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Michael Harris is a writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He was awarded a doctor of laws for his “unceasing pursuit of justice for the less fortunate among us.” His nine books include Justice Denied, Unholy Orders, Rare Ambition, Lament for an Ocean and Con Game. His work has sparked four commissions of inquiry and three of his books have been made into movies. His book on the Harper majority government, Party of One, was a No. 1 bestseller. Follow Michael Harris on Twitter at @HarrisAuthor

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
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 18, 2024
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left; Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff; Peter Hegseth, secretary of defense; and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Hegseth wants to fire the head of the joint chiefs of staff, and purge all the generals who’ve brought in diversity. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 18, 2024
  • 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

Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 18, 2024
  • 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
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left; Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff; Peter Hegseth, secretary of defense; and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Hegseth wants to fire the head of the joint chiefs of staff, and purge all the generals who’ve brought in diversity. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore/Flickr

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
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 18, 2024
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left; Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff; Peter Hegseth, secretary of defense; and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Hegseth wants to fire the head of the joint chiefs of staff, and purge all the generals who’ve brought in diversity. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 18, 2024
  • 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

Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 18, 2024
  • 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
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left; Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff; Peter Hegseth, secretary of defense; and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency. Hegseth wants to fire the head of the joint chiefs of staff, and purge all the generals who’ve brought in diversity. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore/Flickr

No process replaces due process in the United States

  • Vile excesses that would once have carried consequences are now accepted as just part of the political noise.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 11, 2024
Donald Trump will never be judged by a jury of his peers for triggering a coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021, that would have overthrown the free and fair election of Joe Biden as president in 2020. Wikimedia Commons photograph

No process replaces due process in the United States

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 11, 2024
  • Vile excesses that would once have carried consequences are now accepted as just part of the political noise.

No process replaces due process in the United States

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 11, 2024
  • Vile excesses that would once have carried consequences are now accepted as just part of the political noise.
Donald Trump will never be judged by a jury of his peers for triggering a coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021, that would have overthrown the free and fair election of Joe Biden as president in 2020. Wikimedia Commons photograph

U.S. presidential election may reveal if the clock strikes 13

  • Ultimately, this election is not about either Harris or Trump. It's about Americans, and whether they still believe their country is a shining light on
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 4, 2024
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris. Things have moved well beyond bizarre in the lunatic villa of U.S. politics, writes Michael Harris. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr

U.S. presidential election may reveal if the clock strikes 13

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 4, 2024
  • Ultimately, this election is not about either Harris or Trump. It's about Americans, and whether they still believe their country is a shining light on

U.S. presidential election may reveal if the clock strikes 13

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 4, 2024
  • Ultimately, this election is not about either Harris or Trump. It's about Americans, and whether they still believe their country is a shining light on
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris. Things have moved well beyond bizarre in the lunatic villa of U.S. politics, writes Michael Harris. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr

Gang of 24 comes up a dollar short and a day late

  • The cardinal rule of politics and governance is presenting a united front to the public. Rubbing their noses in the party’s dirty laundry is
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 28, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
From the Liberal Party's point of view, the only thing worse than Justin Trudeau, pictured, remaining as prime minister is his leaving, writes Michael Harris. And the Liberals are giving Pierre Poilievre a free pass on the details of his policy by presenting Canadians with a Jerry Springer-type distraction—their internal destructive psycho-drama. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Gang of 24 comes up a dollar short and a day late

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 28, 2024
  • The cardinal rule of politics and governance is presenting a united front to the public. Rubbing their noses in the party’s dirty laundry is

Gang of 24 comes up a dollar short and a day late

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 28, 2024
  • The cardinal rule of politics and governance is presenting a united front to the public. Rubbing their noses in the party’s dirty laundry is
Justin Trudeau
From the Liberal Party's point of view, the only thing worse than Justin Trudeau, pictured, remaining as prime minister is his leaving, writes Michael Harris. And the Liberals are giving Pierre Poilievre a free pass on the details of his policy by presenting Canadians with a Jerry Springer-type distraction—their internal destructive psycho-drama. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump told 30,573 lies during his four years in office, but it just doesn’t matter in today’s low-road politics

  • When did the low road become the busiest thoroughfare in politics? When did notoriety eclipse character in public life? And how did psychopathic lying so
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 21, 2024
If the polls have it right, former Republic president Donald Trump, left, and U.S. Democratic Vice-President Harris are in a dead heat. If true, that is astonishing, writes Michale Harris. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia/Flickr

Trump told 30,573 lies during his four years in office, but it just doesn’t matter in today’s low-road politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 21, 2024
  • When did the low road become the busiest thoroughfare in politics? When did notoriety eclipse character in public life? And how did psychopathic lying so

Trump told 30,573 lies during his four years in office, but it just doesn’t matter in today’s low-road politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 21, 2024
  • When did the low road become the busiest thoroughfare in politics? When did notoriety eclipse character in public life? And how did psychopathic lying so
If the polls have it right, former Republic president Donald Trump, left, and U.S. Democratic Vice-President Harris are in a dead heat. If true, that is astonishing, writes Michale Harris. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia/Flickr

We all live in Tampa now, and we all need to find higher intellectual ground than indifference

  • There is, of course, a deeply human dimension to the issue at play in places like Florida and California. It is plainly traumatizing to force
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 14, 2024
Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton
While orbiting 257 miles above the Gulf of Mexico, an external camera on the International Space Station captured this image of Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 175 miles an hour at the time of this photograph, and its well-defined eye. Satellite image courtesy of NASA

We all live in Tampa now, and we all need to find higher intellectual ground than indifference

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 14, 2024
  • There is, of course, a deeply human dimension to the issue at play in places like Florida and California. It is plainly traumatizing to force

We all live in Tampa now, and we all need to find higher intellectual ground than indifference

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 14, 2024
  • There is, of course, a deeply human dimension to the issue at play in places like Florida and California. It is plainly traumatizing to force
Hurricane Milton
While orbiting 257 miles above the Gulf of Mexico, an external camera on the International Space Station captured this image of Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 175 miles an hour at the time of this photograph, and its well-defined eye. Satellite image courtesy of NASA

Trump is off his rocker, and GOP politics is off the rails

  • The scariest word on the horizon should Trump win the White House is 'water'. Let’s call this one Trump’s 'Very Large Faucet' whopper.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 30, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
You can't make up the stuff that's coming out of Donald Trump’s mouth with zero pushback from the gaggle of sycophants trying to ride his crazy coattails to power. He talks like a guy who is always writing a sidebar story for the National Enquirer, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump is off his rocker, and GOP politics is off the rails

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 30, 2024
  • The scariest word on the horizon should Trump win the White House is 'water'. Let’s call this one Trump’s 'Very Large Faucet' whopper.

Trump is off his rocker, and GOP politics is off the rails

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 30, 2024
  • The scariest word on the horizon should Trump win the White House is 'water'. Let’s call this one Trump’s 'Very Large Faucet' whopper.
Donald Trump
You can't make up the stuff that's coming out of Donald Trump’s mouth with zero pushback from the gaggle of sycophants trying to ride his crazy coattails to power. He talks like a guy who is always writing a sidebar story for the National Enquirer, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

All signs point to a stampede towards Pierre Poilievre

  • The grinding noise coming out of Ottawa these days is the sound of change.  
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 23, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 17, 2024. 'It’s that swing of the historical pendulum that has so far allowed the Conservatives to wage a campaign for power largely devoid of policy, and full of the sound and fury of name-calling,' writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

All signs point to a stampede towards Pierre Poilievre

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 23, 2024
  • The grinding noise coming out of Ottawa these days is the sound of change.  

All signs point to a stampede towards Pierre Poilievre

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 23, 2024
  • The grinding noise coming out of Ottawa these days is the sound of change.  
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 17, 2024. 'It’s that swing of the historical pendulum that has so far allowed the Conservatives to wage a campaign for power largely devoid of policy, and full of the sound and fury of name-calling,' writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Harris’ flip-flops small potatoes compared to Trump’s tawdry rap sheet

  • For those holding back from supporting Kamala Harris because they don’t know what she stands for, here is the question: what more do American voters
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 16, 2024
Kamala Harris, left, and Donald Trump took part in a televised debate last week, watched by 67.1 million people. Kamala came out the champ, and Trump, the chump, writes Michael Harris, although that was not the just the decision of most news agencies, including The Washington Post and The New York Times. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr and Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Harris’ flip-flops small potatoes compared to Trump’s tawdry rap sheet

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 16, 2024
  • For those holding back from supporting Kamala Harris because they don’t know what she stands for, here is the question: what more do American voters

Harris’ flip-flops small potatoes compared to Trump’s tawdry rap sheet

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 16, 2024
  • For those holding back from supporting Kamala Harris because they don’t know what she stands for, here is the question: what more do American voters
Kamala Harris, left, and Donald Trump took part in a televised debate last week, watched by 67.1 million people. Kamala came out the champ, and Trump, the chump, writes Michael Harris, although that was not the just the decision of most news agencies, including The Washington Post and The New York Times. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr and Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Trudeau’s motto seems to be ‘more of the same’ after retreat

  • The cabinet retreat showcased a laissez-faire prime minister not interested in a cabinet shuffle or bringing new blood into the party.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 2, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be excited about continuing as prime minister, but a majority of those polled want a change at the top, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s motto seems to be ‘more of the same’ after retreat

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 2, 2024
  • The cabinet retreat showcased a laissez-faire prime minister not interested in a cabinet shuffle or bringing new blood into the party.

Trudeau’s motto seems to be ‘more of the same’ after retreat

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 2, 2024
  • The cabinet retreat showcased a laissez-faire prime minister not interested in a cabinet shuffle or bringing new blood into the party.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be excited about continuing as prime minister, but a majority of those polled want a change at the top, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Optimism and honesty are back on the menu

  • After 248 years of shutting women out of the White House, it’s past time to put a lady of distinction in charge of the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 26, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
Thanks to U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris' name at the top of the Democratic ticket, voters now have a choice beyond duelling octogenarians, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Optimism and honesty are back on the menu

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 26, 2024
  • After 248 years of shutting women out of the White House, it’s past time to put a lady of distinction in charge of the

Optimism and honesty are back on the menu

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 26, 2024
  • After 248 years of shutting women out of the White House, it’s past time to put a lady of distinction in charge of the
Kamala Harris
Thanks to U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris' name at the top of the Democratic ticket, voters now have a choice beyond duelling octogenarians, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

New phase of Russia-Ukraine war amounts to a big gamble

  • Now that Ukrainian forces are occupying territory inside Russia, what will Putin do?
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 19, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pictured left with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Sept. 22, 2023, is still holding off the Russian invaders three years on, and his government is still in place, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

New phase of Russia-Ukraine war amounts to a big gamble

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 19, 2024
  • Now that Ukrainian forces are occupying territory inside Russia, what will Putin do?

New phase of Russia-Ukraine war amounts to a big gamble

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 19, 2024
  • Now that Ukrainian forces are occupying territory inside Russia, what will Putin do?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pictured left with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Sept. 22, 2023, is still holding off the Russian invaders three years on, and his government is still in place, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Either way, Americans will make electoral history

  • Either the country will elect a Black, female president, which would be a first, or it will choose a convicted felon, which would also
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 12, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
A remarkable thing happened when Biden stepped aside at the top of the ticket. U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, pictured, secured her party’s nomination, picked a running mate, and brought donations from a trickle to a flood.   Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Either way, Americans will make electoral history

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 12, 2024
  • Either the country will elect a Black, female president, which would be a first, or it will choose a convicted felon, which would also

Either way, Americans will make electoral history

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 12, 2024
  • Either the country will elect a Black, female president, which would be a first, or it will choose a convicted felon, which would also
Kamala Harris
A remarkable thing happened when Biden stepped aside at the top of the ticket. U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, pictured, secured her party’s nomination, picked a running mate, and brought donations from a trickle to a flood.   Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

World is holding its breath over events unfolding in the Middle East

  • With the assassination of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran, Iran is vowing revenge against Israel. No one knows what that will look like. For
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 5, 2024
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, front centre, was killed on July 31. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, top left, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Alli Khamenei, top right, and Israel's Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu. Tension is already high along Israel’s northern border, write Michael Harris.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

World is holding its breath over events unfolding in the Middle East

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 5, 2024
  • With the assassination of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran, Iran is vowing revenge against Israel. No one knows what that will look like. For

World is holding its breath over events unfolding in the Middle East

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 5, 2024
  • With the assassination of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran, Iran is vowing revenge against Israel. No one knows what that will look like. For
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, front centre, was killed on July 31. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, top left, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Alli Khamenei, top right, and Israel's Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu. Tension is already high along Israel’s northern border, write Michael Harris.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Buckle up, U.S. politics is on one wild ride before Americans choose their next president

  • What happens over the next four months in the United States will affect everyone, which is why the world's eyes are on Donald Trump
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 29, 2024
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris. It's on. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Buckle up, U.S. politics is on one wild ride before Americans choose their next president

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 29, 2024
  • What happens over the next four months in the United States will affect everyone, which is why the world's eyes are on Donald Trump

Buckle up, U.S. politics is on one wild ride before Americans choose their next president

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 29, 2024
  • What happens over the next four months in the United States will affect everyone, which is why the world's eyes are on Donald Trump
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris
Donald Trump, left, and Kamala Harris. It's on. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Fear ringed by anger defines the new GOP

  • Trump has reduced once-principled people into shipwrecks of their former selves.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 22, 2024
Despite thousands of lies, 34 felony convictions, a sexual assault conviction, and multiple pending criminal and civil cases, Donald Trump has been embraced by Republicans, writes Michael Harris. Wikimedia Commons photograph

Fear ringed by anger defines the new GOP

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 22, 2024
  • Trump has reduced once-principled people into shipwrecks of their former selves.

Fear ringed by anger defines the new GOP

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 22, 2024
  • Trump has reduced once-principled people into shipwrecks of their former selves.
Despite thousands of lies, 34 felony convictions, a sexual assault conviction, and multiple pending criminal and civil cases, Donald Trump has been embraced by Republicans, writes Michael Harris. Wikimedia Commons photograph

The Liberals should resolve their leadership issues now, before it’s too late

  • Justin Trudeau is not Joe Biden, but there is no pretending that the Liberals don't have a major leadership issue to resolve. Unlike the Democrats,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 15, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party are dealing with the public's 'Trudeau fatigue.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade/illustration by Neena Singhal

The Liberals should resolve their leadership issues now, before it’s too late

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 15, 2024
  • Justin Trudeau is not Joe Biden, but there is no pretending that the Liberals don't have a major leadership issue to resolve. Unlike the Democrats,

The Liberals should resolve their leadership issues now, before it’s too late

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 15, 2024
  • Justin Trudeau is not Joe Biden, but there is no pretending that the Liberals don't have a major leadership issue to resolve. Unlike the Democrats,
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party are dealing with the public's 'Trudeau fatigue.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade/illustration by Neena Singhal

Call it the revenge of Tricky Dick

  • Former U.S. president Richard Nixon once said, 'Well, if the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.' Two weeks ago, in
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 8, 2024
The same court that decided the U.S. Justice Department erred in charging some of the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters with obstructing a Congressional proceeding, will determine things like enforcing environmental law, and every one of the court's decisions is in lock-step with the MAGA effort to dismantle the 'administrative state,' writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore

Call it the revenge of Tricky Dick

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 8, 2024
  • Former U.S. president Richard Nixon once said, 'Well, if the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.' Two weeks ago, in

Call it the revenge of Tricky Dick

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 8, 2024
  • Former U.S. president Richard Nixon once said, 'Well, if the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.' Two weeks ago, in
The same court that decided the U.S. Justice Department erred in charging some of the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters with obstructing a Congressional proceeding, will determine things like enforcing environmental law, and every one of the court's decisions is in lock-step with the MAGA effort to dismantle the 'administrative state,' writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore

What is the political gospel of St. Paul’s?

  • The man who took on the top job to rescue the Liberal Party is now the main reason that same party could be obliterated
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 1, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 17, addressing his caucus on the Hill. Some say the loss of a perennial Liberal safe seat in the recent byelection changes everything. If Toronto-St. Paul’s is no longer safe, what Liberal seat is?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What is the political gospel of St. Paul’s?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 1, 2024
  • The man who took on the top job to rescue the Liberal Party is now the main reason that same party could be obliterated

What is the political gospel of St. Paul’s?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 1, 2024
  • The man who took on the top job to rescue the Liberal Party is now the main reason that same party could be obliterated
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 17, addressing his caucus on the Hill. Some say the loss of a perennial Liberal safe seat in the recent byelection changes everything. If Toronto-St. Paul’s is no longer safe, what Liberal seat is?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Federal politics has entered a ‘none-of-the-above’ phase

  • Despite his plummeting personal popularity, Justin Trudeau is still in the game.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 24, 2024
The contenders: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Predicting how people will vote a year from now is not as simple as voting intention polls suggest, writes Michael Harris.    The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Federal politics has entered a ‘none-of-the-above’ phase

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 24, 2024
  • Despite his plummeting personal popularity, Justin Trudeau is still in the game.

Federal politics has entered a ‘none-of-the-above’ phase

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 24, 2024
  • Despite his plummeting personal popularity, Justin Trudeau is still in the game.
The contenders: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Predicting how people will vote a year from now is not as simple as voting intention polls suggest, writes Michael Harris.    The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trump wins another battle in this war of delay, deny, and deflect  

  • Justice used to be defined as truth in action. Vengeance in action is a nightmare substitute.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 17, 2024
All Donald Trump, pictured in this illustration, now has to do is win the 2024 presidential election and he can wipe his own slate clean, as he has promised to do for the J6 rioters who have been sent to prison for their crimes, writes columnist Michael Harris. Illustration courtesy of Pixabay

Trump wins another battle in this war of delay, deny, and deflect  

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 17, 2024
  • Justice used to be defined as truth in action. Vengeance in action is a nightmare substitute.

Trump wins another battle in this war of delay, deny, and deflect  

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 17, 2024
  • Justice used to be defined as truth in action. Vengeance in action is a nightmare substitute.
All Donald Trump, pictured in this illustration, now has to do is win the 2024 presidential election and he can wipe his own slate clean, as he has promised to do for the J6 rioters who have been sent to prison for their crimes, writes columnist Michael Harris. Illustration courtesy of Pixabay

NSICOP report more than a Pandora’s box of bad news for Canadian democracy

  • Let the cops deal with the crooks. But dish the facts to Canadians so that they can deal with the unscrupulous.  
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 10, 2024
Liberal MP David McGuinty heads the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which released an explosive report last week, which released an explosive report last week alleging that some elected officials 'began wittingly assisting foreign state actors soon after their election.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

NSICOP report more than a Pandora’s box of bad news for Canadian democracy

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 10, 2024
  • Let the cops deal with the crooks. But dish the facts to Canadians so that they can deal with the unscrupulous.  

NSICOP report more than a Pandora’s box of bad news for Canadian democracy

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 10, 2024
  • Let the cops deal with the crooks. But dish the facts to Canadians so that they can deal with the unscrupulous.  
Liberal MP David McGuinty heads the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which released an explosive report last week, which released an explosive report last week alleging that some elected officials 'began wittingly assisting foreign state actors soon after their election.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hannah Arendt had it right: when empathy dies, barbarity is never far behind

  • All Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can promise is seven more months of war and the spectre of famine for a people who’ve lost all
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 3, 2024
Palestinians inspect the ruins of Aklouk Tower destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Oct. 8, 2023, the day after Hamas killed 1,200 people in Israel and took more than 200 hostage. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Hannah Arendt had it right: when empathy dies, barbarity is never far behind

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 3, 2024
  • All Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can promise is seven more months of war and the spectre of famine for a people who’ve lost all

Hannah Arendt had it right: when empathy dies, barbarity is never far behind

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 3, 2024
  • All Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can promise is seven more months of war and the spectre of famine for a people who’ve lost all
Palestinians inspect the ruins of Aklouk Tower destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Oct. 8, 2023, the day after Hamas killed 1,200 people in Israel and took more than 200 hostage. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s vulgarity fast becoming signature across so much of our politics

  • Donald Trump has set the stage for a radical change in U.S. democracy by making abusive language and hateful speech acceptable at the highest
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 27, 2024
Donald Trump’s greatest contribution to the toxic, partisan mud bath that politics has become, is the ex-president’s industrial scale lying, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

Trump’s vulgarity fast becoming signature across so much of our politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 27, 2024
  • Donald Trump has set the stage for a radical change in U.S. democracy by making abusive language and hateful speech acceptable at the highest

Trump’s vulgarity fast becoming signature across so much of our politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 27, 2024
  • Donald Trump has set the stage for a radical change in U.S. democracy by making abusive language and hateful speech acceptable at the highest
Donald Trump’s greatest contribution to the toxic, partisan mud bath that politics has become, is the ex-president’s industrial scale lying, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

Yep, Trump did it again

  • The former president organized a high-level contingent of Republicans to attend his hush-money trial in Manhattan. The group included House Speaker Mike Johnson—whose speakership was
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 20, 2024
Just when it appeared that Donald Trump couldn’t go any further in his systematic deconstruction of American institutions—he did, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Yep, Trump did it again

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 20, 2024
  • The former president organized a high-level contingent of Republicans to attend his hush-money trial in Manhattan. The group included House Speaker Mike Johnson—whose speakership was

Yep, Trump did it again

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 20, 2024
  • The former president organized a high-level contingent of Republicans to attend his hush-money trial in Manhattan. The group included House Speaker Mike Johnson—whose speakership was
Just when it appeared that Donald Trump couldn’t go any further in his systematic deconstruction of American institutions—he did, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Stormy Daniels could be American democracy’s only hope

  • The overwhelming probability is that the Stormy Daniels hush-money case will be the only trial and verdict Donald Trump will face before the presidential
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2024
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured, has turned due process into undue process, gaming the system to avoid any and all accountability in his criminal trials, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Stormy Daniels could be American democracy’s only hope

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2024
  • The overwhelming probability is that the Stormy Daniels hush-money case will be the only trial and verdict Donald Trump will face before the presidential

Stormy Daniels could be American democracy’s only hope

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2024
  • The overwhelming probability is that the Stormy Daniels hush-money case will be the only trial and verdict Donald Trump will face before the presidential
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured, has turned due process into undue process, gaming the system to avoid any and all accountability in his criminal trials, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Pam Damoff’s departure a canary in the coal mine on polarization

  • If this disenchanted MP has it right, in the caustic politics of polarization, only the fanatically partisan need apply.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 6, 2024
Liberal MPs Pam Damoff, left, Francesco Sorbara and Salma Zahid. Damoff announced she would not run in the next election, citing misogyny, death threats, misinformation, disinformation, and the lack of civility. Politics is a place for bullies and belligerence, not public-spirited Canadians who want to serve their country, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pam Damoff’s departure a canary in the coal mine on polarization

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 6, 2024
  • If this disenchanted MP has it right, in the caustic politics of polarization, only the fanatically partisan need apply.

Pam Damoff’s departure a canary in the coal mine on polarization

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 6, 2024
  • If this disenchanted MP has it right, in the caustic politics of polarization, only the fanatically partisan need apply.
Liberal MPs Pam Damoff, left, Francesco Sorbara and Salma Zahid. Damoff announced she would not run in the next election, citing misogyny, death threats, misinformation, disinformation, and the lack of civility. Politics is a place for bullies and belligerence, not public-spirited Canadians who want to serve their country, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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The soul of the West hangs in the balance, as Russia bombs Ukraine

  • HALIFAX—Ukraine’s pop-star president, the guy in the T-shirt, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 7, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, pictured March 3, 2022, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the end of the world. It is true that war leaders deal in hyperbole, but Zelensky has a point. As he said, Ukraine is the border between the civilized world, and what used to be known as the evil empire; between democracy and brutal dictatorship. Screen capture image courtesy of France24

The soul of the West hangs in the balance, as Russia bombs Ukraine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 7, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Ukraine’s pop-star president, the guy in the T-shirt, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the

The soul of the West hangs in the balance, as Russia bombs Ukraine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 7, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Ukraine’s pop-star president, the guy in the T-shirt, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, pictured March 3, 2022, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the end of the world. It is true that war leaders deal in hyperbole, but Zelensky has a point. As he said, Ukraine is the border between the civilized world, and what used to be known as the evil empire; between democracy and brutal dictatorship. Screen capture image courtesy of France24

The United States is not coming to Ukraine’s rescue

  • HALIFAX—Former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has described Vladimir Putin in a nutshell. “He’s just simply mad. He’s just simply crazy. He’s just simply evil
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 28, 2022
Vladimir Putin, right, has been watching the U.S. closely in order to time his invasion of Ukraine while America is divided and distracted, argues Michael Harris. The two leaders are pictured here at a 2021 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The United States is not coming to Ukraine’s rescue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 28, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has described Vladimir Putin in a nutshell. “He’s just simply mad. He’s just simply crazy. He’s just simply evil

The United States is not coming to Ukraine’s rescue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 28, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has described Vladimir Putin in a nutshell. “He’s just simply mad. He’s just simply crazy. He’s just simply evil
Vladimir Putin, right, has been watching the U.S. closely in order to time his invasion of Ukraine while America is divided and distracted, argues Michael Harris. The two leaders are pictured here at a 2021 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Our politics in Canada has suddenly contracted rabies

  • HALIFAX—When protesters come to the door of Liberal cabinet minister Sean Fraser’s constituency office, they usually get coffee, cookies, and conversation—no matter how controversial
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 14, 2022
Chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelical Christian Society, pictured on the Hill on Feb. 10, 2022. This is no longer a question of jurisdiction. It is a matter of peace, order, and good government.  If things remain as they are, it will signal that disturbing the peace, disorder, and no government at all, are the new watch words as we all sink deeper and deeper into Trump World, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Our politics in Canada has suddenly contracted rabies

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 14, 2022
  • HALIFAX—When protesters come to the door of Liberal cabinet minister Sean Fraser’s constituency office, they usually get coffee, cookies, and conversation—no matter how controversial

Our politics in Canada has suddenly contracted rabies

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 14, 2022
  • HALIFAX—When protesters come to the door of Liberal cabinet minister Sean Fraser’s constituency office, they usually get coffee, cookies, and conversation—no matter how controversial
Chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelical Christian Society, pictured on the Hill on Feb. 10, 2022. This is no longer a question of jurisdiction. It is a matter of peace, order, and good government.  If things remain as they are, it will signal that disturbing the peace, disorder, and no government at all, are the new watch words as we all sink deeper and deeper into Trump World, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Big difference between a protest and issuing an ultimatum

  • HALIFAX—Just two words for the mob holding Ottawa hostage: truck off. Everyone in this country believes in the right to protest. A protest allows
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 7, 2022
The so-called Freedom Convoy has turned into an occupation of the city of Ottawa, writes Michael Harris. For how long will this be allowed to go on? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Big difference between a protest and issuing an ultimatum

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 7, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Just two words for the mob holding Ottawa hostage: truck off. Everyone in this country believes in the right to protest. A protest allows

Big difference between a protest and issuing an ultimatum

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 7, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Just two words for the mob holding Ottawa hostage: truck off. Everyone in this country believes in the right to protest. A protest allows
The so-called Freedom Convoy has turned into an occupation of the city of Ottawa, writes Michael Harris. For how long will this be allowed to go on? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s the tyranny of the minority

  • HALIFAX—So the tyranny of the minority is behind the wheel and taking dead aim at Canadian democracy. As they say about the internet, it
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 31, 2022
The so-called 'Freedom Convoy' is reminiscent of the idiots who interfered with health-care workers by conducting their ignorant anti-vaccine, anti-masking protests outside hospitals—even when it meant endangering patients, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s the tyranny of the minority

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 31, 2022
  • HALIFAX—So the tyranny of the minority is behind the wheel and taking dead aim at Canadian democracy. As they say about the internet, it

It’s the tyranny of the minority

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 31, 2022
  • HALIFAX—So the tyranny of the minority is behind the wheel and taking dead aim at Canadian democracy. As they say about the internet, it
The so-called 'Freedom Convoy' is reminiscent of the idiots who interfered with health-care workers by conducting their ignorant anti-vaccine, anti-masking protests outside hospitals—even when it meant endangering patients, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A bad week for misbehaving political elites

  • HALIFAX—It was a bad week for misbehaving political elites. Take Jason Kenney, temporarily Alberta’s premier until next year’s election. He was already on a
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 24, 2022
In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court that Donald Trump had carefully stocked with conservative judges made a crucial ruling. The court rejected Trump’s bogus claim of executive privilege to hide the facts about Jan. 6 from Americans. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Commons Wikimedia

A bad week for misbehaving political elites

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 24, 2022
  • HALIFAX—It was a bad week for misbehaving political elites. Take Jason Kenney, temporarily Alberta’s premier until next year’s election. He was already on a

A bad week for misbehaving political elites

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 24, 2022
  • HALIFAX—It was a bad week for misbehaving political elites. Take Jason Kenney, temporarily Alberta’s premier until next year’s election. He was already on a
In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court that Donald Trump had carefully stocked with conservative judges made a crucial ruling. The court rejected Trump’s bogus claim of executive privilege to hide the facts about Jan. 6 from Americans. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Commons Wikimedia

In the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts

  • HALIFAX—Is there such a thing as too much reporting on big issues? Robin V. Sears, one of the keenest political observers around, recently published
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 17, 2022
Hill media, pictured scrumming Government House leader Mark Holland outside the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Nov. 16, 2021. To all those journalists out there drilling down on the pandemic, keep drilling. It is a huge story, full of consequences for everyone. It may be tough to tell that story, it may bring down the mood of the country—temporarily. But in the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 17, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Is there such a thing as too much reporting on big issues? Robin V. Sears, one of the keenest political observers around, recently published

In the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 17, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Is there such a thing as too much reporting on big issues? Robin V. Sears, one of the keenest political observers around, recently published
Hill media, pictured scrumming Government House leader Mark Holland outside the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Nov. 16, 2021. To all those journalists out there drilling down on the pandemic, keep drilling. It is a huge story, full of consequences for everyone. It may be tough to tell that story, it may bring down the mood of the country—temporarily. But in the long term, nothing raises a society’s morale like the facts, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Trump faithful continue to support the Big Lie, heart and soul

  • HALIFAX—U.S. President Joe Biden has finally delivered his Hail Mary speech. He is getting a lot of praise is some quarters, namely on CNN
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 10, 2022
Pro-Trump mob, pictured Jan. 6, 2021, before storming the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill. America is in a bloody-minded mood and the numbers show it. In the most recent CNN poll, just 21 per cent of Americans said they think their country is going in the right direction. More frightening than that, more than 60 per cent of Americans of both parties think that the loser in the 2024 presidential election will resort to violence, writes Michael Harris. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

The Trump faithful continue to support the Big Lie, heart and soul

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 10, 2022
  • HALIFAX—U.S. President Joe Biden has finally delivered his Hail Mary speech. He is getting a lot of praise is some quarters, namely on CNN

The Trump faithful continue to support the Big Lie, heart and soul

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 10, 2022
  • HALIFAX—U.S. President Joe Biden has finally delivered his Hail Mary speech. He is getting a lot of praise is some quarters, namely on CNN
Pro-Trump mob, pictured Jan. 6, 2021, before storming the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill. America is in a bloody-minded mood and the numbers show it. In the most recent CNN poll, just 21 per cent of Americans said they think their country is going in the right direction. More frightening than that, more than 60 per cent of Americans of both parties think that the loser in the 2024 presidential election will resort to violence, writes Michael Harris. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

There’s no such thing as easy money

  • HALIFAX—This is the season when the Commentariat holds the usual seance: looking into their crystal balls, and flagging the things to watch in 2022.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 29, 2021
What the Federal Reserve has been doing in recent years is the biggest story flying under the radar of mainstream media. The 'Fed' has made a massive intervention into the U.S. economy, without precedent in the country’s history. As reported in Politico, in the six years between 2008 (the year of the financial crisis/recession), and 2014, the Fed printed $3.5-trillion in new treasury bills—nearly triple the amount it had created in the first 95 years of its existence, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

There’s no such thing as easy money

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 29, 2021
  • HALIFAX—This is the season when the Commentariat holds the usual seance: looking into their crystal balls, and flagging the things to watch in 2022.

There’s no such thing as easy money

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 29, 2021
  • HALIFAX—This is the season when the Commentariat holds the usual seance: looking into their crystal balls, and flagging the things to watch in 2022.
What the Federal Reserve has been doing in recent years is the biggest story flying under the radar of mainstream media. The 'Fed' has made a massive intervention into the U.S. economy, without precedent in the country’s history. As reported in Politico, in the six years between 2008 (the year of the financial crisis/recession), and 2014, the Fed printed $3.5-trillion in new treasury bills—nearly triple the amount it had created in the first 95 years of its existence, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

My take on Canada’s federal political leaders right now

  • HALIFAX—Politics, like professional sports, is a bottom-line proposition. Only the winner gets to smoke the real cigar. And that means a lump of coal
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Dec. 14, 2021, will get a plump stocking and a stack of presents. As the winner in 2021, he gets to smoke the real cigar. But that doesn’t mean it will be a total Bing Crosby Christmas for Trudeau. He delivered for the party, but he didn’t deliver what it wanted most in an election that was the PM’s personal call—a majority, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

My take on Canada’s federal political leaders right now

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Politics, like professional sports, is a bottom-line proposition. Only the winner gets to smoke the real cigar. And that means a lump of coal

My take on Canada’s federal political leaders right now

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Politics, like professional sports, is a bottom-line proposition. Only the winner gets to smoke the real cigar. And that means a lump of coal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Dec. 14, 2021, will get a plump stocking and a stack of presents. As the winner in 2021, he gets to smoke the real cigar. But that doesn’t mean it will be a total Bing Crosby Christmas for Trudeau. He delivered for the party, but he didn’t deliver what it wanted most in an election that was the PM’s personal call—a majority, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics is phony virtue signalling

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that the decision not to send government officials to the 2022 Games reflects Canada’s 'deep concerns' about human rights
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 13, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. With a million Uyghur Muslims in Chinese 're-education' camps, and horror stories of the mass rapes and forced labour of thousands of others, what more does it take for Canada to produce a robust response, writes Michael Harris. Wikimedia Commons photograph and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics is phony virtue signalling

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 13, 2021
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that the decision not to send government officials to the 2022 Games reflects Canada’s 'deep concerns' about human rights

Canada’s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics is phony virtue signalling

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 13, 2021
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that the decision not to send government officials to the 2022 Games reflects Canada’s 'deep concerns' about human rights
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. With a million Uyghur Muslims in Chinese 're-education' camps, and horror stories of the mass rapes and forced labour of thousands of others, what more does it take for Canada to produce a robust response, writes Michael Harris. Wikimedia Commons photograph and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

This is not the time for the Conservatives to bury their heads in the sand

  • HALIFAX—Watching the official opposition benches, it looked like a meeting of the Freedom Caucus south of the border, held under a full moon after
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 29, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured Nov. 18, 2021, argues that without a live, in-person Parliament, he won’t be able to hold the government to account. If what he means by holding the government to account, is slagging Justin Trudeau, and turning the House of Commons into a rhetorical Pier 9 brawl, nothing will be lost by going virtual. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

This is not the time for the Conservatives to bury their heads in the sand

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 29, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Watching the official opposition benches, it looked like a meeting of the Freedom Caucus south of the border, held under a full moon after

This is not the time for the Conservatives to bury their heads in the sand

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 29, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Watching the official opposition benches, it looked like a meeting of the Freedom Caucus south of the border, held under a full moon after
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured Nov. 18, 2021, argues that without a live, in-person Parliament, he won’t be able to hold the government to account. If what he means by holding the government to account, is slagging Justin Trudeau, and turning the House of Commons into a rhetorical Pier 9 brawl, nothing will be lost by going virtual. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On big issues like land claims, Canada litigates rather than reconciles with First Nations, or sends in the RCMP

  • HALIFAX—So they honoured Indigenous singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie with a new stamp. So the prime minister says the Indigenous file is still his most
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 22, 2021
Wet’suwet’en land defenders, pictured on Feb. 7, 2020, marching in downtown Ottawa. The confrontation is over an unwanted pipeline crossing Wet’suwet’en territory, just as it was the first time when Indigenous people across the country blocked roads and railways to show their support, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On big issues like land claims, Canada litigates rather than reconciles with First Nations, or sends in the RCMP

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 22, 2021
  • HALIFAX—So they honoured Indigenous singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie with a new stamp. So the prime minister says the Indigenous file is still his most

On big issues like land claims, Canada litigates rather than reconciles with First Nations, or sends in the RCMP

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 22, 2021
  • HALIFAX—So they honoured Indigenous singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie with a new stamp. So the prime minister says the Indigenous file is still his most
Wet’suwet’en land defenders, pictured on Feb. 7, 2020, marching in downtown Ottawa. The confrontation is over an unwanted pipeline crossing Wet’suwet’en territory, just as it was the first time when Indigenous people across the country blocked roads and railways to show their support, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Erin O’Toole: no path to victory

  • HALIFAX—Sooner or later, Erin O’Toole is going to have to admit that his stroll down the left bank of Canada’s political canal is a
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 15, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has faced down attacks on his leadership from within the party since he led the Tories to a second-place finish in the Sept. 20 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Erin O’Toole: no path to victory

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 15, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Sooner or later, Erin O’Toole is going to have to admit that his stroll down the left bank of Canada’s political canal is a

Erin O’Toole: no path to victory

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 15, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Sooner or later, Erin O’Toole is going to have to admit that his stroll down the left bank of Canada’s political canal is a
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has faced down attacks on his leadership from within the party since he led the Tories to a second-place finish in the Sept. 20 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Kenney puts his province behind the eight-ball

  • HALIFAX—If premier Jason Kenney runs true to form, he will soon be calling a press conference to accuse the countries attending COP26 of being
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 8, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, pictured in Ottawa on Sept. 18, 2020, after a meeting of Canada’s premiers to discuss the federal government's support to provinces during the ongoing COIVD crisis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Kenney puts his province behind the eight-ball

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 8, 2021
  • HALIFAX—If premier Jason Kenney runs true to form, he will soon be calling a press conference to accuse the countries attending COP26 of being

Kenney puts his province behind the eight-ball

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 8, 2021
  • HALIFAX—If premier Jason Kenney runs true to form, he will soon be calling a press conference to accuse the countries attending COP26 of being
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, pictured in Ottawa on Sept. 18, 2020, after a meeting of Canada’s premiers to discuss the federal government's support to provinces during the ongoing COIVD crisis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s no longer Sunny Ways

  • HALIFAX—In a recent speech to Dutch Parliamentarians at The Hague, Justin Trudeau took on a new persona; Cassandra. No longer the Ambassador of Sunny
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 1, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the cavernous Sir John A. Macdonald Building, once the Bank of Montreal, on Oct. 26, 2021, flanked by his newly appointed cabinet and taking questions from the media. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s no longer Sunny Ways

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 1, 2021
  • HALIFAX—In a recent speech to Dutch Parliamentarians at The Hague, Justin Trudeau took on a new persona; Cassandra. No longer the Ambassador of Sunny

Trudeau’s no longer Sunny Ways

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 1, 2021
  • HALIFAX—In a recent speech to Dutch Parliamentarians at The Hague, Justin Trudeau took on a new persona; Cassandra. No longer the Ambassador of Sunny
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the cavernous Sir John A. Macdonald Building, once the Bank of Montreal, on Oct. 26, 2021, flanked by his newly appointed cabinet and taking questions from the media. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Who’s in charge of the Conservatives?

  • HALIFAX—Last week, the Conservative Party of Canada demonstrated once more why it is lost in the political wilderness. And no, that is not a
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 25, 2021
Conservative Whip Blake Richards, pictured on Oct. 5, 2021, outside the Sir John A. Macdonald Building where the Conservatives held a six-hour caucus meeting to talk about the election. Last week, he offered the same double talk to justify this silly, reflexive opposition to mandatory jabs. Everyone who is able to should get vaccinated, he said, but no one should be forced to. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Who’s in charge of the Conservatives?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 25, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Last week, the Conservative Party of Canada demonstrated once more why it is lost in the political wilderness. And no, that is not a

Who’s in charge of the Conservatives?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 25, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Last week, the Conservative Party of Canada demonstrated once more why it is lost in the political wilderness. And no, that is not a
Conservative Whip Blake Richards, pictured on Oct. 5, 2021, outside the Sir John A. Macdonald Building where the Conservatives held a six-hour caucus meeting to talk about the election. Last week, he offered the same double talk to justify this silly, reflexive opposition to mandatory jabs. Everyone who is able to should get vaccinated, he said, but no one should be forced to. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Tories must move on from O’Toole

  • HALIFAX—And so it begins. The reality check for the Conservative Party of Canada. Instead of rising, the CPC is now a political phoenix sinking
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 18, 2021
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole has come under fire from some party members after he failed to make gains in last month's election. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Tories must move on from O’Toole

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 18, 2021
  • HALIFAX—And so it begins. The reality check for the Conservative Party of Canada. Instead of rising, the CPC is now a political phoenix sinking

Tories must move on from O’Toole

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 18, 2021
  • HALIFAX—And so it begins. The reality check for the Conservative Party of Canada. Instead of rising, the CPC is now a political phoenix sinking
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole has come under fire from some party members after he failed to make gains in last month's election. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Gratitude is pretty hard to find in a world so full of sorrows, but there’s this

  • HALIFAX—Gratitude is pretty hard to find in a world so full of sorrows. These days, it is more common to be aggrieved than thankful.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 11, 2021
Two journalists Dimitry Muratov and Maria Ressa have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, usually reserved for over-rated politicians and heads-of-state. Ressa runs a news website, Rappler, in the Philippines, and has dared to report factually on the dreaded regime of Roberto Duterte. Muratov, a newspaperman, faced the same mortal dangers as Ressa, having to report on the often homicidal regime of Russia’s leader, now effectively a mob boss, Vladimir Putin. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Gratitude is pretty hard to find in a world so full of sorrows, but there’s this

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 11, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Gratitude is pretty hard to find in a world so full of sorrows. These days, it is more common to be aggrieved than thankful.

Gratitude is pretty hard to find in a world so full of sorrows, but there’s this

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 11, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Gratitude is pretty hard to find in a world so full of sorrows. These days, it is more common to be aggrieved than thankful.
Two journalists Dimitry Muratov and Maria Ressa have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, usually reserved for over-rated politicians and heads-of-state. Ressa runs a news website, Rappler, in the Philippines, and has dared to report factually on the dreaded regime of Roberto Duterte. Muratov, a newspaperman, faced the same mortal dangers as Ressa, having to report on the often homicidal regime of Russia’s leader, now effectively a mob boss, Vladimir Putin. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

If Conservatives keep O’Toole as leader, more conservative voters will move to Bernier

  • HALIFAX—The most spectacular self-immolation of Election 2021 was Annamie Paul and the Green Party; but the more consequential one belongs to Erin O’Toole. The
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 4, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured Sept. 29, 2021, at a ceremony on the eve of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Parliament Hill. Should O’Toole resign, then the coming leadership review could be rescheduled as a leadership race. That would almost guarantee a return to the party’s social conservative roots, and certainly a watering down of O’Toole’s progressivism. Why? Because the CPC bench is full of political skaters of that persuasion, and almost no left-wingers, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

If Conservatives keep O’Toole as leader, more conservative voters will move to Bernier

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 4, 2021
  • HALIFAX—The most spectacular self-immolation of Election 2021 was Annamie Paul and the Green Party; but the more consequential one belongs to Erin O’Toole. The

If Conservatives keep O’Toole as leader, more conservative voters will move to Bernier

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 4, 2021
  • HALIFAX—The most spectacular self-immolation of Election 2021 was Annamie Paul and the Green Party; but the more consequential one belongs to Erin O’Toole. The
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured Sept. 29, 2021, at a ceremony on the eve of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Parliament Hill. Should O’Toole resign, then the coming leadership review could be rescheduled as a leadership race. That would almost guarantee a return to the party’s social conservative roots, and certainly a watering down of O’Toole’s progressivism. Why? Because the CPC bench is full of political skaters of that persuasion, and almost no left-wingers, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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