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Canada picks ally in its new wave of geopolitical military spending
Campbell Clark/The Globe and Mail: This wasn’t just about the kit. It was the most public and overt…
July 7, 2026
Expensive submarines are cost to redeem years of Liberal defence complacency
John Ivison/National Post: The Europeans and Canada are now working on the assumption that U.S. military support may…
July 6, 2026
A NATO submarine partner: Why Canada chose Germany
Jarine Kim and Thomas Klassen/The Globe and Mail: By selecting Germany-based TKMS the federal government emphasized NATO interoperability, strengthening Canada’s…
July 6, 2026
Carney govt’s expanding power to identify Canadians online, access their data—and punish them
Graeme Gordon/The Hub: The Senate is now the last meaningful check. Whether it treats C-22 as a bill…
July 6, 2026
Trade barriers, labour mobility among economic risk factors for separated Alberta, say economists
The Hill Times: Alberta contributing more annually to federal revenues than what it gets in return could be…
July 6, 2026
One agreement with U.S. is betrayal of Canada’s values
Lloyd Axworthy/Toronto Star: Put plainly: the system Canada has spent two decades treating as fundamentally fair can now…
July 4, 2026
How Americans gave up their own republic
Bruce Pardy/National Post: It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The United States was the land of the…
July 4, 2026
When Mark Carney made pipeline deal with Alberta, real winner was B.C.
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: Smith absorbed the political costs of backing down after insisting for months that a northern…
July 4, 2026
Welcome to the Mark Carney major projects sweepstakes
Shannon Proudfoot/The Globe and Mail: One of the perverse joys of politics is when an elected official looks…
July 4, 2026
It’s ‘business as usual’ after CUSMA deadline passes with U.S. irritants driving trade talks, say Canada West CEO, ex-diplomat
The Hill Times: Canada West Foundation’s Gary Mar says it’s time for Canada to turn to its trade…
July 2, 2026
Carney’s condo controversy is warning about two of his biggest liabilities
Adam Radwanski/The Globe and Mail: That is, if it causes him to course correct at all on two…
July 2, 2026
Build Canada’s AI ‘experiment’ reignites debate over political communication ethics
The Hill Times: As AI-generated content becomes cheaper and more realistic, strategists warn disclosure requirements alone won’t preserve…
July 1, 2026
Who does Mark Carney think we are, anyway?
Shannon Proudfoot/The Globe and Mail: The Prime Minister has been telling a gleaming story about Canada, but is…
July 1, 2026
Avi Lewis and dark path of far left
Tasha Kheiriddin/National Post: If the NDP apes the American hard left to win over young voters, they will…
June 30, 2026
Conservatives’ critic shuffle is sign of maturity
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: Among other things, this may be a signal that the Conservative braintrust has…
June 30, 2026
Mark Carney will be prime minister forever
Carson Jerema/National Post: From the bureaucracy staffed by Liberal appointed deputy ministers, to the courts filled with Liberal…
June 30, 2026
Shifting stories and questionable connections call for probe of Carney’s condo bailout
John Ivison/National Post: The Liberal party and the B.C. real estate industry are so closely intertwined, it is…
June 29, 2026
Cabinet govt is back ‘at the moment,’ but unclear if it will continue after Carney faces many ‘political potholes’ down road, say insiders
The Hill Times: Cabinet ministers who once appeared relaxed and complacent under Justin Trudeau are now ‘on their…
June 29, 2026
Carney should recruit star Quebec candidates to bolster federalist cause and prepare for potential referendum, say political players
The Hill Times: “You can sort of pre-position a couple of people who are able to play a…
June 28, 2026
Beijing offers poisoned chalice. Carney shouldn’t drink from it
Terry Glavin/National Post: Former diplomat Charles Burton, Canada’s preeminent scholar on China and a senior fellow at Sinopsis,…
June 27, 2026