Not Their Party
If you want to know how far the Conservative Party has devolved, consider former prime minister Kim Campbell’s comments on what’s going on there now. Sarah Turnbull writes: Amid discussions…
Owen Gray
Student Debt
In both Canada and the United States, proposals are being floated to deal with the problem of student debt. Paul Krugman writes: What I think I do know is that…
More Bombast
The Conservatives had another raucous debate last night. And it’s clear, Bruce Arthur writes, that Pierre Poilievre will say anything in his quest for the party leadership: In a Conservative…
A Recipe For Electoral Disaster
There was a big difference between Ontario’s leaders’ debate in North Bay and the Conservative leadership debate in Ottawa. Susan Delecourt writes: It may not be fair to compare them,…
Riley On Carbon Capture
Susan Riley has become a fierce critic of Justin Trudeau’s climate policy. She writes: Well, that didn’t take long. Mere weeks after the federal budget offered a generous tax credit…
Anti-Democratic Justices
The Supreme Court of the United States is anti-democratic. E.J. Dionne writes: If the Supreme Court adopts the substance of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s draft ruling ending the constitutional…
Nothing More Than A Bomb Thrower
In his quest for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre has made a point of attacking the Bank Of Canada. Andrew Coyne writes: The bank is always open…
A Dark Future
The Conservatives held their first leadership debate this week. And, if it showcased the future of the party, that future will be dark, indeed. Susan Delacourt writes: Jean Charest, the…
How’s The Brand Doing?
In the last Ontario election, the Liberal brand was toxic. The party wound up with seven seats — not enough for official party status. This election will be a real…
The New American Civil War
The leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v Wade is the second attack on Fort Sumter. It is the beginning of the second American Civil War. Lawrence…
A Little Foresight
Armine Yalnizyan writes that we’re headed for a global recession: After the foreseen economic rebound from pandemic, business pages are newly flooded with warnings of looming slowdown and even economic…
Have They Got Him?
It looks like New York’s District Attorney will give Donald Trump a Get Out Of Jail Free Card. But, in Atlanta, Trump faces another kind of district attorney. Norm Eisen…
What Happened To Civility?
Canadians used to be famous for their civility. The roots of that civility are a little hard to trace. Robin Sears writes: Perhaps it grew out of the need to…
Musk And Twitter
Why did Elon Musk buy Twitter? David Olive writes: Some business deals eventually go bad. And some are failures from the start. Elon Musk’s planned $44-billion (U.S.) purchase of social…
The Radicalized Right
Max Fawcett writes that we are about to discover how much the Right has been radicalized: A public inquiry into the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act has…
The Arsenal Of Democracy — Again
Mark Twain wrote that “history doesn’t repeat itself. But sometimes it rhymes.” Paul Krugman writes: Britain in 1940, like Ukraine in 2022, had unexpected success against a seemingly unstoppable enemy,…
Language Pirates
Lawrence Martin writes that those on the Right have become skilled language pirates: The word “woke” used to have a positive connotation. It originated in Black culture and took on…
Exam Time
We’re getting close to exam time in Ontario. It’s been a long time since I was involved in this annual ritual. But I was struck by George Monbiot’s column in…
It’s Called Stupidity
The Ontario Party is the new kid on the block. Kelsey Carolan reports in The Hill that: The party was founded in May 2018, according to its website, but didn’t…
More Lies
On the Right these days, lies are the common currency. Supriya Dwivedi writes: Conservatives are incensed over a truck tax that does not exist. The outrage stems from an opinion…