A Letter From A Maritimer

Incisive Canadian analysis on public policy, security, and regional economics. Writing in The Walrus, iPolitics, and NB MediaCOOP.

The Slot Machine Economy: Why Everything You Read is Built to Make You Angry

How the hidden psychological architecture of casinos was quietly installed inside our media, our games, and our political systems.

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.

May 28 • A Letter from a Maritimer

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

Dismantle the Thirteen Fiefdoms: A Patriotic Case for Internal Free Trade

Our self-imposed provincial barriers act as a hidden 9% national tariff, stalling energy grids and critical mineral strategies. If we want a sovereign…

Jun 20 • A Letter from a Maritimer

The Blueprint for Avoiding Accountability

When a toxic highway spill exposed a systemic pattern of institutional insulation, a legislative vote confirmed the choice.

Jun 17 • A Letter from a Maritimer

Newfoundland: The Nation That Became a Province of Canada

There are still people alive today who remember a Canada without Newfoundland. Here is how a proud, independent country lost everything and what it…

Jun 15 • A Letter from a Maritimer

New Brunswick is a small province on Canada’s Atlantic coast. What is happening here is not a small story.

A provincial government made a consequential decision affecting the province’s food supply, biosecurity, and rural economy...without consultation.

Jun 13 • 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