, pundits, NDP
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Friday, May 17, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comThey used to be called ''ten-second Socreds,'' and they reappeared en masse to help swing the B.C. election.The Social Credit Party once governed B.C. seemingly forever... FULL STORY
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Aboriginal education vexes Martin, Canada
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comFormer prime minister Paul Martin could have put up his feet after leaving political life, but relaxation is not part of his DNA.Mr. Martin didn't need money, so he embarked... FULL STORY
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We all pay for the government's hockey ads
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Saturday, May 11, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comIt's Stanley Cup playoffs time again, which means hockey, yes, but also another barrage of Conservative Party advertising - oops, that should be ''Government of Canada... FULL STORY
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Bitumen needed statesmen, not salesmen
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Friday, May 10, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comProponents of bitumen oil see a sea of troubles, or at least choppy waters, almost everywhere.An eventual west-east line to Quebec and New Brunswick looks promising.... FULL STORY
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Watching B.C., business might bide its time
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comThe search for votes sometimes makes politicians do funny things during election campaigns, as we are witnessing in British Columbia.Before the campaign, with his party... FULL STORY
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Would it hurt our PMs to respect each other?
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Saturday, May 4, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comTwo recent events, properly understood, reveal in one sense how uncivilized Canadian politics remains.In Texas, a dedication/opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential... FULL STORY
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The debt burden that keeps on growing
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Friday, May 3, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comQuick now: What will be the fastest-rising cost for the Ontario government in the next three years?Health care? K-12 education? Postsecondary education? Justice? Community... FULL STORY
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The best terror defences are risk assessment, intelligence
The vast panoply of air security stands in obvious contrast to the complete lack of security in countless other Canadian venues and transportation modes
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comSince 9/11, terror and planes have been etched in the mind.The scenes were so ghastly in their horror, the destruction so massive, the deadly daring of the attacks so... FULL STORY
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How low can the Harper Conservatives go?
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Saturday, April 27, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comJust when you thought the Harper Conservatives could stoop no lower with their attack ads against Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, they discovered something even more base... FULL STORY
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Getting closer to a cure for what ails health care
Jeffrey Simpson, winner of last night's Donner Prize for best public policy book, provides his prescription
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Friday, April 26, 2013
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-- Those who govern and operate Canada's health-care system are finally facing facts. Myths are being banished. Reality is replacing rhetoric. Reforms, long discussed, are beginning to occur. Many... FULL STORY
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When a great Canadian non-event unfolded in London
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comThose very long in the tooth, who happened to be living in London in the early 1980s, remember Margaret Thatcher, laid to rest this week, and how she handled one of the... FULL STORY
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So many promises, so little money
If governments and their citizens ever sit down to have an adult conversation about taxes, they'll come to the conclusion that someone has to pay for roads and health care and ...
By JEFFREY SIMPSON
Friday, April 19, 2013
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-- jsimpson@globeandmail.comB.C. Premier Christy Clark opens her re-election campaign by promising to freeze personal income taxes and the carbon tax for five years. New Liberal Party Leader Justin... FULL STORY
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