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The takeaway from Mark Carney’s announcement of a new Sovereign Wealth Fund for Canada might just be that big government is back. Of course, this...
While the federal Liberals smugly refer to themselves as Canada’s natural governing party, the historical record suggests that may be true, despite...
A Montreal-based security firm with ties to Donald Trump, ICE and the infamous Alligator Alcatraz prison is using Liberal ties in Canada to screw over...
I don’t know what I expected when I pushed open the Blue Chair’s battered door that morning. Maybe a plate heaped with pancakes. Maybe the comfort...
Norway is, by almost any metric, a profoundly successful nation. It’s rich, democratic and relatively corruption-free. It’s not a socialist...
Floor-crossing by members of Parliament is gutting voter trust and making a mockery of democratic accountability in Canada. The only real fix is to...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s not taking notes or instructions from the Americans on restarting trade talks and he’s willing to wait things...
Canadians are used to American celebrities commenting on our politics and our elections. Thanks to a new law that is drawing attention south of the...
The warning came quietly, but it was unmistakable. According to a Reuters report this week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer made it clear:...
The Smith and Carney governments have yet to finalize a deal on the industrial carbon tax, despite an April 1 deadline included in last year’s...
The headline from the CBC made it sound like the Trump administration was engaged in a street-level shakedown of their closest ally and neighbour....
If you’re confused about where Canada stands heading into negotiations with the U.S. on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, it’s likely...
Donald Trump, who famously likes to cite Winston Churchill but is unfit to carry Churchill’s bowler hat, should’ve heeded some of the greatest...
Food inflation in Canada may have eased to 4.0% in March, but don’t be misled by the headline. The number that matters most — food purchased from...
Child care has become expensive in the United States — more than $13,000 annually per child. So many people want the government to pay for it....
When Mark Carney was the Governor of the Bank of England, he earned the nickname the unreliable boyfriend. He earned the nickname for his habit of...
There is something almost too convenient in how quickly Canadians point south when discussing unpredictability in trade. Yes, Donald Trump has long...
Could you share five minutes? Not the time spent on a phone or hurrying out the door. It’s about making a conscious choice to give your time to...
Mark Carney may want to invite the biggest investors in the world to Toronto later this year but the message in Washington is that Canada sucks. At...
They say that when you have one dog, you have a dog, but when you have two dogs, you have half a dog and when you have three dogs, you have no dog at...
When then-Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) announced his candidacy for governor of California, I was beyond surprised. Rumours of sexual...
If you are Canadian, and of a certain vintage, you know what that refers to: the F-word. F–k. KINSELLA: First known F-bomb in Canadian politics...
After almost four decades of climate alarmism the so-called “fight” against climate change has failed. In 1990, the base year for the now...
Once again, it took the media to remind us that food fraud is not a relic of the past – it is very much a present-day risk embedded in our food...
For a man so heavily invested in the United States, Mark Carney certainly wants us to fear the USA and to see it as a threat. The prime minister’s...
Earlier this month, as Liberals gathered in Montreal for their policy convention, much of the news that came out of the convention focused on...
Prime Minister Mark Carney finally has his coveted majority. And his first move as the leader of a majority government was to deliver much-needed...
The air inside the old gym carried a heavy weight in the fall of 1979. The kind of cold that settles into your bones. But we were shifting. Something...
According to its latest budget, the Smith government will run a whopping $9.4-billion deficit in 2026/27, the second consecutive fiscal year in the...
The biggest lesson Canadian conservatives must learn from the Mark Carney floor-crossing saga: Stop trying to please your Liberal detractors, because...
Canada is in a housing crisis. With housing starts slumping nationwide, and the federal government’s housing goals looking increasingly out of...
America is living through a moment difficult to describe without sounding a little unhinged. But here goes: We are watching the United States do...
In the coming weeks, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to update Canadians on the state of federal finances. It should be an...
This seemed so so close to being something apocalyptic. The world was within 90 minutes of learning if U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat that a...
When news broke that the Donald Trump administration and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire, markets reacted instantly. Oil prices plunged within...
The two-faced hypocrisy MP Marilyn Gladu demonstrated on Wednesday, in abandoning the Conservatives for the Liberals, is shocking even when...
The Carney government’s new plan to expand GST rebates on new home purchases in Ontario — but not elsewhere in Canada — is bad policy and may...
Years ago, back when CBC TV still valued debate, I used to appear on a panel show called Counterspin. Its host was Avi Lewis. Counterspin was on every...
CERAWeek may not be widely known outside the energy sector, but it should be. Now in its 44th year, this premier global gathering in Houston, Texas,...
Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there’s a separate question — independent of the military merits — that Congress must answer: How will it...
The University of Southern California cancelled its gubernatorial debate 24 hours before it was to start. ELDER: California think-alike Democrats...