Op-eds

Lagassé, P. and David Perry, “Canada’s new defence policy commits to exploring, instead of committing,” Globe and Mail, 10 April 2024.

Lagassé, P. “The harsh reality of Trump’s ‘mobster diplomacy’,” The Line, 21 February 2024.

Lagassé, P. “Why is Canada buying so much American military equipment?” The Line, 10 January 2024.

Lagassé, P. “Canada risks hurtling itself into yet another military procurement headache,” Globe and Mail (online), 28 November 2023.

Lagassé, P. “Time to worry about our warships,” The Line, 18 October 2023.

Lagassé, P. “A Canadian Case of Defence Spending Fatigue?” Policy Magazine, 1 August 2023.

Lagassé, P. “Enough with the excuses about Parliament and national security,” The Line, 31 May 2023.

Lagassé, P. “Former governors general should be neither seen, nor heard,” The Line, 25 May 2023.

Lagassé, P. “Is Canadian republicanism a hopeless cause?” The Line, 2 May 2023.

Lagassé, P. “Sure, let’s spend more on defence, but what’s our long-term plan?” The Line, 26 April 2023.

Lagassé, P. “Canada’s purchase of the F-35 was a slog. But the process could have been worse,” Globe and Mail, 10 January 2023.

Lagassé, P. “POEC and the primacy of the executive,” The Line, 28 November 2022.

Lagassé, P. and Vanessa MacDonnell, “As Doug Ford has learned: constitutional hardball doesn’t always pay off,” Ottawa Citizen, 8 November 2022.

Lagassé, P. “King Charles III and the Kingdom of Canada,” Policy Magazine, November-December 2022.

Lagassé, P. and Dale Smith, “Is the Royal Family taxpayer funded? Not exactly.” Globe and Mail, 21 September 2022.

Lagassé, P. “Legally speaking, Charles in now King of Canada,” Globe and Mail, 9 September 2022.

Lagassé, P. “Parliamentarians can be trusted with sensitive security information,” Globe and Mail, 17 January 2022.

Lagassé, P. “The Constitutional Context of Cabinet-Making,” Policy Magazine, 20 October 2021.

Lagassé, P. “So who actually won on Sept. 20th?” The Line, 30 September 2021.

Lagassé, P. “Canada has a Prime Minister, Campaign or No Campaign. The Media should Say So,” Policy Magazine, 17 August 2021.

Lagassé, P. “Dissolution and Governing during an Election,” Policy Magazine, 15 August 2021.

Lagassé, P. “Cancel culture is real. But it’s not always what we’re talking about,” The Line, 9 August 2021.

Lagassé, P. “The bilingualism requirement for the Governor General is colonialist,” The Line, 8 July 2021.

Lagassé, P. “The Burdens of Office Will be Heavy for the New Governor General,” Policy Magazine, 6 July 2021.

Hugo Cyr et Lagassé, P. « Lieutenant-gouverneur : moderniser sans révolutionner », La Presse, 12 mars 2021.

Lagassé, P.L’Affaire Payette and the Office of the Governor General,” Policy Magazine, 29 January 2021.

Lagassé, P. “Who does Canada want as governor general?” Ottawa Citizen, 23 January 2021.

Lagassé, P. and Thomas Juneau, “Exploring ways to bridge the gap between professors and the public service,” Policy Options, 9 December 2020.

Thomas Juneau and Lagassé, P. “Bridging the Academia-Policy Gap in Canadian Defense: Lessons for Other Smaller Allies,” War on the Rocks, 24 November 2020.

Lagassé, P. ” ‘Proroguing’ isn’t a dirty word in itself -but the power to reset Parliament demands our vigilance,” Globe and Mail, 19 August 2020.

Lagassé, P. “Whatever happened to the good old days of boring governors-general?” Globe and Mail, 23 July 2020.

Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Lagassé, P. “Appreciating the politics of the pandemic,” Policy Options, 8 May 2020.

Lagassé, P. and Srdjan Vucetic, “Coronavirus shows why Canada must reduce its dependence on the U.S.” The Conversation, 4 May 2020.

Lagassé, P. “Who cares about the monarchy? Certainly not the Supreme Court of Canada,” Ottawa Citizen, 27 April 2020.

Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Lagassé, P. “As far as politics goes, the COVID-19 pandemic changes everything. Or does it?” National Post, 7 April 2020.

Lagassé, P. “The Canadian Crown meets residual royalty: The Awkward truth about Harry and Meghan in Canada,” Globe and Mail, 16 January 2020.

Lagassé, P. “Improving election night media coverage,” Policy Options, 28 August 2019.

Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Lagassé, P. “Valar dohaeris: The Game of Thrones that rulers must play for power,” Globe and Mail, 18 May 2019.

Lagassé, P. “What Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott can actually say –and where.” Maclean’s, 22 March 2019.

Lagassé, P. “The SNC-Lavalin Scandal is Proof our System is Working. Seriously.” Maclean’s, 5 March 2019.

Lagassé, P. “The importance of the Queen in governance won’t disappear under Trudeau,” Ottawa Citizen, 1 January 2016.

Lagassé, P. “The first and last ‘Queen of Canada’,” Policy Options, 9 September 2015.

Jean-Christophe Boucher, Lagassé, P. and Justin Massie, “Why a majority of Canadians support the mission in Iraq”, National Post, 17 March 2015.

Lagassé, P., “Time for a refresher on the powers of Parliament”, Ottawa Citizen, 5 October 2014.

Lagassé, P., “Parliament neglects its duty to debate military deployments”, Ottawa Citizen, 7 May 2014.

Lagassé, P., “How Canada goes to war”, Ottawa Citizen, 4 December 2013.

Lagassé, P., “Canada’s independence is at stake”, Ottawa Citizen, 6 July 2013.

Lagassé, P., “In defence of academic ‘fiddling'”, Ottawa Citizen, 10 June 2013.

Lagassé, P., “The Queen of Canada is dead; long live the British Queen”, Macleans.ca, 3 February 2013.

Lagassé, P., “Canadian procurement problems run deeper than the F-35”, Ottawa Citizen, 6 December 2012.

James W.J. Bowden and Lagassé, P., “Succeeding to the Canadian Throne”, Ottawa Citizen, 5 December 2012.

Lagassé, P., “Crown discussion should go beyond Harry’s adventures”, Ottawa Citizen, 30 August 2012.

Lagassé, P., “Who would want to be defence chief?”, Ottawa Citizen, 20 August 2012.

Lagassé, P., “‘Smart defense’ and the Canadian Forces”, Vanguard Magazine, April/May 2012.

Lagassé, P., “The opposition must ask better questions about the F-35”, Macleans.ca, 2 May 2012.

Lagassé, P., “The Crown is still King”, Ottawa Citizen, 14 April 2012.

Lagassé, P., “Lessons learned from the F-35 debacle”, Macleans.ca, 3 April 2012.

Peter Jones and Lagassé, P., “Crash or burn? The Conservatives’ F-35 Dilemma”, Globe and Mail (Web Exclusive), 3 April 2012.

Lagassé, P. et Justin Massie, «Ottawa peut corriger le tir», La Presse, 27 mars 2012.

Lagassé, P., “The Queen is the Canadian Crown”, Ottawa Citizen, 9 Janurary 2012.

Roméo Dallaire and Lagassé, P., “Honing Canada’s approach to interventions”, Embassy Magazine, 16 November 2011.

Lagassé, P., “Libya to top fall defence policy agenda”, Embassy Magazine, 14 September 2011.

Lagassé, P., “Royal in law, not only in name”, Embassy Magazine, 31 August 2011.

Lagassé, P., “Should the Commons vote on deploying the Forces?”, Globe and Mail, 24 November 2010.

Justin Massie et Lagassé, P., «Pourquoi le F-35», La Presse, 4 août 2010.

Lagassé, P. and Justin Massie, “Tories and Grits are as one on defence policy”, Globe and Mail, 4 August 2010.

Lagassé, P., “Parliament shouldn’t decide when we go to war”, Ottawa Citizen, 9 April 2010.