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The Conservative leader’s stance is clear, but if it's responsible or popular is another matter. Carney made clear Canada is not on board
The prime minister would no doubt argue that he is not vain, but rather he is conscious that he is unique
Russia is not going to collapse any time soon but the pressures of war are beginning to take a toll
There were clearly concerns that the motion backing the agreement with Alberta could show an embarrassing split in the government’s ranks
Whether the government’s argument will hold water, only a Federal Court judge, who stands to gain $28,000 by saying it doesn’t, can know
The prime minister and his European and Japanese counterparts agreed the plan was unacceptable, but there were tensions about how to respond
It was entirely predictable that allowing the government to delineate its own spending into operating and capital would be controversial
Evidence from the second tranche of mining and infrastructure ventures is that considerations other than economic payback were prioritized
The ambition is admirable and the goal desirable. Whether it is doable, is quite another matter
David Dodge, a veteran of the '90s austerity budgets, said he suspects even more cutting will be required in the next two years
The priorities are right: attempting to end stagnation, trying to rebuild the military, and aiming to reverse a hostility to building things
By apologizing for the Reagan ad, the prime minister has likely alienated an ally in Doug Ford, yet doesn't appear to have succeeded in reviving...
Canadian Forces veteran James Challice tells John Ivison about his experiences fighting in Ukraine and why there's ‘no room for a soldier anymore...
The Conservative leader's tone and temperament aren't shifting with the post-Trump times
The courts are backed up and there aren’t enough judges or prosecutors as it is. Simply denying bail to more people will not fix the system
The courts are backed up and there aren’t enough judges or prosecutors as it is. Simply denying bail to more people will not fix the system
The Conservative leader's tone and temperament aren't shifting with the post-Trump times
Trump said in May: 'At a certain point, it won’t make economic sense for Canada to build those cars.' That point has arrived, it seems
Hamas will never lay down its arms, and the Palestinian Authority will never reform or negotiate, unless there is no alternative
There is a spreading counterintuitive bullishness on Canada. Stock markets in Canada are up higher than U.S. equity indices
They talk a good game about internal trade but when it comes to the wine and spirits industry, the rhetoric has far outstripped the reality
‘We are confident domestic pressures will create an opportunity to come to an agreement in the interests of both economies that puts us in a better...
The bad news for democracy, as if more were needed, is that Xi is soon likely to have the capability to invade Taiwan if he chooses to
All the signs point to Ottawa offering the Chinese some form of relief on EV tariffs, in exchange for lifting levies on canola, pork and seafood
With a budget due in early November, and nearly a third of Canadians expecting bad news, there are storm clouds ahead for this government
Freeland was a continuation of the utopian virtue-signalling of a Trudeau era that was less rigorous about results
When revealed in all its gory glory, the deficit may be not only substantial but substantially more than last year