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Michael Taube
Michael Taube, a longtime newspaper columnist and political commentator, was a speechwriter for former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper.
Michael Taube: The Political Candidate With No Votes to His Name
Commentary Who is the first political candidate in Canadian history to record zero votes in a contested federal ...
Viewpoints
July 1, 2024
Michael Taube: Why Has There Been a 30-Year Curse on Canadian Teams Playing for the Stanley Cup?
Commentary The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals have been an engrossing affair. The Florida Panthers, who reached their third ...
Viewpoints
June 17, 2024
Michael Taube: How Canada Post Could Be Saved by a 19th-Century American Philosopher’s Privatization Model
Commentary Is this the beginning of the end for Canada Post? I’m far from the first columnist to ...
Viewpoints
June 2, 2024
Michael Taube: Should Canada Have Given the (Golden) Boot to FIFA and the 2026 World Cup?
Commentary When Canada, the United States, and Mexico combined forces to bid on holding the 2026 version of ...
Viewpoints
May 19, 2024
Michael Taube: Increasing the Speed of Ontario’s Highways Will Make Conditions Safer for Drivers
Commentary Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the PCs recently announced the speed limit for large stretches of several ...
Viewpoints
May 6, 2024
Michael Taube: Why the Capital Gains Tax Increase Hurts All Canadians, Not Only the Wealthy
Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals unveiled the federal budget last week. Most Canadians had already ...
Viewpoints
April 22, 2024
Michael Taube: Toronto’s Failed Plan to Tax the Rain Was All Wet
Commentary “I’m taxin’ the rain, Just taxin’ the rain, What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again.” Hold on, ...
Viewpoints
April 9, 2024
Michael Taube: A Week in Canadian Politics That Will Live in Infamy
Commentary U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously addressed a joint session of Congress the day after Japan attacked ...
Viewpoints
March 24, 2024
How a Non-Citizen in San Francisco Got Involved in the Voting Rules for Its Citizens
Commentary When you’re a citizen living in a democratic country, you have certain rights and privileges that a ...
Viewpoints
March 10, 2024
Michael Taube: If Canada Truly Believes in NATO, the Government Must Meet Its Spending Target
Commentary The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in 1949. This alliance of member states, most of them ...
Viewpoints
February 26, 2024
Michael Taube: It’s Time for the West to Leave the United Nations, and Form a League of Democracies
Commentary The United Nations, like its predecessor, the League of Nations, was once regarded as a noble institution. ...
Viewpoints
February 11, 2024
Michael Taube: How Legault’s Political Fortunes Changed in Quebec
Commentary François Legault became premier of Quebec in 2018. His right-leaning party, Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), won 74 ...
Viewpoints
January 28, 2024
Michael Taube: Justin Trudeau Opposed South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel… or Did He?
Commentary For a brief moment, it appeared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had come out against South Africa’s ludicrous ...
Viewpoints
January 14, 2024
Michael Taube: Gazing Into the Crystal Ball for Canada’s Three Major Party Leaders in 2024
Commentary It’s almost time to bid farewell to 2023, and ring in 2024. I and my fellow columnists ...
Viewpoints
December 31, 2023
Michael Taube: The Ill-Advised Fight Against Henry Dundas Ends in Partial Defeat, Total Confusion
Commentary Toronto’s political left fought tooth and nail to change the name of Dundas Street and eradicate the ...
Viewpoints
December 18, 2023
Michael Taube: What the Kitchener Centre Provincial Byelection Means—and Doesn’t Mean
Commentary Voters often approach general elections and byelections with a different lens. The former is a specific vote ...
Viewpoints
December 3, 2023
Michael Taube: When Smith Meets Carlson
Commentary When two prominent figures are scheduled to appear at the same event, venue, or conference, many people ...
Viewpoints
November 21, 2023
Michael Taube: Why Alberta Should Remain in the Canada Pension Plan—for Now
Commentary Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced in late September that she was considering withdrawing her province from the ...
Viewpoints
November 6, 2023
Michael Taube: How Canada Badly Mishandled the Gaza Hospital Explosion
Commentary When a person makes a mistake, the right thing to do is apologize and make amends. Most ...
Viewpoints
October 22, 2023
Possible Implications of Manitoba Election Outcome in Canadian Politics
Commentary Elections are often a source of fascination to those who are either directly involved in a campaign ...
Viewpoints
October 9, 2023
Michael Taube: What to Make of the Celebrations in Toronto of Hamas’s Terrorist Attack on Israel
Commentary Hamas, the Palestinian-based terrorist organization, launched its biggest attack on Israel in years on Oct. 7. The ...
Viewpoints
October 8, 2023
Michael Taube: What If Justin Trudeau Is Wrong About India?
Commentary Political leaders occasionally have to make bombshell announcements to domestic or international audiences. When this occurs, the ...
Viewpoints
September 25, 2023
Michael Taube: As Poilievre Shines at Conservative Convention, the Liberals Are Getting Nervous
Commentary The Conservative Party Convention in Quebec City ended on Sept. 9. While these types of events serve ...
Viewpoints
September 11, 2023
Michael Taube: If the Feds Want to Tackle Inflation and the Affordability Crisis, Here Are Some Ideas
Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently met with his cabinet on a three-day retreat in Charlottetown, Prince Edward ...
Viewpoints
August 28, 2023
Michael Taube: After the Latest Michael Chong Revelations, Will Ottawa Take Action Against Beijing?
Commentary There’s a new revelation in Conservative MP Michael Chong’s ongoing saga with China. Maybe it will finally ...
Viewpoints
August 13, 2023
Michael Taube: Canadian Governments Need to Do More to Properly Crack Down on Money Laundering
Commentary Canada has witnessed a rise in the criminal activity of money laundering. So much so, the word ...
Viewpoints
July 31, 2023
Michael Taube: Why Sir Wilfrid Laurier Should Remain on the $5 Bill, Now and Forevermore
Commentary Many Canadians were understandably frustrated when the twin scourges of cancel culture and wokeness erupted during the ...
Viewpoints
July 17, 2023
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