Liberals want Canadians in the dark about China threat
Who calls the shots in Canada, Ottawa or Beijing? It’s becoming harder to tell, especially after this week’s shameful performance by the House of Commons Ethics Committee.
Poilievre is leaving Trudeau in the dust — here's how to keep it that way
It was a banner year for the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre. They amassed a commanding lead at the polls, thanks in part to a prime minister who is past his best before date. But surfing a wave of discontent is one thing; slogging it out for a year until the next election...
Liberals put all their bets on campaigning against ... Donald Trump
It’s retreat week for two of Canada’s top three political parties. The Liberal cabinet is hunkered down in Montreal, talking housing, cost of living, and Donald Trump. The NDP caucus is assembled in Edmonton, strategizing on how to squeeze their priorities into the Liberals’ upcoming spring budget. And the Conservatives? They’re just sitting pretty...
Shadows of elitism, luxury vacations haunt Liberals into 2024
Settle in, voters of Canada: the next federal election likely won’t be until 2025. That’s an eon away in political terms, and anything — literally anything — can happen in that time. If you had said in January 2023 that one year later, the Middle East would be a warzone, the federal government would...
Another ‘virtual’ hybrid Parliament could be a dangerous thing in government hands
Can the cause of democracy truly be served when people are not staring each other in the eye?
Parliamentary scrutiny is more important than ever. And Trudeau is avoiding it
It’s reasonable to ask: how much time are our politicians actually spending on the job?
How the Bloc Quebecois could deny Justin Trudeau his majority
Trudeau knows that if the Bloc makes gains in Quebec, he can kiss his dreams of majority government goodbye.