Politics – Views & Research

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How Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iran were facilitated by the Russia-Ukraine war

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

How Israel’s domestic crises and Netanyahu’s aim to project power are reshaping the Middle East

Spyros A. Sofos, Simon Fraser University

Why Israel and the U.S. are sure to encounter the limits of air power in Iran

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

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Yellow barricades surround a statue of a man in front of a stone building.

Canada Day: Resurrecting John A. Macdonald statues ignores critical lessons about Canada’s history

Eric Strikwerda, Athabasca University

New Ontario law prioritizes profits over environmental and Indigenous rights

Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo, York University, Canada

A man has his eyes closed and is putting on a toque that says 'Canada is not for sale.'

Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?

Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University

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4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty

Sara Bannerman, McMaster University

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Why Canada’s Strong Borders Act is as troublesome as Donald Trump’s travel bans

Benjamin Muller, Western University

A person holds a sign reading Dear Canada, We Hate Him Too with a bridge in the background on a cloudy day.

How discussion becomes discord: Three avoidable steps on the path to polarization

Emma Lei Jing, Neoma Business School; Elizabeth Goodrick, Florida Atlantic University; Jo-Louise Huq, University of Calgary, and Trish Reay, University of Alberta

B.C.’s mental health law is on trial — and so is our commitment to human rights

Anne Levesque, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Canada’s ‘jail not bail’ trend: 4 ways to support victims

Carolyn Yule, University of Guelph; Kaitlin Humer, University of Guelph; Laura MacDiarmid, University of Guelph-Humber, and Sophia Lindstrom, University of Guelph

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Canadian international relations experts share their views on global politics and Canada’s role

Anessa L. Kimball, Université Laval

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World Refugee Day: Prolonged refugee separation is harming families — and Canada’s economy

Christina Clark-Kazak, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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The Learning Refuge: How women-led community efforts help refugees resettle in Cyprus

Suzan Ilcan, University of Waterloo and Seçil Daǧtaș, University of Waterloo

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Haiti on the brink: Gangs fill power vacuum as current solutions fail a nation in crisis

Greg Beckett, Western University

Broken bromance: What network science tells us about the Trump-Musk breakup

Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University

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The politics of blame: Accusing immigrants won’t solve Germany’s antisemitism problem

Oliver Schmidtke, University of Victoria

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Mitigating AI security threats: Why the G7 should embrace ‘federated learning’

Abbas Yazdinejad, University of Toronto and Jude Kong, University of Toronto

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France’s final nuclear tests in the South Pacific, 30 years on

Roxanne Panchasi, Simon Fraser University

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How far-right ideas in Canada are working their way into mainstream politics

Lisa Gasson-Gardner, Mount Royal University

Is strengthening the Canadian economic union another way for Ottawa to centralize power?

Alain-G. Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

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Resilient, sustainable food systems are Canada’s best defence against American tariffs

Érick Duchesne, Université Laval; Gregory Cameron, Dalhousie University; Gumataw Kifle Abebe, Dalhousie University, and Monika Korzun, St. Thomas University (Canada)

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Canada must take action to prevent climate-related migration

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Is Israel’s interception of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla legal?

Priya Gupta, McGill University and Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada

For Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, ‘reproduction is like a death sentence’

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Western University

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Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian airfields could derail Russia’s war efforts

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

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What if Alberta really did vote to separate?

Stewart Prest, University of British Columbia

The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rights

Robert Diab, Thompson Rivers University

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Why Canada needs a law that gives workers the right to govern their workplace

Tom Malleson, Western University

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Why the federal government must act cautiously on fast-tracking project approvals

Mark Winfield, York University, Canada

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Why Canada should apply labour protections to the rental housing sector

Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen's University, Ontario and Natalie Braun, York University, Canada

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Trump's Canada threats

A plaque on a brick wall says 'surrender of the Tecumseth irregulars.'

‘Pax Americana’ in Toronto: How speculative art can help us navigate threats

Pascal Michelberger, Western University

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march along a city street.

How could Canada deter an invasion? Nukes and mandatory military service

Aisha Ahmad, University of Toronto

An electronic billboard reads Tariffs are a Tax at The Gas Pumps with a Canada insignia on the bottom right.

Canadians need to use the language of freedom in fighting American annexation

Eric Van Rythoven, Carleton University

Canadian retailers are seeing a surge in domestic sales amid the ‘Buy Canadian’ movement

Melise Panetta, Wilfrid Laurier University

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As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood

Frank Deer, University of Manitoba

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Does Canada’s future lie with Europe?

Érick Duchesne, Université Laval and Mehdi Abbas, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

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Travelling to the U.S.? Here’s what you need to know about the risks and your rights

Frédéric Dimanche, Toronto Metropolitan University and Kelley A. McClinchey, Wilfrid Laurier University

Forget booing the anthem, Canada must employ strategic communications to fight Trump’s lies

Matthew Hefler, Stockholm School of Economics

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Canada a 51st state? Here’s how American annexation could actually favour Canada

Felix Arndt, University of Guelph and Barak Aharonson, University of Guelph

Protesters hold up signs at a rally, one reading: True North Strong and Peeved.

Danielle Smith’s subservient Florida trip flouts the Team Canada approach to fighting Trump

Junaid B. Jahangir, MacEwan University

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‘He’s crazy!’ Here’s what we lose when we pathologize politics

Éléonore Paré, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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When Canadian snowbirds don’t flock south, the costs are more than financial

Valorie A. Crooks, Simon Fraser University and Jeremy Snyder, Simon Fraser University

Amid U.S. threats, Canada’s national security plans must include training in non-violent resistance

Richard Sandbrook, University of Toronto

Middle-aged women hold up Elbows Up signs at a protest.

Forget booing the anthem, Canada must employ strategic communications to fight Trump’s lies

Matthew Hefler, Stockholm School of Economics

How Donald Trump’s trade war against Canada reveals tensions inherent in friendship

Jason Wang, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Canadian political news

Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

E. Richard Gold, McGill University and Cristina Vanberghen, European University Institute

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What are Canada’s governing Liberals going to do about AI?

Jake Pitre, Concordia University

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What is modern monetary theory? An economist explains how it could help Canada

Mohsen Javdani, Simon Fraser University

A man on a Segway rides past a stone building with a Canadian flag flying in front of it.

From boomers to Gen Z: How to solve the public sector succession crisis

W. Dominika Wranik, Dalhousie University; Alec Brooks, Dalhousie University, and Payton Nicol, Dalhousie University

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What the voter gender divide means for Canada’s political future

Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University

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‘Cows and plows:’ The settlement over a broken Indigenous treaty shows the urgent need for more transparent governance

Jas M. Morgan, Simon Fraser University

Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council: A collaborative approach to strengthening food systems

Charles Z. Levkoe, Lakehead University; Jill K. Clark; Johanna Wilkes, Lakehead University, and Peter Andree, Carleton University

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Why was St-Pierre-Miquelon targeted by both Donald Trump and a French politician?

Paco Milhiet, Institut catholique de Paris (ICP)

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Decades of neglect: Migrant farm worker housing needs national regulatory standards

C. Susana Caxaj, Western University; Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria; J. Adam Perry, St. Francis Xavier University, and Jill Hanley, McGill University

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‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development

Steven J Cooke, Carleton University; Christina M. Davy, Carleton University; Dalal Hanna, Carleton University, and Joseph Bennett, Carleton University

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Setbacks but signs of progress: How gender parity fared in Canada’s federal election

Gabrielle Bardall, Université Sainte-Anne

Game change Canadian election: Mark Carney leads Liberals to their fourth consecutive win

Fiona MacDonald, University of Northern British Columbia and Jeanette Ashe, King's College London

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Canada’s Conservatives, with an assist from Donald Trump, are down — but they’re far from out

Sam Routley, Western University

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A man with short-grey hair walks with men and women with the Canadian and provincial flags on either side of them.

The new Carney government must tackle Canada’s outdated system of intergovernmental relations

Jennifer Wallner, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Jörg Broschek, Wilfrid Laurier University

Mark Carney wants to make Canada an energy superpower — but what will be sacrificed for that goal?

Leah Levac, University of Guelph; Jane Stinson, Carleton University, and Leah M. Fusco, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Mark Carney’s cabinet: A course correction on gender, but there’s more work ahead

Jeanette Ashe, King's College London and Fiona MacDonald, University of Northern British Columbia

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How can Mark Carney reduce violent crime in Canada? Through prevention and youth outreach

Jeffrey Bradley, Carleton University and Irvin Waller, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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The impact of strategic voting in Canada

Terri Givens, University of British Columbia

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Ambitious changes to Canadian conservation law are needed to reverse the decline in biodiversity

Trevor Swerdfager, University of Waterloo and Derek Armitage, University of Waterloo

Growing threats faced by women candidates undermine our democracy

Inessa De Angelis, University of Toronto

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Women are steadier leaders in times of crisis, but they are still being overlooked

Ivona Hideg, York University, Canada; Tanja Hentschel, University of Amsterdam, and Winny Shen, York University, Canada

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Two-thirds of Canadians have experimented with generative AI, but most don’t understand its impacts

Anatoliy Gruzd, Toronto Metropolitan University; Anthony Clements Haines, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Philip Mai, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Editor's choice

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Why Alberta’s push for independence pales in comparison to Scotland’s in 2014

Piers Eaton, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Hockey night in Belfast: How Canada’s sport could be bridging longtime sectarian divides

Eric Lepp, University of Waterloo

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Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. Here’s why that’s a dangerous myth

Ian Urquhart, University of Alberta

The attack on public broadcasting is part of a growing threat to press freedom and democracy

Lorry-Ann Austin, Thompson Rivers University

Two men sit watching a TV screen surrounded by CBC logos that features Donald Trump reading his inauguration speech.

How Donald Trump could remain president of the United States

Pascal Lupien, Brock University

A old man with orange skin raises his arm in a salute. He wears a black jacket with a seal with the words president of the U.S.

Population explosions and declines are related to the stability of the economy and the environment

Ken G. Drouillard, University of Windsor; Claudio N. Verani, University of Windsor, and Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor

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Tax Canadian movies? Why culture has always been at the centre of trade wars

Sarah E.K. Smith, Western University

A group of people look in different directions, in the background people march, their heads replaced by magazine covers. An image of former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney is centre.

MAGA’s ‘war on empathy’ might not be original, but it is dangerous

Michael Cameron, Dalhousie University and Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square, Mount Allison University

Yale scholars’ move to Canada can prompt us to reflect on the rule of law

Jeffrey B. Meyers, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Canada's Parliament buildings seen in silhouette in the evening as snow falls.

Is Canada heading down a path that has caused the collapse of mighty civilizations in the past?

Daniel Hoyer, University of Toronto

Laudato Si’: A look back on Pope Francis’s environmental legacy

Donald Wright, University of New Brunswick

A large mural n a wall depicting a man in a white cassock wiping away smog emanating from smoke stacks to reveal a blue sky

What Canada can learn from China on effectively engaging with Africa

Isaac Odoom, Carleton University

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Women wearing scrubs and masks stand together

Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain?

Ashika Niraula, Toronto Metropolitan University and Iori Hamada

Social media influencers blur the lines between political content and campaigning, potentially affecting elections

Louise Stahl, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Elizabeth Dubois, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Michelle Bartleman

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Forgotten futures? Canada urgently needs a national discussion about young people’s futures

J-C Couture, University of Alberta and Stephen Murgatroyd, University of Alberta

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Coal in Alberta: Neither public outrage nor waning global demand seem to matter to Danielle Smith

Ian Urquhart, University of Alberta

A sign on a grassy patch next to a road reads Mountains not Mines.

Canada needs to grapple with the limits of neoliberal economics

Daniel Horen Greenford, Concordia University

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Protesters, one waving an American flag, stand face-to-face with heavily armed soldiers at the top of a staircase into a federal building.

Appeals court ruling grants Donald Trump broad powers to deploy troops to American cities

Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada

The Handmaid’s Tale reflects Margaret Atwood’s eerie talent for reading the palm of power

Sharon Engbrecht, University of British Columbia

People in fancy clothes on a red carpet.

The American mass exodus to Canada amid Trump 2.0 has yet to materialize

Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba

A proteser carries a sign listing grievances against Donald Trump with the Trump Tower in the background.

A tattered American flag against a grey sky.

Is Donald Trump doing the world a favour by isolating the United States?

Shaun Narine, St. Thomas University (Canada)

How Donald Trump’s assault on universities echoes earlier American conservative ideas

Michael Williams, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Rita Abrahamsen, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

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Juggling dynamite? At 100 days in office, Donald Trump is no Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ronald W. Pruessen, University of Toronto

A rotund man in a white ball cap is surrounded by microphones and reporters on an airport tarmac.

DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy

Thomas Stuart, University of Victoria

A white man speaks on a stage to a crowd of people in front of a giant projection of an American flag

Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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Donald Trump’s policies are more than dumb — they’re stupid, according to stupidity researchers

Jerry Paul Sheppard, Simon Fraser University

An elderly man with a mobile phone to his ear and wearing red Make America Great Again ballcap waves from the back of a limousine.

Stuck in the past: Trump tariffs and other policies are dragging the U.S. back to the 19th century

Eric Strikwerda, Athabasca University

An old man with orange-tinged skin and orange-ish white hair holds up a document that says 'Foreign Trade Barriers' as he stands in front of a giant American flag and behind a presidential lectern.

With Trump in power, the world must fight the new culture of intimidation

Alain-G. Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

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Trump, interrupted: Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech calls for collective action

Barbara Leckie, Carleton University

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Why Donald Trump is such a relentless bullshitter

Tim Kenyon, Brock University

80 years after atomic bombs devastated Japan, Donald Trump’s actions risk nuclear proliferation

Jamie Levin, St. Francis Xavier University and Youngwon Cho, St. Francis Xavier University

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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a deep and wide ‘uncivil war’

Eli Sopow, University Canada West

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Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history

Mark Turin, University of British Columbia and Ross Perlin, Columbia University

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Donald Trump thinks some accents are ‘beautiful,’ but what makes them so?

Nicole Rosen, University of Manitoba

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A child picks up a toddler over his head.

Falling back into the shadows? How to keep internal displacement on the humanitarian agenda

Megan Bradley, McGill University and Jennifer Welsh, McGill University

a woman in a yellow sari stands wth her baby looking through a large whole in her brick house

Borders and orders: How settler-government occupations violate Kashmiri sovereignty

Binish Ahmed, Toronto Metropolitan University

Indian airstrikes in Kashmir following tourist attack raises fears of a regional conflict

MD Rakib Jahan, Queen's University, Ontario

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender-based violence against women

Annie Bunting, York University, Canada and Heather Tasker, Dalhousie University

How Iran’s government has weaponized sexual violence against women who dare to resist

Mina Fakhravar, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Protesters carry placards featuring the faces of Iranian women.

Argentina’s Javier Milei is playing the democratic game, but using authoritarian tactics

Federico Chaves Correa, Université Laval

What’s behind Erdoğan’s calculated shift on Kurds and its potential consequences

Spyros A. Sofos, Simon Fraser University

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A group of activists stand in a line. They're wearing traditional Sami costumes.

What a landmark ruling for the Sámi people in Finland means for the protection of Indigenous rights globally

Laura Dehaibi, Université Laval

Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it

Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo

Children wait in line to be served food by a worker wearing a pink hairnet.

The Dominican Republic’s expulsion of thousands of Haitians shows the brutality of mass deportations

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Western University

Black people inside a caged police vehicle.

China is struggling to control its provinces as they expand distant-water fishing

Hang Zhou, Université Laval