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The Case for a Federation of Middle Democracies

Why Canada, Estonia, and global middle powers must unite to defend data sovereignty and national survival in a ruptured world.

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Drones! Drones! Drones! Part 1: The Battlefield Is Everywhere

Ukraine’s drone war has collapsed the distinction between front line, rear area, and safe zone. From $400 FPV drones to AI-guided weapons and ground…

May 17 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Canada’s Under-16 Ban Arrives With Six Months of Australian Evidence

The Safe Social Media Act borrows Australia’s headline measure. What surrounds that measure will determine whether it works.

Jun 10 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Ottawa Wants New Brunswick to Be an Example. It Should Learn the Whole Lesson

New federal bilingual service rules may be well-intentioned, but New Brunswick’s ambulance crisis already showed what happens when language rights…

Jun 8 • A Letter from a Maritimer

What Alberta Can Learn From Nova Scotia’s Failed Secession

In 1867, Nova Scotians overwhelmingly voted to leave Confederation. Instead, their leader became one of Canada's greatest builders.

Jun 8 • A Letter from a Maritimer

The Culture That Could Sink the Whole Plan - Drones! Drones! Drones! Part 3

The Canadian Army knows it must adapt to the age of drones. MINERVA is its answer. But technology is not the biggest obstacle. The real challenge is an…

Jun 7 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Premier Susan Holt's Transparency Problem

From veterinary services to virtual care to NB Power, New Brunswickers are being asked to accept major decisions without the evidence needed to trust…

Jun 4 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Prince Edward Island: The Island That Built a Country

Week 7 of Where It Starts. A collaboration with History EHX. Craig Baird travels to the smallest province in Canada and finds the place where the idea…

Jun 1 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Next Sunday: Drones! Drones! Drones! Part 3

Canada wants a drone army. Its procurement system is in the way.

May 31 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Why Alberta Needs to Look at New Brunswick

Week 6 of Where It Starts, a collaboration with History EHX. Craig Baird arrives in the Maritimes and finds in Canada's only bilingual province a model…

May 25 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Drones! Drones! Drones! Part 2: From Pickle Jars to Cruise Missiles: How Ukraine Out-Innovated the West

The corporate blindness of Western defence contractors, the rise of Fire Point, and the marketplace gamifying the front lines.

May 24 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Alberta Separation Referendum: Danielle Smith’s New October Ballot Question Explained

Danielle Smith says she wants Alberta to stay in Canada. A year of her own decisions, and the question she has put on October’s ballot, point the other…

May 22 • A Letter from a Maritimer

The Canadian Military Is Quietly Disappearing From Canadian Life

The Snowbirds are standing down: here is why that matters beyond the air show.

May 20 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Robert Irving was a New Brunswicker through and through.

Quiet, hard-working, generous, and humble, he wore his success without flash and never forgot the people and province that made him.

May 19 • A Letter from a Maritimer