Category: Eye on Canada

Eye on Canada

Farewell to Canada’s Country Gentleman

by Michael Taube | Jul 7, 2026

The life and career of Tommy Hunter, the humble musician and host who defined a generation of Canadian television

Canada’s First Nations water policy defies common sense

by Brian Giesbrecht | Jul 6, 2026
Canada can’t build prosperity on political promises

by Roslyn Kunin | Jul 5, 2026
Washington is right about the Gordie Howe Bridge

by Sylvain Charlebois | Jul 3, 2026
Canada’s fertility crisis reflects decades of bad government

by Peter Jon Mitchell | Jul 3, 2026
Canada can’t trade its way back to prosperity

by Marco Navarro-Genie | Jul 1, 2026

Ottawa is gambling with our most critical trade relationship

By trading strategic discipline for populist slogans, the federal government is eroding the leverage we need to secure a favourable CUSMA review

The public school monopoly is failing Ontario’s kids

by Joanna DeJong VanHof

It’s time for Ontario to stop protecting the status quo and start putting students first

Alberta’s Bill 11 undermines the foundation of public health care

by Andrew Longhurst and Paul Parks

By allowing surgeons to work in both the public and private systems, Bill 11 could divert scarce health-care workers, lengthen wait times and weaken Canada’s principle of care based on need rather than ability to pay

An Ontario school board was right to reject the Pride flag

by Lee Harding

Parents are done with schools pushing progressive agendas instead of teaching core academics

Government red tape is built into your grocery bill

by Sylvain Charlebois

Inflation and supply chains aren’t the whole story. Government red tape is quietly adding costs that end up in the cost of food

Ottawa just killed its own corporate accountability watchdog

by Susan Korah

Eliminating CORE weakens corporate accountability, leaving victims of alleged human rights abuses with fewer avenues for seeking justice

Crown land belongs to all Canadians. So, why are we losing access to it?

by David Leis

Politicians are deciding who gets access to public land based on group identity

Alberta families are being misled about their school choices

by Catharine Kavanagh

Misinformation about school choice is causing some families to overlook opportunities that could change their child’s life

Ottawa says housing is a global problem. The data say otherwise

by Marco Navarro-Genie

The evidence points to planning decisions, not global economics. The housing crisis didn’t just happen. Governments helped create it

Ottawa says housing is a global problem. The data say otherwise

by Marco Navarro-Genie

The evidence points to planning decisions, not global economics. The housing crisis didn’t just happen. Governments helped create it

Accepting mediocrity has become a Canadian habit

by Gerry Bowler

If Canada wants to remain competitive on the global stage, we must abandon our culture of indifference and reclaim a commitment to excellence

Under Carney, food prices have risen faster than inflation for 15 straight months

by Sylvain Charlebois

And that is leaving Canadians facing some of the fastest-rising food costs in the G7