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Chrystia Freeland’s 10 greatest achievements as Liberal cabinet minister

History will write that Chrystia Freeland did something very few political figures ever do: she stepped in and ended Justin Trudeau’s story before he took the party down with him. As she told me the night of the 2024 Liberals’ Christmas party, ‘He crossed a red line,’ a line one can interpret a million and one ways. 

Quebec: inhaling the ‘hopeium’ of the next ‘Mark Carney’

The potential evanescence of a CAQ without François Legault in all probability increases the likelihood of a PQ win in October. Investors already concerned about that prospect will be looking to consider attaching an additional risk premium to any opportunities in Quebec because of the fundamental political uncertainty associated with a PQ win.

Conservative convention promises drama

Will Pierre Poilievre use the convention to showcase a new political persona? Will we see a new and improved Poilievre, one perhaps who is less confrontational?