Justin Trudeau
Election rundown: Which party leaders participated in the climate strikes and why does it matter?
October 13, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate On September 27, climate strikes were held across Canada as part of the larger global movement inspired by Greta Thunberg. Environmental policy has also become increasingly central in the Canadian federal election campaigns. Because of this, it is important to not just look at the platforms of the parties, but also the actions that they have taken prior to the election — including their participation in the climate strikes. Elizabeth May of the Green Party attended the Montreal climate strike, publicly calling on the other major leaders to work together to develop a bipartisan response to…
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The negative public stance on Syrian refugees reveals a loss in Canadian values
October 24, 2018Written by: Matt Holowko, SFU Student Three years ago, Canada welcomed refugees from Syria. I couldn’t help but feel proud and patriotic at the thought of this: we were kind, open-minded, and nicer than our neighbours to the south. Three…
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POLITICAL CORNER: It’s time to abandon attack ads, Canada
July 26, 2018Written by: Liam Wilson, Peak Associate The 2019 Canadian federal election is still 15 months away, but already it seems that the major political parties are spinning up their campaign machines and starting to churn out everybody’s favourite piece of…
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POLITICAL CORNER: Progressive drug legislation is the future
June 28, 2018Written by: Liam Wilson Last week, Canada became the second country in the world and the first G7 country to fully legalize marijuana for commercial sale and personal use. As someone who’s never smoked a joint in his life, even…
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POLITICAL CORNER: Trudeau is not the progressive Prime Minister for whom we hoped
June 8, 2018Written by Liam Wilson, Peak Associate Remember Justin Trudeau in 2015? The hero we elected because he was in tune with women, Indigenous people, and young Canadians? The man who was going to dig Canada out of the Stephen Harper…
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SFU students help draft Canadian youth policy
April 2, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Earlier this year, SFU students Pallvi Sehijpaul and Leejoo Hwang participated in The Canada We Want Conference series in Ontario to help the federal government develop Canada’s first youth policy. The brainchild of Prime…
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Political selfies relay excitement, not self-indulgence
November 1, 2015As I type this, Internet-Zach finds himself swimming in two types of digital expression: political spiels spurred by the critical October 19 election, and the omnipresent stream of selfies. As different as they appear on the surface, they have much…
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Trudeau is not ready to be Prime Minister
November 24, 2014I don’t often have good things to say about Mr. Justin Trudeau, but I have to admit that I was impressed with him immediately following the shooting of Corporal Nathan Cirillo. For the first time since becoming leader of the…
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