Northern Reflections: No Bosom Buddies

You might think that, if Pierre Poilievre becomes prime minister, Doug Ford would be ecstatic. Martin Regg Cohn writes that such is not the case: By rights, these two right-wingers should be soul mates. Yet they are anything but. Premier Doug Ford and federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre barely know

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Northern Reflections: The Bond Is Breaking

David Ignatius writes that the relationship between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu is pretty tense: As the war in Gaza grinds on, President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are locked in a public quarrel about military strategy, political leadership and even casualty numbers. Like past disputes in the

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Northern Reflections: The War In Gaza

Protests against the war in Gaza are growing. Michael Harris writes: Political leaders who can no longer hear the people are usually on their way to defeat. That is one of the takeaways from the recently cancelled event featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and visiting Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni

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Northern Reflections: Caveat Emptor

Groucho Marx used to quip, “Who you gonna believe — me or your own eyes?” These days, believing what you see with your own eyes can be problematic. Consider this story from The Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, images circulating online showing former President Donald Trump surrounded

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Northern Reflections: Easy Marks

Millennials, we’re told, are shifting their votes to Pierre Poilievre. Max Fawcett writes that Poilievre is playing them for fools: Credit where it’s due: Pierre Poilievre has talked a good game about housing ever since he was elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Sure, he keeps fibbing about

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Northern Reflections: Brian Mulroney

  I never voted for Brian Mulroney. The Neo-Conservative Era — which he ushered in with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan — to me always seemed wrong-headed. I agreed with John Kenneth Galbraith. “Trickle Down,” he said, “is what comes out of the back end of a cow.”  That said,

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Northern Reflections: The Question

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s claim for complete immunity. What’s important, Jennifer Rubin writes, is how the court has framed the question: The court determined that the only question to be addressed is whether a former president enjoys absolute “immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct

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Northern Reflections: A Fraud

  Pierre Poilievre is a piece of work. Linda McQuaig writes: So let me get this straight. Pierre Poilievre is going to make life more affordable for Canadians. Yet he’s going to ramp up our military spending wildly, as demanded by Donald Trump. Trump isn’t even yet the Republican nominee

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Northern Reflections: More Damage

The damage from the ArriveCan debacle is spreading. Once again, the Trudeau government is paying the price. Michael Harris writes: Apart from the Canadian public, the obvious loser in the ArriveCan scandal is the Trudeau government.   After all, it takes a special kind of incompetence to turn an $80,000 project

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Northern Reflections: Misinformed

Danielle Smith believes that the future is in oil. Maax Fawcett writes that she is misinformed:  Alberta’s UCP government may like to pretend it sees the world differently than Saudi Arabia but when it comes to their biggest industry, they speak the same language. Both have said the International Energy

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Northern Reflections: They’re Shafting Ukraine

  American Republicans and Canadian Conservatives are shafting Ukraine. Michael Harris writes: The politicians whom the Ukrainian president trusted to have his back in his country’s existential struggle against Russian invaders have betrayed him.   While European countries have ponied up 54-billion euros for beleaguered Ukraine, the dysfunctional United States Congress

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