Newspaper Op-Eds

Borders, Security, And Defence

2024

31. Canada Is Losing the Plot on Border Security. Toronto Star. 5 March 2024.

2018

30. China’s Silent Invasion of Western Universities. Toronto Star. 12 November 2018.

29. Should Police have to abstain from cannabis consumption for 28 days? Yes. Toronto Star. 23 October 2018.

28. Will a gun ban work in Toronto? No. Toronto Star. 11 September 2018.

27. Beggar They Neighbour. Globe and Mail. 5 June 2018.

2017 26. More border resources for migrants is not a solution. Globe and Mail. 30 March 2017
2016

25. After Berlin attack, the cracks in Germany’s security are showing. Globe and Mail. 21 December 2016.

24. NATO’s Russian strategy must look beyond a Baltic mission. Globe and Mail. 30 June 2016.

23. What does Ottawa know about the F-35s that the Danes don’t? Toronto Star. 8 June 2016.

2015

22. To meet the refugee crisis. National Post. 14 December 2015.

21. A refugee crisis? The case for a principled response. Sun newspaper syndication. 10 September 2015.

20. Done right: C-51 can balance freedom and security. The Globe and Mail, 16 March 2015.

19. Arresting runaway costs in Toronto Police Services, The Toronto Star, 5 February 2015.

2014

18. Canada’s contraband problem is about much more than lost revenue, The Toronto Star, 10 December 2014.

17. Police are pricing themselves out of business, The Sunday Star, 6 April 2014.

2006 16. The dilemma of dual citizenship, Kingston Whig-Standard, 22 July 2006, p. 7

Intelligence and Cyber Security

2015

15. Why intelligence fails. Globe and Mail. 25 November 2015.

Global Financial Crime and Transnational Organized Crime 

2014

14. Canada’s contraband problem is about much more than lost revenue, The Toronto Star, 10 December 2014.

Terrorism

2016

13. After Berlin attack, the cracks in Germany’s security are showing. Globe and Mail. 21 December 2016.

2015 12. Extremist travellers aren’t about to go away. Globe and Mail, 12 August 2015.
2013 11. El ‘plan B’ de Hizbulá, La Razón (Spanish daily), 28 December 2013, p. 26.

Political Demography and Federalism

2016

10. Rousing Jacksonian America: What Trumpism Means for Canada. Sun newspapers syndication. 19 November 2016.

9. Canada Revenue Agency needs a new playbook. Globe and Mail. 5 May 2016.

8. Is proportional representation a good model for Canada? Globe and Mail. 19 March 2016.

2015

7. Complacent Canada could face same troubles as France. Sun newspaper syndication. 21 November 2015.

6. Let First Nations Tax Tobacco. Sun newspaper syndication, 21 March 2015.

5. Read and Vote: Will protect or imperil Canadians. The Globe and Mail, 10 March 2015.

2014 4. Jóvenes, radicales e inadaptados La Razón (Spanish daily), 2 February 2014, p. 33.
2011 3. Getting the Message Across, Kingston Whig-Standard, 16 August 2011, p. 5.
2007 2. City-dwellers pay so rural residents can keep their schools, Kingston Whig-Standard, 4 May 2007.
2005 1. Universities Miss Mark on Funding, The Toronto Star, 7 September 2005, A15