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Inside Pierre Poilievre’s ‘one-man show’
Justin Ling/Toronto Star: “Staff morale is not great,” one current staffer told me. “End of days. Bunker mentality,”…
July 16, 2026
As U.S. moves closer to permanent daylight time, is it inevitable that Canada will follow?
CBC: “I think the Canadian business community generally doesn’t like to see Canada on different time than the…
July 16, 2026
Equalization reform: Great idea. Long overdue. Not going to happen
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: If it’s that simple, why hasn’t anyone done it? Why, indeed, isn’t anyone…
July 15, 2026
Prime Minister Carney’s bold steps towards reconciliation with Alberta
James Moore/CTV: I think any fair-minded person capable of parking partisan bias for a moment must concede that…
July 15, 2026
Conservative flogging will continue until morale improves
Tim Powers/The Hill Times: Poilievre’s leadership is likely in more jeopardy than those who argue there is no…
July 15, 2026
How many more times will Beijing fool Canada’s politicians?
Charles Burton/The Globe and Mail: The promises never materialized, and Beijing’s mercantilistic regime – which strictly controls the…
July 14, 2026
Experts say new election law reforms targeting deepfakes will be difficult to prove harmful intent: ‘I’m not seeing how it can be done’
The Hill Times: Bill C-25 modernized the Canada Elections Act with measures intended to guard against digital threats…
July 14, 2026
Gordie Howe Bridge deal isn’t simply politics as usual. It’s about Trump’s distorted vision of power
Bob Rae/Toronto Star: In refusing to renew CUSMA, and with the tactics regarding the bridge opening in which…
July 14, 2026
Conservatives could learn from Carney’s prudent approach to policies
Peter Copeland/National Post: Conservatives would do well to learn from Carney’s willingness to regulate in domains that threaten…
July 13, 2026
Can we take Mark Carney at his word, or is he Prime Minister Pants-on-Fire?
Susan Riley/The Hill Times: Pipeline politics, and economics, are complicated. The oil industry spends lavishly to bamboozle the…
July 13, 2026
‘Coin of the Realm’: CUSMA, Gordie Howe Bridge, and end of bilateral trust
Colin Robertson/Policy Options: This is not just a story about a bridge. It is a warning about the…
July 13, 2026
U.S. bridge shakedown in rough world
Campbell Clark/The Globe and Mail: Maybe we should have seen it coming. In 2012, Stephen Harper’s government agreed…
July 13, 2026
Is Carney signalling return of two-party partisan Senate with new appointments?
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: Since Carney’s election last year, several senators told the Star they’ve felt pressured to swiftly…
July 12, 2026
Carney talks about Canada’s ‘energy sovereignty.’ But what does that really mean?
CBC: But the Carney government’s interpretation of energy sovereignty seems out of step with other countries, says Amy…
July 12, 2026
Carney’s visit to Saudi Arabia revealed narrowed vision of Canada’s place in world
Lloyd Axworthy/Toronto Star: What Carney’s visit ultimately revealed was not simply a different set of priorities, but a…
July 12, 2026
Mark Carney’s govt loves memorandums of understanding. So, what are they exactly?
Shannon Proudfoot/The Globe and Mail: But the real challenge goes back to what a memorandum of understanding is…
July 11, 2026
Hey, big spender: Why we need to start giving Carney bit less benefit of doubt
Adam Radwanski/Toronto Star: But there’s too much at stake, in the bets he’s placing on the country’s future,…
July 11, 2026
Mark Carney spent year gathering political capital. Now he’s spending it — along with billions of taxpayers’ dollars
Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star: Poilievre’s newly named foreign affairs critic Eric Duncan said in an interview that when he…
July 11, 2026
Braid: Smith’s big Stampede rollouts aimed at cutting separatist support
Don Braid/Calgary Herald: In the space of seven days, UCP Premier Danielle Smith and her allies proved that…
July 10, 2026
Anthony Koch: I’m a Conservative who wants to win! That doesn’t make me a Liberal
Anthony Koch/National Post: Somewhere along the line, a segment of the conservative movement stopped caring about victory and…
July 10, 2026