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David MoscropNational Observer |
Far from a response to Trump, Doug Ford's apparent plan to call an early election has been brewing for months. Rather than delivering stability,...
Freeland and Carney will be locked in a battle over who can connect quickly with voters, and the early advantage goes to Carney — with a caveat or...
As all legacies are, Trudeau’s is mixed – but may be instructive for future governments as a guide for what to do and what not to do.
Prime ministers in Canada tend to overstay their welcome. That’s a problem. With an iron hold over their party, government, and caucus, there are...
Next year, Ontarians are set to spend roughly one out of every five days in an election. The federal writs are due by the fall, and Ontario premier...
I f you’ve recently paid for a coffee at a java joint, you might have been prompted by a point-of-sale payment device to add a tip of 15 percent....
The US spent the weekend gripped by the story of a man who assassinated the head of a healthcare insurance company notorious for denying claims. It...
If ever Canada had an ambition, it is to become the 51st state. Every child in the country knows it growing up, as we do, reciting the pledge of...
We’ve spent nearly a decade now talking about how to handle Donald Trump – and whether to take him seriously , literally, or some combination of...
If you’re being charitable, you might argue there are inconsistencies in how Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government speaks and how it...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is putting Mexico on notice. Earlier this week, in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, Ford complained that Mexico...
There’s a theory circulating that the Liberal Party was hoping for a Donald Trump win. It’s the sort of thing that pops up online and in the...
If you’re a resident of Ontario, the Ford government is sending you a cheque for $200. The move was announced in the Progressive Conservatives’...
For now, the British Columbia New Democratic Party is set to govern the province with a minority in the legislature. Saturday’s election was as...
Last week, Doug Ford added two new parliamentary assistants to his already bulky roster in the Ontario legislature. The Progressive Conservative...
Canada is a wealthy country. It’s certainly wealthy enough that you wouldn’t expect to read that doctors are being warned to watch for scurvy,...
That politics is about power ought to go without saying, but we who write about those who govern us must occasionally say so nonetheless. When the...
The traditional wisdom in Canadian politics is that byelections don’t really matter. Perhaps, they are of some note to the local constituents...
The news that former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney is heading a Liberal Party economic growth task force has ushered in...
Last week, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre claimed he’d never heard of the “potentially dangerous” Diagolon during an interview with...
Canadian politics has long been thoroughly reduced to sloganeering and sound bites. The decline of whatever capacity we had to sort through issues...
As news broke that President Joe Biden was ending his re-election campaign, Canadian media got right to wondering what an administration run by the...
It didn’t take long for the American and Canadian right to weaponize the assassination attempt on Donald Trump against the left. In the United...