Down The Rabbit Hole
What has happened to the Conservative Party? That’s the question on Andrew Coyne’s mind. He writes: While Conservatives have long flirted with populism, they had until now tried to distance…
Owen Gray
The Fault, Dear Brutus
The events of the last month point to a failure. But, Glen Pearson asks, did our institutions fail, or did we fail them? We now appear to be in one…
Will It Work?
The events of the last three weeks represent the failure of all three levels of our government. They all responded too late. But, Tom Walkom writes, the Trudeau government had…
The Washington Post On The Emergencies Act
The blowhards at Fox News are up in arms about what’s happening in Ottawa. But, as a counterpoint, consider this editorial in The Washington Post: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Rewriting The Dictionary
Shree Paradkar writes that the Right “have successfully co-opted a noble ideal of liberty for all into a vehicle for far-right grievances to mean the opposite: liberty for a few…
The Crossroads
We’re at a dangerous crossroads. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: It is clear now that a highly organized group of militants — some with military and counter insurgency experience — have mobilized…
No Longer The Peacable Kingdom
The events of the last three weeks have exposed the failure of multiple governments across Canada. At the root of it all, Susan Riley writes, is a failure of leadership:…
The Rule Of The Minority
“Trudeau is dividing the country.” These days, that’s the mantra of the Conservative Party. Supriya Dwivedi writes: Conservatives across this country have been trying their hardest to convince Canadians that…
A Trumpified Canada?
Are we being Trumpified? A clear segment of the population has succumbed to the Trump Disease. Susan Delacourt writes: In late 2018, Steve Bannon, one of the leading strategists behind…
The American Disease In Canada
People are beginning to look into the sources of support for the occupation of Ottawa. What they’re discovering is deeply troubling. David Climenhaga writes: The evidence of American interference in…
Political Myopia
Glen Pearson writes that the trucker convoy has revealed our political myopia: For the average Canadian attempting to muddle through the pandemic, the truck convoy that arrived in Ottawa seemed…
Beware Poilievre
Gary Mason writes that the word “freedom” has been weaponized. The latest example of that process comes from Pierre Poilievre: If you watched any of federal Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre’s…
The Trump Disease
Jim Shepperd writes that, when you survey Canadian media, it’s clear that what he calls “the Trump Disease” has taken route in Canada: Of course, all Canadians have the right…
Truck Off
What’s happening in Ottawa is no longer a protest. It’s an occupation. Michael Harris writes: Everyone in this country believes in the right to protest. A protest allows free people…
A Truly Horrible Week
Last week was truly a horrible week. Robin Sears writes: It feels like something broke in Canada this week. The nation that has always been a little too smug about…
It’s Over
There are many lessons to be taken from the truckers’ convoy. For Tom Walkom, the most important lesson is that the marriage of convenience between the Reform Party and the…
A Clear And Present Danger
Susan Delacourt writes that the truckers came gunning for Justin Trudeau and took out Erin O’Toole instead: They rolled into Ottawa looking to get rid of Justin Trudeau, but they…
The Powder Keg Party
Lawrence Martin writes that, if you look at the recent history of the Conservative Party, what happened yesterday shouldn’t be a surprise: Going by the Conservative Party’s current criteria for…
Not A Governing Party
Erin O’Toole has no good options. Althia Raj writes: No matter what happens tomorrow — whether Conservative MPs show Erin O’Toole the door or keep him as leader — the…
The Knives Are Out
Erin O’Toole is in trouble. Word has it that a third of his caucus wants him gone. Paul Wells has been anonymously talking to a member of that caucus: This…