Too Far Left?
Justin Trudeau is brandishing — rhetorically, at least — his progressive credentials. His predecessors would not have lurched this far to the left. Chantal Hebert writes: None of Trudeau’s predecessors…
Owen Gray
Slouching Toward Bethlehem
The world will remember Donald Trump for his extraordinary stupidity. But, Tony Burman writes, historians will remember him most for re-igniting the nuclear arms race: Like so many bizarre moments…
Magical Economics
This week, Donald Trump called himself “The Chosen One” and “The King of Israel.” He appears to believe that — because he has been divinely anointed — his economic policy…
Fundamental Incompetence
All those boos this summer have gotten to Doug Ford. His government has gone back to the drawing board and is revamping its funding strategy for autistic children. And yesterday…
Cowardice
Two days ago, Donald Trump backed down on his pledge to legislate background checks for gun owners. Max Boot writes: What the hell is wrong with us? After every mass…
A Ship Of Fools
Rob Benzie and May Warren report in The Toronto Star that: The cash-strapped Progressive Conservative government is hoping to conserve money by winding down some conservation programs. But local conservation…
Dark Clouds
Naturally, Canadians want their politicians to deal with Canadian problems. But, Glen Pearson warns, whoever becomes prime minister will face a dysfunctional world. He offers several examples to make his…
Deregulation. Really?
There was a time when deregulation was all the rage. In fact, it’s still all the rage. Alan Freeman writes: The move to deregulate has been gathering steam worldwide since…
Howard Roark
If you’re looking for a precursor to Donald Trump, Tom Hartmann writes, take a good look at Howard Roark. Roark is the protagonist in Ayn Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead: When…
Down To Oblivion
The nuclear arms race, Simon Tisdall writes, is back. The latest reminder of that grim reality occurred a week ago: It was five days before officials confirmed a blast at…
The Final Verdict
The Ethics Commissioner’s report is out. And, Tom Walkom writes, in the end, it won’t make much difference: On the one hand are those who agree with Wilson-Raybould that the…
A Bad Day
Yesterday was a bad day for Justin Trudeau. The ethics commissioner’s report was a no holds barred condemnation of his behaviour in the SNC-Lavalin Affair. Chantal Hebert writes: To read…
Dangerous Delusion
Denying climate change, Joe Ingrham and Bernard Schutz write, is a dangerous delusion. But it is understandable — because it’s hard to accurately predict the effects of climate change: What…
When People Discover They’ve Been Conned
Doug Ford rode to power on two false promises — buck a beer and cheaper gas. Tom Walkom writes: Ford’s campaign team seized on the buck-a-beer slogan to build on…
The Larger Forces At Work
If we seek to know what is going on in Trump World, Paul Chadwick writes, we have to step outside the news cycle and carefully choose our sources. One of…
Stephen’s Ghost
If you think Stephen Harper has left the stage and relinguished control of the conservative agenda, Antonia Zerbisias suggests that you think again: Since he quit Parliament, Harper has spoken…
Fraser Baloney
The Fraser Institute — which receives funding from the Koch Brothers — released a report this week with the headline, “The average Canadian family paid $39,299 in taxes last year,…
His Own Set Of Facts
Doug Ford lives in a world of his own. Rob Benzie reports in The Toronto Star that: Premier Doug Ford is discounting public-opinion polls suggesting he is unpopular because some…
What Awaits Us
Globalism, Larry Elliott writes, is on its last legs: Globalisation as we have known it is coming to an end and that’s by no means unwelcome. Hailed as the ultimate…
Get A Grip
Max Boot writes that it’s time for white people in the United States to get a grip. They’re not victims. The evidence to support his assertion is overwhelming: Whites are…