Can He Do It?
Michael Harris writes that Pierre Poilievre won’t bring Justin Trudeau down: “I don’t see any signs of traction for Pierre Poilievre.” These words were spoken on background by a senior…
Owen Gray
What’s Wrong With White Americans?
A majority of white Americans back the Republican Party. Perry Bacon writes: A clear majority of White Americans keeps backing the Republican Party over the Democratic Party, even though the…
Wooden-Headedness
Danielle Smith’s first week on the job did not bode well for her future. Gary Mason writes: At what point do Albertans begin to wonder – what just happened? I’m…
He Must Be Indicted
Yesterday’s hearing in Washington provided a lot of new information. Dana Milbank catalogs it: Trump adviser Steve Bannon, before the election, declared that Trump is “going to declare victory, and…
The Second Jones Verdict
Joanna Slater reports in the Washington Post that: A Connecticut jury ordered Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight victims of the…
A Tough Time
Canada is a big country, and it’s always been difficult to govern. There has always been a tug-of-war between the federal government and the provinces. But the road ahead will…
It Ain’t Over
Joe Biden says the pandemic is over. Millions of people agree with him. But COVID hasn’t receded into the history books. Glen Pearson writes: Covid-19 hasn’t receded into the past,…
The Trumpification Of Canadian Politics
Canadian politics have become Trumpified. Michael Harris writes: The same distemper abroad in the U.S. has already made an appearance here. No one talks much about the Freedom Convoy’s purpose…
An Old Cautionary Tale
If you want to know how far the Republican Party has devolved, take a look at what’s happening in the state of Georgia. Maureen Dowd writes: Once, there were limits,…
Things Do Not Bode Well
A constitutional crisis is brewing. Andrew Coyne writes: As of this week we will have not one but two provincial governments in this country formally committed to act in defiance…
Poilievre The Misogynist
The more we see and hear of Pierre Poilievre, the more there is to dislike. Alex Boutilier reports that: Pierre Poilievre’s official YouTube videos included a hidden tag appealing to…
Toppling The Regime
Marjorie Taylor Greene is no intellectual giant. But she knows what she’s doing. These days she has taken to calling Joe Biden’s government a “regime.” Greg Sargent writes: No U.S.…
Legault’s Victory
The Quebec election confirms that things have changed since we lived there. Forty years ago, the battlelines were between the Liberals and the Parti-Quebecois. Now four provincial parties duke it…
Tax Fairness?
A recent report highlights how little Canada’s biggest corporations are paying in taxes. Fares Alghoul writes: Canada’s largest corporations are making record profits and paying income tax at record-low rates,…
The March Backward
If you thought that the U.S. Supreme Court’s last session was horrific, Ruth Marcus writes that you ain’t seen nothin’ yet: Nothing in the behavior of the court’s emboldened majority…
Can He Beat The Odds?
The trucker’s convoy is still here. And, Darrell Bricker writes, they’re not going anywhere: The so-called “freedom convoy” that blocked Parliament Hill and several Canada-U.S. border crossings may have dispersed…
A World Of Problems
We live in a world of problems. Bob Rae writes from the United Nations: We are meeting at a time of major disruption in the global economy, geopolitics and politics,…
Truth And Reconciliation Day
The history of any nation is part of the history of humanity. That means that every nation must confront its Heart of Darkness. Some nations refuse to do that. At…
The R Word
A recession, we’re told, is just around the corner. Heather Scoffield writes: Deloitte Canada joins economists at Bank of Montreal, Desjardins and Royal Bank in seeing two straight quarters of…
It Can Be Devastating
We’re not done with COVID. And it’s not done with us. Andrew Nikifork writes: This question demands to be top of mind: What can COVID do to our brains? Add…