Catching up with more former cabinet staffers
Former chief of staff Matthew Mann is now working for PepsiCo, while ex-policy adviser Emily Hartman is working for YMCA Canada.
‘A grain of salt’: unmasking Liberal floor-crossing talks carries potential risk for opposition MPs, say politicos
Although these kinds of revelations never tell the whole story, MPs are demonstrating they are open to being approached. But it also puts pressure back on opposition leaders who now know their MPs aren’t happy, say former strategists.
Poilievre praises a president who threatens democracies—including ours—on a daily basis
Every time a communication like this comes from our political right, it will be perceived as feeding the Donald Trump machine. It is taking a brick out of our own democracy.
‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada
The world is watching U.S. President Donald Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada’s former UN ambassador Bob Rae.
Harperism is back
The principles, values, and political goals that guided former prime minister Stephen Harper’s actions while he led Canada’s government more than a decade ago are back.
Carney’s position on Trump’s Venezuela strike ‘a little wimpy’ in tone, but likely to benefit Liberals in short term, say political players
The Liberals will most likely use Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s action in attack ads in the next election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Trump-era diplomacy: what is gained from poking the bear and what is lost?
In retrospect, Mark Carney’s low-key approach—coupled with his tireless attempts to broaden our trade network—may prove to be the wisest course. Not as emotionally satisfying, or morally invigorating as a well-deserved profanity. But smarter.
Anyone else tired of watching Donald Trump, and thinking, ‘gawd, I miss Dick Cheney’?
It’s all so venal and terrifying. So much so, we are reduced to making declarations out of statements that should be a priori in nature, but may very well be the overwhelming foreign policy debate of 2026.
Maduro’s arrest has put the world on edge
If you parse Marco Rubio’s statement from last weekend, anyone who is even a competitor of the U.S. in our hemisphere is a potential target of American foreign policy attention. No wonder Prime Minister Mark Carney has muted his comments on the Nicolás Maduro takedown. We could be next.
Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging
Our test is to prove him wrong, and not sacrifice the future for the present.
