Jeffrey Simpson

Ten years of sacrifice, no sense of victory for Canada in Afghanistan

It is to be regretted that Stephen Harper’s wisdom on ending Canadian participation did not inform his judgment – and NATO’s – at an earlier stage of the mission May 22, 2012 6:28PM EDT 0

• Harper remains firm on date for leaving Afghanistan
• Also: Heralding end to Afghan war complicated by harsh realities
• On the ground: Afghan troops complain of feeling second-best

Mike Abramsky

Who could update RIM’s status? Facebook

Selling Research In Motion to the world’s biggest social network would boost Facebook’s share price while allowing the troubled Canadian tech giant to remain part of the smartphone industry May 23, 2012 8:33AM EDT 0

• Market Blog: Time for Facebook buyer’s remorse?
• Twitter hands your data to the highest bidder, but not to you
• Bieber’s girlfriend’s Facebook page hacked, U.K. officials say

Todd Hirsch

Oil the wheels of creativity, Alberta

Only by applying all of its creativity can the province and its oil industry allay fears of a massive West Coast spill May 22, 2012 5:50PM EDT 0

• Mulcair should drop the ‘Dutch disease’ rhetoric
• Redford fumbles the oil sands file
• Gary Mason: Asking some fair questions of Tides Canada

Gillian Hewitt Smith

Immigrants aren’t the only ones with responsibilities

Canada’s long-term stability, success and peaceful cohesion depend on creating engaged and active citizens, not just on employing immigrants May 22, 2012 6:25PM EDT 0

• What would a Canada of 100 million feel like? More comfortable, better served, better defended
• Harnessing immigrant mobility means prosperity for all Canadians
• The right trade-offs bring the right immigrants

Michael Cotey Morgan

An online opportunity for Canadian universities

A national project to place the country’s university courses on the Internet would help to attract the best students from overseas while improving public life at home May 18, 2012 4:20PM EDT 0

Lawrence Martin

Time for Harper to bring out the broom?

Blunder-prone and looking anything but fresh, the Conservative cabinet is in need of a shakeup May 17, 2012 6:30PM EDT 0

Antonia Maioni

Learn French, Canada, it’s good for you

Research shows bilingualism strengthens our brains and keeps us lucid longer. A national strategy for language education would improve our health, and the country’s May 18, 2012 3:56PM EDT 0

Neil Reynolds

The misguided whip of Dalton McGuinty

In cutting the pay of the province’s doctors, Ontario’s Premier is punishing a valued and hard-working profession for his own profligacy May 17, 2012 6:31PM EDT 0

Lysiane Gagnon

The tuition protesters’ fellow travellers

Political parties, labour unions and pressure groups were determined to strike a mortal blow to the Charest government May 18, 2012 5:46PM EDT 0

• Margaret Wente: Quebec’s tuition protesters are the Greeks of Canada
• Earlier: Anti-protest legislation passes in Quebec
• Also: Charest suspends classes in response to strikes

Jim Stanford

The troubling truth about free trade

With its emphasis on free-trade agreements, the Harper government has presided over a marked decline in the value of Canada’s exports May 21, 2012 12:07AM EDT 0

Margaret Wente

Quebec’s tuition protesters are the Greeks of Canada

Caving in to pressure from the people for entitlements the state could not afford was what got Europe into trouble in the first place May 21, 2012 6:23PM EDT 0

• Earlier: Anti-protest legislation passes in Quebec
• Also: Charest suspends classes in response to strikes
• Lysiane Gagnon: Charest has failed Quebec's universities
• The tuition protesters’ fellow travellers