Canada’s already afraid of big, bad America
The best outcome of a new Trump administration is that Canadians will wake up to take greater charge of their own future.
When will we start preparing for the worst?
Come January, we will no longer have a trustworthy neighbour. ‘Chaos’ best describes what might happen south of the border for the next four years, and it will impact Canada—not just in policy.
Parliament is a gong-show, MPs care more about their political parties
Real change will occur only if parliamentary reform is an election issue. It will force party leaders to unite to address emergent crises.
Unions warn non-permanent public servants will be first on chopping block as feds look to cut costs
Treasury Board President Anita Anand’s office says the feds have been clear with departments that they must ‘focus on finding savings without layoffs.’
Trudeau should be specific on government’s plans to address challenges posed by Trump administration, say political insiders
The Canada-U.S. Relations Cabinet committee has met twice so far, but has yet to publicly share concrete plans for addressing upcoming challenges in the cross-border relationship.
Trump’s win is bad for news for Trudeau
Just as Americans seemed determined to punish the Biden administration, Canadians seem ready to topple the Trudeau regime. Just as Americans had a populist alternative in Trump, Canadians seem to have one in Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre.
Canada goes Swiftie
When a musician can invoke that much good in the world, it is worth a deeper dive into understanding why.
Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue
If anyone thought that Donald Trump’s outrageous promises on the campaign trail were mere rhetoric to give woodies to his frothing base, his staffing appointments reveal the worst case.
Poilievre takes aim at Housing Accelerator Fund despite representing a city that’s already received $44-million from it
A quarter of the federal fund to speed up housing development has already been dispensed to municipalities, First Nations, and Quebec.
Review of solitary confinement law a year late as report finds prisoners’ rights still violated
The 2019 law creating Structured Intervention Units said a review must begin in June 2023, but efforts by Senators and advocates to get government accountability has resulted in ‘non-answers,’ says Senator Salma Ataullahjan.
