The next election, Michael Harris writes, will be the most consequential in Canada’s history: It will be a choice between today, and all the tomorrows the planet may or may not have; between the cost of living, and the cost of saving what scientists warn is a planet being suffocated
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Northern Reflections: No Quick Moves
Chantal Hebert writes that Justin Trudeau will not be calling a snap election: Provided the Liberal/NDP pact holds, Canada will not be going to the polls this fall and perhaps not until 2025. Even if Trudeau wanted to call a snap election to try to get an edge on a
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: How Good The Country Is
Justin Trudeau recently announced that he will be around to fight the next election. Michael Harris is betting that it will occur in the spring. And it will be an ugly fight. Trudeau is facing strong headwinds: Grocery bills look more like car payments thanks to inflation. To get runaway
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: America “B” – John Feffer
Who doesn’t like to kick back and watch the US primary election campaign? I just scan the highlights, but John Feffer is big picture prognosticating with his recent article on Tom’s Dispatch titled Donald Trump and America B. The article examines the disaffected people who make up America B and who have bought into his […]
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: It Will Be All About Integrity
Stephen Harper came to power howling about the lack of Liberal integrity. And the irony is that integrity will be Harper’s undoing. Michael Harris writes: Integrity is the great leveller — and that is bad news for Stephen Harper. It is the fatal deficit of all powermongers. The Harper government’s
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