Philippe Lagassé

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion: More money for Canada’s military should mean more transparency and accountabilityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 10, 2025
• Philippe Lagassé: A Canadian King in ParliamentOpinion · National Post · May 5, 2025
• Opinion: Can Canada-U.S. defence ties survive Trump?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 20, 2025
• Opinion: Canada: Now is our time to be strong and freeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 6, 2025
• Opinion: How Canada can reach NATO’s two per cent target–and quicklyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 26, 2024
• Opinion: Party leaders have the ability to step up and clean house of alleged colludersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 9, 2024
• Opinion: Canada’s new defence policy commits to exploring, instead of committingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 8, 2024
• Opinion: Canada risks hurling itself into yet another military procurement headacheOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2023
• Opinion: Canada’s inevitable purchase of F-35 jets was a slog. But the process could’ve been worseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 9, 2023
• Lagassé and MacDonnell: As Doug Ford has learned, constitutional hardball doesn’t always pay offOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 8, 2022
• Opinion: Is the Royal Family taxpayer-funded? Not exactlyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 20, 2022
• Opinion: Legally speaking, Charles is now the King of CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 7, 2022
• Opinion: Parliamentarians can be trusted with sensitive security informationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 16, 2022
• Lagassé: Who does Canada want as governor general?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 22, 2021
• Opinion: ‘Proroguing’ isn’t a dirty word in itself – but the power to reset Parliament demands our vigilanceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 17, 2020
• Opinion: Whatever happened to the good old days of boring governors-general?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 22, 2020
• COVID-19 Response Should Include Distancing from the US | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 6, 2020
• Lagassé: Who cares about the monarchy? Certainly not the Supreme Court of CanadaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 24, 2020
• Lagassé: Who cares about the monarchy? Certainly not the Supreme Court of CanadaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 24, 2020
• Opinion: The Canadian Crown meets residual royalty: The awkward truth about Harry and Meghan in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 14, 2020
• How Canada goes to warOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 1, 2013
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 3, 2013
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 7, 2013
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 4, 2012
• Ottawa CitizenOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 2, 2012
• Should the Commons vote on deploying the Forces?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Tories and Grits are as one on defence policyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Should the Commons vote on deploying the Forces?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Tories and Grits are as one on defence policyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Crash or burn? The Conservatives' F-35 dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2012
• Crash or burn? The Conservatives' F-35 dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2012
• Crash or burn? The Conservatives' F-35 dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2012
• Crash or burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2012
• Crash or burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2012
• Crash or burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 2, 2012
• Edmonton JournalOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 9, 2012