A very quiet queue has formed in Europe where some of Canada’s long-standing, closest allies are seeking shelter under France’s small but robust nuclear umbrella.
The initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, who declared the next 50 years to be the “era of nuclear weapons,” is — on paper — intended to add another layer of deterrence to NATO’s American-backed security guarantees.
Once again — on paper — Russia is the adversary that needs deterring.
The Globe and Mail sparked a debate when it reported that Canada’s GDP per capita has fallen behind Alabama’s. The comparison rattled Canadians and triggered a wave of criticism about the validity of using GDP per capita as a measure of national prosperity.
Critics argue that GDP is a flawed metric, pointing to legitimate measurement challenges. But these measurement issues affect every country. The question is not whether GDP per capita is perfect but whether Canada’s trend relative to our peers signals deeper problems.
The evidence suggests it does.
The criminal case against former Ontario politician Randy Hillier over his participation in 2022’s convoy protest in Ottawa is back on after the province’s top court overturned a decision to stay the charges.
The charges were stayed in late 2024 after a lower court judge ruled the case had dragged on too long, past the mandatory time limits set by the Supreme Court of Canada.
OTTAWA — Intelligence and cybersecurity experts are warning the Liberal government about national security risks posed by allowing Chinese electric vehicles onto Canadian military bases.
Critics and some experts are even calling on Ottawa to ban the cars from Canadian Armed Forces bases and other sensitive sites due to onboard sensors they say could collect and transmit sensitive information to the Chinese government.
A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer projects that Canada’s population growth will be flat this year due to immigration cutbacks and major outflows of temporary residents. For the average Canadian, this is good news.
The report analyzes the “demographic implications” of the Carney government’s first Immigration Levels Plan, released alongside the federal budget in November 2025, finding that Canada’s population growth “will remain flat in 2026” and only inch up to 0.3 percent in 2027.
This is wild!
Look at the change in 30 years! pic.twitter.com/RazhuLJq5l
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) March 18, 2026
Canadian military members and civilians are among the personnel NATO has pulled out of Iraq as the country faces retaliatory attacks from Iran along with other Gulf countries during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Defence Minister David McGuinty says the Canadian Armed Forces and civilians who were there serving on the NATO advisory mission in Iraq are safe and in a secure location.
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA — The United States Department of Justice announced today the court-authorized seizure of four websites operated by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, dismantling a regime-run cyber and psychological operations network that issued a $250,000 bounty death threat against former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Goldie Ghamari, which directed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to behead her at her Ottawa home.
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— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) March 21, 2026
CALGARY — Public Safety Canada announced on Thursday that more than 47,000 prohibited firearms have been declared across Canada after two months of the federal government’s gun grab program for individuals — a number critics say represents a minuscule fraction of affected firearms.
Among the western democratic powers, Canada is quickly emerging as a leader in internet regulation and state surveillance.
The federal government, whose efforts are encouraged by a mostly compliant public, is driving more and more of the human experience into a digital realm. This digital realm is a vast infrastructure of legislation, law enforcement and corporate partnerships in which people are becoming the objects of government analysis, modelling and manipulation.
Welcome to this edition of Ridiculous Things the Liberals Said, where the war in Iran is the reason Canadians are unable to find work and can’t afford to buy a house.
First up is Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation.
The federal government has tabled details of how it plans to cut billions of dollars from programs that support science, tourism, harbour improvements, journalism, foreign aid, and even the development of a Canadian-made lunar rover module.
The cuts are detailed in hundreds of pages of departmental plans tabled in the House of Commons last Friday as MPs were preparing to return to their ridings for March break week.
The Liberal government is making a second attempt to establish a legal regime that would allow security agencies to more easily identify users of cellphone and internet services and access certain account data.
Law enforcement has welcomed the move as necessary to conduct investigations in the modern world, while civil liberties advocates are raising privacy concerns.
Ever since that fateful day 2,000 years ago when Judas Iscariot sold out his friend for 30 pieces of silver, switching sides and joining the enemy camp has had a bad name.
Indeed, the names of those who do so, like Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution and Vidkun Quisling in Nazi-occupied Norway, have become shorthand for treachery.
It is in Canada’s interests to militarily support an end to Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Doing so would reaffirm the credibility of the West’s military alliances, and, more importantly, slow down global nuclear proliferation by showing Tehran that economic blackmail doesn’t work.
To understand why Ottawa must get involved, it is helpful to step back and remember the broader context of this war.
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge against the Liberal government’s ban on around 2,500 types of what it calls “assault-style” firearms.
On March 19, the top court granted leave to hear an appeal challenging the federal ban on firearms that Ottawa classifies as suitable only for military use, rather than for hunting or sport shooting.
