The recipe for dealing with Trump: a stiff spine and a stiff drink
Resistance isn’t futile when it comes to the U.S. president, but it has to be clever and well calculated.
The Conservative ‘come-to-Jesus’ moment is past due
The Tories keep electing leaders who can’t adjust to changing political landscapes, or can’t read a room.
Wildlife can be full of surprises
The feds’ new national money laundering enforcement agency may not be able to confront the illegal wildlife trafficking in Canada.
Is Canada an ‘illegitimate country’?
The thesis of Confederation as illegitimate has gained credence among Parti Québécois supporters.
NDP ‘lost the gut’ of the party, losing working-class voters to Conservatives, say leadership hopefuls looking to rebuild
Three of the leadership contenders took part in an Oct. 28 panel before party faithful gathered for the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation event.
Opposition parties can’t afford to call Liberals’ bluff on budget vote, say pollsters
‘If the budget falls, it needs to be seen as the fault of the opposition,’ but Carney needs to do more to prime Canadians for ‘generational’ challenges, says Abacus CEO David Coletto.
‘There’s no industry without U.S. access’: struggling auto sector renews call for trade deal amid latest tariff woes
Conservatives MPs and auto industry heads are calling for a full repeal of the EV sales mandate as the sector grapples with growing uncertainty and renewed tariff threats from the United States.
‘A platform to raise my voice’: youth activism at the centre of Sen. McPhedran’s Vote16 bill
The increasing demand from young people for the vote is a result of feeling that their interests and issues—such as housing affordability, a low happiness rate, high suicide rate, and opioid use among young Canadians—aren’t being reflected in policy, says Vote16 co-founder Aleksi Toiviainen.
Conservative B.C. riding association launches confidential survey to gauge Poilievre’s support
The survey, launched three days after Pierre Poilievre’s controversial remarks, is ‘Just to confirm the support that I know is already there,’ EDA president James Barlow told The Hill Times.
It’s politics first, as usual
The bottom line is that, even in the current moment of significant disruption and uncertainty in the world and in Canada’s relationship with the United States, our political parties are still not seeking opportunities to work together for the sake of the public.
