How A Trudeau Wins
Pierre Poilievre sounds a lot like Donald Trump. But, Chantal Hebert writes, if you look at how Poilievre’s campaign is organized and executed, the model looks less like Donald Trump…
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The Upcoming Election
There are a little more than five weeks to go until Ontario’s election. And, if you believe the polls, Doug Ford might just win it. Bob Hepburn writes: Ford’s laughing…
Marie LePen
This weekend, there is a run-off election in France. Marie LePen is challenging Emmanuel Macron. And her two major weaknesses are painfully apparent. Jennifer Rubin writes: The weaknesses of far-right…
When Politics Becomes War
The polarization that has upended American politics has seeped across the border. Susan Delacourt writes: The Steam Whistle brewery in Toronto is not a politics-free zone. Back in 2013, a…
The Great Sidestep
For decades, successive governments have ignored the central problem at the heart of the Canadian economy. Bruce Campbell writes: In response to the brutal inequality of the 1920s and the…
Something to Hate
J.D. Vance wrote a compelling account of what has happened to poor white people in the United States. He has now hitched his wagon to Donald Trump’s star. Paul Krugman…
Stephen’s Ghost
The Conservatives are stuck. That’s the lesson behind Pierre Poilievre’s quest for the leadership of the party. Michael Harris writes: Poilievre’s camp is hitching his alleged vaulting popularity to the…
The Conservatives’ Biggest Problem
Lawrence Martin writes that the Conservatives have a problem that continues to haunt them through decades: It is their record against Pierre and Justin Trudeau. In the eight elections in…
Friends?
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has been visiting Alberta. The Calgary Herald reports that: This week, Kenney hosted U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia who chairs the…
Ship Of Fools
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that we are living through the Great Pandemic Denial. Consider the case of Boris Johnson: Last July U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who partied freely during two…
Toward The Abyss
Susan Riley is as mad as hell. The Trudeau government says it will fight climate change with carbon capture — even as it approves another mega oil project: According to…
Making Things Worse
In Ontario, we’re living in a make-believe world. Bruce Arthur writes: About a month after the province announced masking was no longer mandatory, Omicron is everywhere. With testing limited and…
Page On The Budget
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page has weighed in on the budget: Budget 2022 is surprisingly measured, modest and responsible. Many budget observers had early expectations and concerns about a…
This Isn’t Tax And Spend
The Conservatives will attack yesterday’s budget as a big-spending plan on things we don’t need. Heather Scoffield writes that it’s not that — at all: The finance department figures we…
So Much For A Harvard Education
J.D. Vance is a graduate of Harvard Law. He is also the author of Hillbilly Elegy, an account of what it’s like to grow up poor in Appalachia. Ron Howard…
Cousins?
Susan Delacourt writes that there are similarities between Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau: There’s something oddly familiar about Pierre Poilievre’s campaign in the early days of the Conservative leadership race.…
Fading Away
Ontario is in its sixth wave of COVID. And, Bruce Arthur writes, the province’s chief medical health officer has disappeared: Where is Dr. Kieran Moore? Ontario’s chief medical officer of…
Where’s Justice?
During his time in office, Donald Trump dismantled the American Justice Department. Michael Harris writes: One of the trademarks of Trump’s trip through the sewers of business and politics has…
The Policy Challenge
Canada, Robin Sears writes, faces enormous policy challenges: Canada faces policy challenges today that are broader and more complex than perhaps ever in our history. Several are well-known: climate, health…
When Opponents Become Enemies
Rhetoric in the House of Commons is getting pretty rancid. Gary Mason writes: Something rather remarkable happened in the House of Commons earlier this week: A sitting MP accused this…