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Opinion: How our columnists saw 2025: Q2

Read excerpts from FP Comment columns from April, May and June. Second instalment in a series You can save this article by registering for free...

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William Watson

Opinion: How our columnists saw 2025: Q1

Read excerpts from FP Comment columns from January, February and March of this year. First instalment in a series You can save this article by...

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William Watson

William Watson: A bad year for humbug thanks to White House Scrooge

Despite the Dickensian deficiencies of his personality and motivations, Trump accelerated the pushback against woke-ism on all fronts You can save...

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William Watson

US Pursuit of Third Oil Tanker Intensifies Venezuela Blockade

The US Coast Guard’s pursuit of a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela has intensified a blockade that the Trump administration hopes will...

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Terence Corcoran

Terence Corcoran: Markets still prevail, from EVs to Anglo-Teck

In a world seemingly dominated by state capitalism, these developments are welcome signs that market realities dominate You can save this article...

19.12.2025 1

Terence Corcoran

Jack Mintz: This year saw the rise of state capitalism in North America. It won't work

Governments taking ownership positions in private companies or lending in exchange for direction will screw up as badly as in the past You can save...

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Jack M. Mintz

Philip Cross: The sad story of Justin Trudeau’s 'youthful idiots'

Young voters helped give Trudeau a majority in 2015. The policy decade that followed was not good for them, as many now realize You can save this...

19.12.2025 2

Philip Cross

Opinion: The no-more-pipelines MOU

Last month's agreement between Ottawa and Alberta removes very few, if any, barriers to pipeline development while creating new chokepoints You can...

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