Salt Spring Forum

On November 3, all 435 districts in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 seats in the U.S. Senate are up for election. A shift in control of Congress could help curtail presidential executive powers and reshape trade relations. But will the 2026 elections be free and fair? How worried should we be? Terri Givens is a best-selling author and Professor of […]

Canada has always been a country of competing identities, regional priorities, and political differences. But today, these tensions feel stronger than before. Many Canadians are asking a difficult question: What holds us together—and what could pull us apart? Few people have been closer to these debates than Jason Kenney. A former Premier of Alberta and […]

The deepest reaches of our oceans are among the least explored places on Earth. Yet they have become the location of an international race for essential minerals. As governments and corporations push to mine the deep seabed, a fundamental question has emerged: Who will determine the fate of the world’s oceans? For Coalter Lathrop, that […]