Marco Navarro-Génie

Marco Navarro-Génie is president of the Haultain Research Institute. He is co-author, with Barry Cooper, of “Canada’s COVID-19: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic.”

Rare Five Years Ago, Tent Cities Are Now Everywhere

Homeless camps that were meant to be temporary have become a permanent feature in Canadian communities.

Viewpoints December 21, 2025
Fulfilling Canada’s Promise

Commentary Confederation was largely a defensive act prompted by fear of the United States. The architects recognized that ...

Viewpoints June 30, 2025
It’s Time Canada Saw Energy as Power, Not as a Liability

Canada has energy the world is begging for, but ideology and red tape are holding us back.

Viewpoints May 15, 2025
Canada Can’t Afford to Play Trade Chicken With the US

Commentary Calls for Canada to respond aggressively to U.S. trade threats ignore the economic realities of such a ...

Viewpoints January 22, 2025
The Recruitment Paradox: Identity Politics Virus Hits the RCMP

Commentary The RCMP has faced many challenges in recent years, a major one being that its recruitment objectives ...

Timeless Principles February 15, 2024
Judicial Independence Is Crucial to the Rule of Law

Commentary From our economic history textbooks, we learn that the independence and fairness of the British courts made ...

Viewpoints February 3, 2024
Alberta on the Right Path With New Gender Reassignment Restrictions for Children

Commentary Jan. 31 was a significant day for parents, children, and women in Alberta. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith ...

Viewpoints January 31, 2024
Assault on Rebel News Journalist Is an Assault on Journalism

Commentary “We categorically condemn anyone who in any way intimidates and harasses journalists working in defence of the ...

Viewpoints January 11, 2024
Campus and Government Diversity Offices Failed Jewish Communities

Commentary Recently, Canadian universities and municipal governments have become large stages for the failure of diversity, equity, and ...

Viewpoints December 25, 2023
With the Rejection of Biology, the State Could Also ‘Identify’ as Parents

Commentary The assertion that parents are inherently the primary educators of their children has stirred quite the debate, ...

Viewpoints September 3, 2023
Woke Inclusivity Opens Gates to Exclusion and Division

Commentary Canada’s federal government has cheerfully proclaimed June to September to be Pride Season. Beyond the commonplace vulgarity in ...

Viewpoints July 4, 2023
On National Security, Ottawa Has Its Priorities Backwards

Commentary Defending the security and integrity of the Canadian state from external and internal threats is a key ...

Viewpoints April 22, 2023
‘Special Rapporteur’ Plan Amounts to Yet More Smoke and Mirrors

Commentary If you had never heard of a special rapporteur before last week, you might be forgiven. There ...

Viewpoints March 10, 2023
Book Excerpt: ‘The Democratic Politics of Fear’

Excerpt from “The Democratic Politics of Fear,” Chapter 7 in the newly expanded book "Canada’s COVID: The Story ...

Viewpoints March 4, 2023
Ottawa Gets First Taste of the Alberta Sovereignty Act

Commentary In mid-September, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney openly disagreed with then-UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith over her proposed ...

Viewpoints October 10, 2022
Crisis Politics Are Stormy Politics: A Look at Jason Kenney’s Time as Alberta Premier

Commentary Jason Kenney’s time leading Alberta ends in the next few days. The hope and promise he represented ...

Viewpoints October 5, 2022
Sandinistas Crushing Nicaragua’s Journalists

Commentary Liberty of expression is the oxygen of democratic arrangements. As journalists exercise their craft independently and unencumbered, ...

Viewpoints July 13, 2021
Jason Kenney May Be in Some Trouble, but Don’t Count Him Out

Commentary If polls are to be believed, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is in some trouble. A recent opinion ...

Viewpoints April 12, 2021
‘It All Began in China’—Book Excerpt From ‘COVID-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic’

Book Excerpt Timelines associated with the spread of COVID-19 have changed over the past several months and, with ...

April 9, 2021
Two Pandemics Are Scarier Than One

Commentary This month marked the anniversary of Canada’s COVID-19 confinements that were only supposed to last for a ...

Viewpoints March 26, 2021
‘COVID-19: The Politics of a Pandemic Moral Panic’ – Book Excerpt

Book Excerpt The economic cost of forcing nearly 3.3 million Canadians into unemployment by May 2020 is enormous ...

Viewpoints January 8, 2021