Something’s Out Of Joint
Ontarians have given Doug Ford four more years. He and his party won 83 seats in the province’s 124-seat legislature. I’m not surprised. The polls predicted this outcome at the…
Owen Gray
Going Up
Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page warns that interest rates will go up until inflation comes down: The governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, has announced the third…
No One’s Home
If ever there was a woman who fits the stereotype of the dumb blonde, it’s Marjorie Taylor Greene. The woman who has referred to Hitler’s secret police as the “Gazpacho”…
Biker Chaos
Recently, Justin Trudeau had to cancel a public appearance in British Columbia. Michael Harris writes: The RCMP decided that it would not be safe for Justin Trudeau to make a…
Calling It What It Is
Jennifer Rubin doesn’t mince words. She writes in The Washington Post: Now is the time for precise language. “Forces” are not the problem; one political movement encased within the Republican…
The Catastrophe Is Upon Us
Robin Sears writes that the pandemic has exposed just how fragile our public healthcare system is: The list of the collective failures would fill an entire page of this newspaper.…
Kenney’s Long Goodbye
It’s been a couple of weeks since Jason Kenney resigned as the leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party. Andrew Nikiforuk addresses Kenney personally in analyzing Kenney’s failure: Goodbye Jason Kenney.…
Conservative Paranoia
Paranoia permeates the Conservative Party of Canada. Andrew Coyne writes: Candidate Pierre Poilievre warns his followers that the government of Canada “has been spying on you everywhere. They’ve been following…
Insanity, Pure And Simple
A week after a kid walked into a Buffalo supermarket and killed 10 people, another kid in Uvalde, Texas walked into an elementary school and killed 21 people, 19 of…
Trump Of The North
In his quest for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre is following Donald Trump’s playbook. Susan Delacourt writes: Show him an institution and Poilievre will knock it down…
Bigger Egos Than Brains
America’s technocrats are in in a snit. Paul Krugman writes: The sultans of Silicon Valley are in a political snit, with some billionaires suddenly turning against Democrats. It’s not just…
Something Wicked
Trumpism is destroying democracy in the United States. Michael Harris writes: Who could have imagined a traditional political party like the GOP standing for the Big Lie that Joe Biden…
An Ill Wind
The American disease has crossed the border. It’s showing up in Ontario’s election. Haydn Watters writes: Marjorie Knight used to knock on doors alone. This Ontario election, her campaign team…
COVID? What’s That?
In Ontario, COVID cases are sprouting like dandelions in the spring. Two of the party leaders are self-isolating. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The Green Party’s Mike Schreiner disclosed his positive…
Conservative Rage
The fall of Jason Kenney has brought forth nary a word from any of the contenders for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party. Susan Delacourt writes: No thanks or…
Alberta’s Cannibals
If you’re a conservative these days, you swim with sharks. And the sharks are cannibals. Carson Jerema writes: Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has eaten itself. The dismal 51.4 per…
Fire Burn And Cauldron Bubble
Thomas Edsall writes that Donald Trump has uncorked lots of nastiness in the United States: The chilling amalgam of Christian Nationalism, white replacement theory and conspiratorial zeal — from QAnon…
Groundhog Day
By this time in his political career, Michael Harris writes, Justin Trudeau might have been plotting his exit. But Pierre Poilievre has given him a reason to stick around for…
Bill 96
I’m tired. I’m tired of the language merry-go-round in Quebec. Francois Legault’s government is on the cusp of passing Bill 96, which would further restrict the rights of Quebec’s English…
Faux Populist
In his first quest for the brass ring, Doug Ford ran as an unapologetic populist. Robin Sears writes: Like Donald Trump, Ford’s deepest angst is being viewed by his hated…