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Millennials do not seem to have forgiven or forgotten what Trudeau failed to deliver for them earlier in his mandate You can save this article by...

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The numbers from the Department of Finance suggest they have struck taxation gold. But they've been wrong before You can save this article by...

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Taxpayers would probably prefer not spending vast sums on reserves. Many Indigenous Canadians would agree You can save this article by registering...

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John Ivison: The federal budget is a Liberal strategy driven by panic

It's a glossy re-election brochure to convince voters they need to keep Trudeau to enjoy his continued generosity You can save this article by...

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John Ivison: On Chinese interference, Trudeau sounds like someone with something to hide Opinion: The plausible explanation is that the prime minister does not want a light shone on his party's mutually beneficial association with China

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John Ivison: On Chinese interference, Trudeau sounds like someone with something to hide

The plausible explanation is that the prime minister does not want a light shone on his party's mutually beneficial association with China You can...

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Canada’s coveted triple-A credit rating is in danger, but a government with the political will could spark a recovery You can save this article by...

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John Ivison: The new Liberal defence policy's in no hurry to face dangerous global realities

Despite noting increased threats, this is a business-as-usual document, with most of the spending planned over a 20-year time horizon You can save...

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Lack of business investment is the main culprit. Canadians are digging holes with shovels while our competitors are buying excavators You can save...

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IVISON: Canadians still positive about immigration but they want Ottawa to 'get its act together,' Marc Miller says

Immigration minister Marc Miller talks to National Post's John Ivison about Canada's immigration admitting the situation is a 'mess' You can save this...

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John Ivison: Trudeau can be popular again. But he needs to leave, first

Time might not heal all wounds but it is likely to cover some of them with scar tissue You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

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John Ivison: CUPE's attempts at self-defence show how ingrained the union’s antisemitism really is

Fred Hahn's apology virtually admits CUPE's behaviour has resulted in Jewish members feeling unwelcome and discriminated against The Canadian Union of...

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John Ivison: Liberals dodge a Palestinian bullet, but the NDP's bill is yet to come We will doubtless find out the quid for this particular quo in the next budget

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John Ivison: Liberals dodge a Palestinian bullet, but the NDP's bill is yet to come

We will doubtless find out the quid for this particular quo in the next budget The vote on the NDP motion to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian...

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John Ivison: Trudeau’s not for turning, even as the carbon tax precipice approaches

But the carbon tax campaign has been fought and lost. Polling suggests a plurality of Canadians think it is bad policy Justin Trudeau had a message...

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John Ivison: Canada's Air Force ends pilot training as Ottawa’s spending priorities grow more unbalanced

Indigenous Services Canada used to get less than half of the defence budget. This year it will receive two per cent of GDP The Royal Canadian Air...

13.03.2024 8

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Ivison: Poilievre's popularity may have hit a ceiling, pollster says

John Ivison is joined by Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, to take a deep dive into the latest poll of the federal political...

12.03.2024 8

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Ivison: Liberals 'running out of time' as NDP threatens to leapfrog them

John Ivison and Parliament Hill insiders Ian Brodie and Eugene Lang discuss why it still seems 'the NDP really wants to avoid an election this year at...

08.03.2024 7

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John Ivison: Expect a finance minister in survival mode to turn on the spending taps

Opinion: But the billions of dollars of new expenditure needed to shift the political dial could make an already grave fiscal situation much worse In...

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John Ivison: Expect a finance minister in survival mode to turn on the spending taps

But the billions of dollars of new expenditure needed to shift the political dial could make an already grave fiscal situation much worse In nature,...

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John Ivison: Here’s to the blustering, funny, vain, exceptional, sometimes inexplicable Brian Mulroney

He would have enthusiastically agreed with those saying he'll go down in history as a great prime minister It was appropriate that the fall leaves had...

01.03.2024 8

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John Ivison: The pharmacare bill becomes the woebegone child of a loveless Liberal-NDP marriage

The health minister and health critic spoke cordially of their ability to compromise, by which I mean come to an agreement about which neither is...

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John Ivison: Conservatives have a plan to own the 905 again. His name is Parm

Gill’s latest career move is a gamble. The Conservatives know they need a majority, or possibly face a formal Liberal-NDP coalition When the dust...

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John Ivison: The online harms bill risks replacing digital anarchy with a surveillance state

If all these new regulatory bodies and adjudicators are overzealous, it will have a chilling effect on the behaviour of Canadians online John Stuart...

27.02.2024 4

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Ivison: Canada's 'selfish' free ride on defence

In a discussion with John Ivison, Ian Bremmer calls Canada's lack of concern about defence spending, 'short-termism and selfishness' In this week’s...

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John Ivison: Canada wavers on military exports to Israel under pressure to suspend shipments

Canada has stopped issuing export permits for selling military equipment to Israel, according to one person familiar with the matter Canada has...

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John Ivison: Poilievre signals he’s up for taking a good whack at runaway immigration levels

Poilievre will likely have a mandate to do so. As he put it in his press conference, Canada’s immigration system used to be a competitive advantage...

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John Ivison: Finally, signs that Liberals are waking from their sleepy approach to defence

This government should be judged on its results not intentions, but its investment in drones for Ukraine has bought it temporary goodwill This time...

21.02.2024 3

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John Ivison: The moral preening of Steven Guilbeault grows as insufferable as bicycling in January

Polling suggests that one of the main criticisms of Trudeau’s Liberals is that they preach more than they listen Progressive politicians hoping to...

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John Ivison: Warnings about too many international students were clear. The Liberals ignored them

It’s clear that the minister responsible was warned there would be unintended consequences to messing with the student program’s integrity Some...

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John Ivison: Conservative coyness about meeting NATO targets won’t cut it with President Trump

Poilievre owes it to voters to provide some clarity on his intentions for defending the country’s interests Marco Rubio, the former rising...

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John Ivison: Justin Trudeau needs to wake up to Donald Trump’s reckless new world disorder

Epochal changes are taking place beyond our borders — including the U.S. potentially leaving NATO. But our politicians slumber on The world appears...

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John Ivison: The narco crisis tests Central American democracy

Radical measures against criminal violence have proven too much for Costa Rican lawmakers used to a more gentle, preventative approach San José,...

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John Ivison: Conservatives can flip Trudeau's script on Ukraine Opinion: There are concerns that Conservatives are flirting with a Canada First foreign policy, but the party maintains it supports Ukraine

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John Ivison: Conservatives can flip Trudeau's script on Ukraine

There are concerns that Conservatives are flirting with a Canada First foreign policy, but the party maintains it supports Ukraine The Liberals rarely...

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Ivison: Assisted dying for the mentally ill is off the table - but for how long?

'Many people are now saying that we, in fact, will have to go to the courts to settle this,' NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, vice chair of the joint...

02.02.2024 10

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John Ivison: University instructor fights back after being suspended for daring to denounce Hamas

If not resolved by immediate reinstatement, Paul Finlayson will pursue a human rights complaint under the Ontario Human Rights Code The reason...

02.02.2024 10

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John Ivison: Parliament’s carbon tax drama is ripped right out of Poilievre’s script

Poilievre knows policies are irrelevant and that his lead in the polls can be attributed to channelling anger against the prime minister The...

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Ivison: If Hamas lays down arms and releases the hostages 'everything will stop,' says Israeli envoy

Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada, speaks about the International Court of Justice's upcoming genocide ruling, civilian deaths in Gaza and...

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John Ivison: Emergencies Act karma comes back to bite the Liberals  

The biggest difference between the inquiry and the court decisions is that, while Justice Paul Rouleau’s report gathers dust, Justice Richard...

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John Ivison: We’ve already gone too far on MAID. Parliament can still stop us going further

The government should end the domino effect that will almost certainly see the extension of MAID to mature minors become the next frontier I appear to...

23.01.2024 10

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John Ivison: If Argentina’s Javier Milei and Chrystia Freeland had debated in Davos

Milei’s invocation of the animal spirits of wealth creation is all but absent from the collectivist capitalism pushed by Freeland and Justin Trudeau...

20.01.2024 3

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John Ivison: The Davos men can still sometimes come up with a pleasant surprise

Put 2,800 of the world’s most powerful people, including 60 heads of government, in a small Alpine village, and strange things can happen The news...

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John Ivison: Trudeau's top security adviser is now a part-time job, no experience required

Reducing the demanding role to part-time is a recipe for more critical intelligence to be overlooked When he testified before a House of Commons...

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John Ivison: Canada left sending moral support and maple syrup in strikes against Houthi lawlessness

Nothing can disguise the number of missions and training exercises from which Canada has been absent because of lack of resources The Trudeau...

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Ivison: What Canada has to gain by staying in the flawed United Nations

'(If) you pull out of that, you lose your voice, you lose your influence,' former Canadian UN ambassador Louise Blais tells John Ivison In this...

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John Ivison: Our Navy sinks toward impotence because Ottawa can't manage to procure ships

Canada needs to rearm — urgently. But we are stuck in a quagmire of our own making With hindsight, it is clear that the past 30 years of disarmament...

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John Ivison: Trudeau won’t shake off this latest vacation fail as easily as the others

Opinion: But just because Trudeau didn’t break the letter of the conflict law, it doesn’t mean he didn’t breach its spirit The British public...

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John Ivison: Trudeau won’t shake off this latest vacation fail as easily as the others Opinion: But just because Trudeau didn’t break the letter of the conflict law, it doesn’t mean he didn’t breach its spirit

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John Ivison: Trudeau won’t shake off this latest vacation fail as easily as the others

But just because Trudeau didn’t break the letter of the conflict law, it doesn’t mean he didn’t breach its spirit The British public accepted...

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