The Question of Judicial Review: Who Should Decide?
Should judges have the final authority to strike down laws that they deem inconsistent with the constitution? For citizens of countries such as Canada and the United States, with established More
Why Climate Change Will Reinforce Current Power Structures, Not Change Them
Climate change is the most pressing international concern of our time. Millennials and Generation Z-ers across the globe rank it as the most important issue facing humanity. Recent wildfires in More
Canada’s Economic Outlook at the Beginning of the New Decade
As 2020 rolls in many Canadians may be asking how they will fare over the next year. The last quarter of 2019 closed with strong growth in employment, a steady More
Opinion: How the War Powers Act Failed to Prevent Endless Wars
Aggressive militarism comprises the cornerstone of the bipartisan Washington foreign policy consensus. For over a century, presidents of both parties have routinely resorted to military force in order to advance More
Facing Reality: The Unregulated Rise of Facial Recognition
Once just an element of science-fiction, facial recognition has transitioned from fantasy to a popular commodity. The technology has developed from an obscure 1960s lab project, into an asset for More
Anti-Intellectualism in American Political Culture
Contemporary examples of anti-intellectual movements in the US can be found from mainstream politics to the more fringe: from the election of a TV personality with no political experience to More
Flight 752: A Breakdown of the Trudeau Government’s Handling of the Crisis
A few days after the U.S.-authorized drone strike on January 3rd, which killed Iranian General Qassim Suleimani, Iran retaliated by targeting US troops based in Iraq with ballistic missiles. These More
The Legacy of Fragmentation in the Canadian Conservative Party
As the Conservative Party prepares for its upcoming leadership race, divisions within the party have been brought to the forefront. Despite recent controversy over Andrew Scheer’s socially conservative positions during More
Could the Downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Renew Regional Tensions?
The entire world united in sorrow on the 8th of January as a passenger plane bound for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, crashed a few minutes after taking off from Tehran’s More
Synthesizing An Economic Elite In Palestine
As the first planned city to be constructed within the Palestinian territories, Rawabi was but the idea of Palestinian billionaire Bashar Masri, until the beginning of its construction in 2014. More