Popular Writing

  • Nimijean, Richard, and David Carment. 2021. “Rhetoric Check: Is the election really key to Canada’s post-pandemic future?” The Conversation, August 29, 2021. Link
  • Carment, David, and Richard Nimijean. 2021. “In a post-Trump world, Canadian sovereignty is at a crossroads.” Toronto Star, March 12. Link
  • Carment, David, Richard Nimijean, and Wojtek Gwiazda. 2021. “Cuts to Radio Canada International can only hurt Canada’s image and influence abroad.” Ottawa Citizen, March 2. Link
  • Richard Nimijean and David Carment. "In the Meng Extradition Case, Canada Has Other Options, Interests to Consider." Hill Times, July 7.​ Link
  • Richard Nimijean and David Carment. “Rethinking the Canada-US Relationship after the Pandemic.” Policy Options, May 7.​ Link
  • David Carment and Richard Nimijean. “Where Does Canada Go Post-Covid-19?” Hill Times, April 20. Link
  • David Carment and Richard Nimijean.“Canada’s China-U.S. Conundrum.” Hill Times, February 24. Link​
  • David Carment and Richard Nimijean. “Justin Trudeau ou l’étalage de vertu​.” Le Monde diplomatique, October 2019. Link
  • “Election 2019: It’s 2015 all over again. Or is that 2004?​” The Monitor. (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, September/October 2019): 35-36. Link
  • David Carment and Richard Nimijean. “Parties competing over values, not substance, in foreign policy platforms.” The Hill Times, August 7, 2019. Link
  • David Carment and Richard Nimijean. “Trudeau’s Precarious Hold on the Liberal Foreign Policy Agenda.” iPolitics, July 9, 2019. Link
  • “On foreign policy, Trudeau’s Liberals are long on rhetoric, short on action.” Hill Times, June 28, 2018 (with David Carment).​ Link
  • “A Portrait of Justin Trudeau.” The Monitor. (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, September/October 2017): 26-31. Link
  • “Electoral reform will test Trudeau’s leadership, and his values.” The Monitor. (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, January/February 2016): 12-14. Link
  • “Elect Us™: Values politics, branding, and the 2015 federal election campaign.” The Monitor. (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, May 2015): 27-33. Link
  • Commentary on Andrew Cohen’s book, The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. (Carleton Now, September/October 2007)
  • “It’s all in the brand.” Ottawa Citizen (August 1, 2007).
  • Commentary on the Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, Carleton Now (January 2007).
  • “What’s love got to do with it?” Ottawa Xpress (December 8, 2005).
  • “Canada became what it is by developing institutions that promote our identity.” Toronto Star (August 29, 2005). Link
  • “How we can get to 0.7%.” Ottawa Citizen (July 7, 2005).
  • “Killing us softly with Liberal policies.” Ottawa Citizen (August 29, 2003).
  • “We Voters are a Fickle Bunch.” Saint John Times-Globe (May 8, 1997).​
  • “What Exactly is a Canadian?” Saint John Times-Globe (December 17, 1996).