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All three parties are fixated on government spending plans, not the broader economy
Recent polls couldn’t be much better for PC leader Doug Ford
The challenge is not just to win, which will be relatively easy, but to drum up real enthusiasm for the tariff battle he wants to fight
Ford placed a big bet on increasing American demand for EVs, but the new president's moves almost certainly ended that possibility
Doug Ford shouldn't be asking for a blank cheque to borrow and spend billions by squeezing a winter election in just before a federal vote
'Ford appears to be working on the Trump issue full-time, and so he should be'
The City of Ottawa is stuck with a costly rail system. It must figure out how to minimize the growing financial hole this is causing.
There is simply no way a provincial election can compete for public and media attention when it’s up against a long-anticipated federal...
The fate of the federal Liberals was always the wild card that could upset plans for a spring provincial election, but if Trudeau was good at one...
From the pension fund, to layoff policies, to his back-to-office directive, the prime minister is showing the public service no respect.
A cruise ship arrives at a tiny Caribbean island with a murdered crew member on board. Can the crime be solved before the killer strikes again?
Doug Ford’s response has struck the right balance between emotion and action You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...
The budget identifies $36 million in hoped-for transit money from federal and provincial governments. It may never materialize.
'It's not realistic to freeze tuition, freeze per-student grants and freeze the number of students as well' You can save this article by...
The City of Ottawa is acting because the federal government — which didn't control the number of refugee claimants it could handle — has not.
Doug Ford will need to respond to the Liberals' promised cuts in his spring pre-election budget You can save this article by registering for free...
In effect, the vacant unit tax tries to compel some property owners to become landlords whether they want to or not — and it does nothing to help...
Ford was right to call out TMU’s discriminatory admissions plan, but it’s only one example of a broader problem You can save this article by...
The best comparator for Ottawa’s rural areas is not service levels downtown, but those in neighbouring rural municipalities such as Mississippi...
Ford settled for a few small things that will do little to help Ontarians struggling to cope with the high cost of living You can save this article...
Surely protesters can make their points without getting in people’s faces or intimidating them.
Enter Dr. Philpott, dean of the Queen’s University medical school. Just like that, campaigning PCs can deflect criticisms by saying they have a...
The artisans who sell their products at market shows here are a triumph of hope, and the customers remind us that neighbourliness is possible.
Making up for lost foreign-student fees will produce a dividend that benefits both the economy and Ontario's young people You can save this article...
The road repair budget is out of date, the data is old and the overall plan to fix the roads is largely ignored in favour of political considerations.
'Democracy doesn’t work well unless there are at least two parties offering credible alternatives on important issues' You can save this article by...
Haggling over how many minutes a car can idle, or how many minutes between LRT trains, prevents Ottawa Council from focusing on what matters.
Right now, the 401 is a roadblock. Fixing it won't be easy or cheap You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have...
For missing persons in particular, police use of drones seems much more workable. Plus, who will clean up after the mounted unit?
In an era of vanilla politicians afraid to utter an intelligible sentence for fear of offending someone, Ford’s style is refreshing You can save...
The president of the Ottawa Senators, Cyril Leeder, is right when he says the team shouldn’t expect taxpayers to pay for a new NHL arena.
The deal will cost taxpayers about $1.6 billion a year as the decision awards doctors 6.95 per cent for inflation, plus a three-per-cent increase...
From the fuss the unions are making about returning to the office, you’d think the government was asking them to crawl to work on their knees. But...
The new policy allows the Ford government to claim it doesn’t oppose wind and solar, while making future energy choices on the rational basis of...
What’s needed is a revitalized English program with a strong academic emphasis, which can compete with French immersion.
If location is the issue, why not move those ones to less controversial spots? If the problem is that they are ineffective, why keep any of them...
As the City of Ottawa knows, only municipal governments are tied to fiscal discipline. The feds and provinces can run up big deficits and impose as...
Last week’s cabinet shuffle demonstrated just how weak the premier’s team is You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...
The feds, Ontario and the city all made over-exuberant 'investments' in LRT and subways. Now it's a level of service we can't afford.
Tracking a balanced budget is like tracking a unicorn. The tracking is easy, but finding one is hard You can save this article by registering for...
It took three levels of government to create Ottawa's transit-budget mess.