Ford And Profit
When it comes to COVID, Doug Ford says he’s opening up Ontario. When it comes to health-care, Bob Hepburn writes, Ford is opening up our health-care system to privatization: Since…
Owen Gray
How It Works
If you want to know how it works, consider the case of Dr. Brooks Fallis. Bruce Arthur writes: It’s been more than a year since Dr. Brooks Fallis was suddenly…
They’re Getting Angrier
The Conservatives are thrashing about, angrily proclaiming that they are the party of small government — as Justin Trudeau announces that the government is getting bigger. And, Susan Delacourt writes,…
The Great Simplification
Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has shaken up global oil markets. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: Putin’s ugly war of annihilation in Ukraine has probably ended globalization as we know it, along…
It Runs Deep
If you want to know how deep the rot in Washington goes, consider the case of Ginni Thomas. James Downie writes: Since news broke that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme…
Maturity
The Tories and the Bloc are furious. But, Robin Sears writes, the deal between the Liberals and the NDP is a sign of political maturity: The Bloc and Tory hysteria…
Just Politics?
It used to be that the leaders of political parties had significant life experience before they entered politics. But, increasingly, it appears that politics is the only experience the leaders…
The Deal
Michael Harris takes a hard look at the deal between the Liberals and the NDP: The way interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen tells it, the deal between the Liberals and…
Lower Than
Republicans are giving Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson a hard time. Paul Waldman writes: Republicans know they can’t stop Ketanji Brown Jackson from being confirmed to the Supreme Court. Since they…
Like Pearson?
Apparently, the Liberals and the NDP have a deal. The CBC’s Vassy Kapelos reports that: The leadership of the Liberals and the NDP have reached an agreement that would see…
Defeating MAGA
These are dangerous times in the United States. Jennifer Rubin writes: The GOP has unabashedly fanned violence, propagated a parallel universe of lies and conspiracy theories and sought to subvert…
Will They Fall In Line?
I tend to think that, if the Conservatives choose Pierre Poilievre as their leader, they will wander in the political desert for quite a while. Chantal Hebert has a warning…
Kenney’s Last Days?
The tide seems to be turning in Alberta. Dave Climenhaga writes: If the findings of the online survey of 600 adults made between March 11 and 13 are accurate, the…
Impunity And Justice
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine must not go unpunished. E.J. Dionne writes: The trial of human decency the world is looking at now should have been obvious long ago. It…
Canada’s Trump
Andrew Coyne writes that, among the Conservative leadership hopefuls, Pierre Poilievre is clearly a northern Trump: Bear in mind that, according to a recent Leger poll, 44 per cent of…
Junkyard Dogs
The race for the leadership of the Conservative Party is turning into a brawl among junkyard dogs. Campbell Clark writes: The things Tory leadership candidates are saying about each other…
Keep The Masks
Ontario is in the process of removing all of its COVID 19 restrictions. Its mask mandate will disappear after the end of March Break. Sachin Maharaj, a professor of Educational…
Take Him Seriously
Pierre Poilievre is a clown. Nonetheless, Susan Riley writes, it’s time to take him seriously: Random journalists, subject-matter experts, and others, try to counter Poilievre’s facetious boilerplate—“lets give Canadians back…
Trump’s Role
When tracing the causes of the war in Ukraine, one cannot ignore Donald Trump’s role in the debacle. Jonathan Stevenson writes: Republicans have criticized President Joe Biden for not doing…