Try As He Might
Erin O’Toole has won the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. But, to achieve that victory, he tied his fortunes to the party’s social conservatives. Alan Freeman writes: In…
Owen Gray
They’ll Huff and They’ll Puff
It was a rough night in Louisiana — or as they say down there — “Looziana.” Hurricane Laura rolled in in the wee small hours of the morning. The National…
Missing The Boat
Our movers and shakers are panicked about population growth. George Monbiot writes that they don’t understand the real problem: When a major study was published last month, showing that the…
Simple and Crass
The Republicans have decided that they don’t need a platform. What they will run on, Dana Milbank writes, was on full display last night — fear: The Republican National Convention…
Fires In His Own House
So it’s Erin O’Toole. The pundits are surprised — and so is Peter Mackay. Now that analysts are beginning to sort through the votes, it appears that the party’s social…
Maryanne’s Tale
CNN and The Washington Post have obtained copies of conversations Mary Trump had with her aunt, retired judge Maryanne Trump Barry. The judge appears to know her brother well: Maryanne…
Tightrope Walk
Justin Trudeau has been walking a tightrope lately, Michael Harris writes. His gymnastics were triggered by the resignation of Bill Morneau: Morneau’s demise triggered a chain of events that prompted…
Laughing All The Way To The Bank
Steve Bannon has been arrested and charged with fraud. Michelle Goldberg writes: According to a federal indictment, Bannon, along with his associates Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, ran…
The New Democrats’ Moment
The NDP, Linda McQuaig writes, is sitting in the catbird seat: Trudeau’s prorogation seems to be a self-centred attempt to avoid further parliamentary scrutiny over WE. Still, the PM’s suddenly…
It Just Might Work
If you want to know what kind of finance minister Chrystia Freeland will be, Tim Harper suggests that you take a look at her book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the…
For The Foreseeable Future
Bill Morneau is gone. What are we to make of it? Aaron Wherry writes that it’s hard to work your way through the weeds: Whenever something interesting happens around Parliament…
The Same Things
If you want to know why the United States is such a screwed up country, William Cooper writes, don’t blame the politicians. Blame the people who put them there: Data…
A Life Well Lived
Richard Gwyn has died. I began reading his reporting as a kid, moved to his biographies of Pierre Trudeau and John A. Macdonald and tuned in regularly when he was…
What Are We Going To Do?
The world has changed, Lori Fox writes. And we’re not going back to the old one: The world we knew is gone. The life you thought you were going to…
Why The Rush?
In Ontario, there is a rush to get back to school. Bruce Arthur asks, Why the rush? On Thursday, provincial Education Minister Stephen Lecce delivered yet another version of the…
COVID And Higher Education
Higher Education is facing two unpleasant truths: A university education has become a commodity. And students are no longer buying what universities are selling. Megan McArdle writes: A pandemic is…
Kamala Harris
So it’s Kamala Harris — a graduate of Westmount High School — who is the Democratic vice presidential nominee. She’s the future, Frank Bruni writes. And, God knows, Donald Trump…
The Mess Biden Will Inherit
Donald Trump encouraged incoming members of his administration to consider his tenure as a TV show — a show which has turned out to be about fantasy. Take, for instance,…
Throwing It All Away
Tom Friedman writes that recent events in Lebanon provide a stark warning. Things go horribly wrong when everything becomes political. In Lebanon, it’s been that way for a long time:…
Pretty Ugly
A pandemic, Alan Freeman writes, allows us to see our leaders’ true colours: In the U.S., President Donald Trump downplays the surging death toll of the pandemic, but sees it…