It happens quietly in parking lots across Canada. You’ve loaded the last of your groceries into the trunk, closed the hatch, and the cart stands there - empty, idle, waiting. What you do next might feel inconsequential, even mundane. But this moment, however fleeting, is the stage for a small … [Read more...]
Canada Moves Quietly, but It Does Move
There’s something uniquely frustrating about seeing what’s coming and watching everyone else miss it - not because you’re smarter, but because you’re paying attention to things they’re not. For the past six months, I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that the Liberals weren’t as done as … [Read more...]
We Let It Happen: A Hard Look at the Quiet Choices That Reshaped Canada
We like to believe change happened to us. That someone else is to blame for what (we believe) Canada has become. But the truth is harder - and far more important. Whatever that change is, we let it happen. Not through grand decisions, but through a thousand quiet choices, silences, and … [Read more...]
Be the Person They Rely On, Not Just the One They Manage
These are unprecedented times, with the amount of political, financial, and social shifts happening - all in parallel, and all influencing each other. It is but expected that folks are feeling overwhelmed and jittery. The impact on international students and foreign professionals is even more. … [Read more...]
The Weight of Noise, the Beauty of Silence
Every time I come to India, I feel it before I can name it - the sheer intensity of everything. The moment I step off the plane, it’s as if the world has been turned up to full volume. The air is thick with voices, movement, honking, distant music, and the occasional burst of laughter from a … [Read more...]
Neighbours, Not Strangers: Holding Onto What We’ve Built
There’s a certain kind of noise that comes with political tension. It can rattle the room, hijack the headlines, and, if we’re not careful, cloud the relationships that matter most. But when the subject is tariffs, trade, and cross-border tension, we’d do well to remember that beneath all the … [Read more...]
When Tolerance Turns on Itself
Why protecting openness sometimes requires drawing a line. “Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society ... then the tolerant will be destroyed, and … [Read more...]
Buying Canadian Isn’t Enough – We Need to Build Canadian and Back Our Builders
I’ve always believed that Canada is a country of builders. We don’t always make a big deal about it, but we have this quiet, determined way of solving problems. We innovate, we adapt, and we find workarounds when things don’t go as planned. But for all that resourcefulness, we don’t seem to own … [Read more...]
The Quiet Confidence of a Country That Doesn’t Need to Be the Greatest
I’ve never understood the obsession some countries have with declaring themselves the greatest. It’s as if the louder you say it, the more true it becomes. But real greatness doesn’t need a microphone. It doesn’t have to be shouted from rooftops or woven into political speeches. It isn’t … [Read more...]
The Inevitable Rise of Mark Carney: Why the 2025 Election Was Never just Poilievre’s to Win
Everyone around me had already called the election for Poilievre. They saw a struggling Liberal Party, an unpopular prime minister, and a Conservative leader who had mastered the art of political combat. The narrative was locked in: this was a change election, and Trudeau’s Liberals were … [Read more...]