Updates on ministers Sahota, MacKinnon’s teams post-shuffle
Jessie Pierre is officially chief of staff to new minister Ruby Sahota, while Paul Moen is staying on as chief of staff to Steven MacKinnon, now as employment minister.
Friend or faux? Managing the end of the ‘special relationship’
The policy establishment finds itself desperately playing catch-up to the Trump agenda, coming to terms with the fact the U.S. is now in a position to inflict significant harm on the Canadian economy.
Some Liberals want election called before House returns on March 24
The success and failure of a potential Liberal call for an early election will depend on where the U.S. tariff threat is at that point in time, says pollster Greg Lyle.
It’s going to be a long four years
Both as journalists and as a nation, we need to remember whatever lessons we learned from Trump’s first four years: We’re going to have to ignore a lot, but we’re also going to have to respond to the rest with a degree of aggression and eagerness that we aren’t used to.
Time to redefine liberalism
With Trump’s return and the Liberals’ sagging poll numbers, that brand of progressivism seems to be a spent force. This is why the party will need to do what they always do: adapt their ideology to reflect changing trends.
Trump ushers in an oligarchy
As the world braces for more global freeze-outs prompted by Donald Trump, remember one thing: Canada knows how to survive the cold.
Trump defends continent’s sacred right to choke on our own smoke
A triumphant U.S. president set out a damaging and costly scenario last week: the reversal of all attempts to stop climate change and a return to The Beverly Hillbillies era, when oil was ‘liquid gold,’ and weather was just weather.
Trump’s tariff threat and growth promises ‘don’t jive,’ says Charest as PM’s council meets on Canada-U.S. relations
‘The sum total of all this is that we’re all going to suffer,’ Jean Charest said of the effects of threatened tariffs on both sides of the border.
Even Jesus must be shaking his head
With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.
The choice of our next prime minister really matters
It will take a strong will to defend our interests, particularly since there may be strong pressure here at home to cave in to U.S. demands. Which prospective prime minister should we trust the most to resist this pressure?
