Commentary Australia is a federation, although for decades now it has been hard to notice. But COVID-19 may have changed everything. In a functioning federation, like the United States, states revel in competition and distinguishing themselves from each other. While California appears to be going woke and broke at the moment, Florida is where “woke…

Commentary Australia is a federation, although for decades now it has been hard to notice. But COVID-19 may have changed everything. In a functioning federation, like the United States, states revel in competition and distinguishing themselves from each other. While California appears to be going woke and broke at the moment, Florida is where “woke…

Saskatchewan will join as an intervenor in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada, alongside other provinces in arguing that a federal environmental law is unconstitutional. Every other province and territory in Canada has joined the lawsuit, except for Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan said in a March 20 news release. Alberta…

Commentary Marjorie Taylor Greene says the country needs a “national divorce.” “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government,” she tweeted. “Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are…

The Parti Québécois has battled historic lows in its popular support throughout 2022 as many supporters in Quebec shift their single-minded focus on sovereignty to other concerns. Yannick Dufresne, a political science professor at Laval University, says he believes just over one-third of Quebecers support political independence for the province, yet throughout 2022 the PQ…

Commentary When we think of the United States Constitution, we probably consider the structure it gives to our national government. We may think of its presence at the center of political controversies past and present. Or we may think of ways in which the document has been neglected. But as we mark the 235th anniversary…

A day after a taxpayer advocacy group called for provincial equalization to be phased out, Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest pledged reforms to the program to satisfy Alberta. As politicians converged in Calgary for the annual Stampede festival which kicked off on July 7, Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano said Ottawa should wind…

Commentary Federalism is like a diet. Both the left and right try to stick to it, but each abandons it when its craving for the policy equivalent of fries and a shake grows too strong. The left, which normally looks to the national government for policy solutions, cheerfully applauds state efforts to deal with the…

Commentary I was going to write of the need for something I call a “New Federalism,” but Ron DeSantis beat me to it by actually demonstrating it by acting. On Monday, the Florida governor announced he would take an emergency executive action against vaccine passports, explaining it this way: “It’s completely unacceptable for either the…

Commentary The American colonists proved their patience with King George III. He proved their patience could run out. It was approximately 12 years between the first act issued by his Highness across the Atlantic and the first shots fired across Lexington and Concord. The King and Parliament had made clear their disdain for the colonists,…