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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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Suzuki urges Liberals to double-down on climate change fight

  • HALIFAX—When Jonathan Wilkinson gets back to work, and assuming he is still federal environment minister, there will already be an important letter sitting on
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 27, 2021
Environmental activist David Suzuki urged Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to step up his government's efforts to fight climate change, and to try and bring opposition parties onboard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Suzuki urges Liberals to double-down on climate change fight

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 27, 2021
  • HALIFAX—When Jonathan Wilkinson gets back to work, and assuming he is still federal environment minister, there will already be an important letter sitting on

Suzuki urges Liberals to double-down on climate change fight

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 27, 2021
  • HALIFAX—When Jonathan Wilkinson gets back to work, and assuming he is still federal environment minister, there will already be an important letter sitting on
Environmental activist David Suzuki urged Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to step up his government's efforts to fight climate change, and to try and bring opposition parties onboard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nonsense election call could overshadow Liberal record

  • HALIFAX—Jody Wilson-Raybould may have made the definitive statement on Canadian politics and election 2021 when she said this to me the other day: “I
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 20, 2021
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, pictured during a campaign stop in Kanata, Ont. Mr. Trudeau called an early election amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and is seeking to return to Parliament with a majority government. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Nonsense election call could overshadow Liberal record

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 20, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Jody Wilson-Raybould may have made the definitive statement on Canadian politics and election 2021 when she said this to me the other day: “I

Nonsense election call could overshadow Liberal record

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 20, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Jody Wilson-Raybould may have made the definitive statement on Canadian politics and election 2021 when she said this to me the other day: “I
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, pictured during a campaign stop in Kanata, Ont. Mr. Trudeau called an early election amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and is seeking to return to Parliament with a majority government. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

O’Toole offers classic suck-and-blow solution to Canada’s gun laws

  • HALIFAX—Forget the leaders’ English language debate, unless snark-fests turn your crank. If you really want to know what’s inside Erin O’Toole, the Conservative leader
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 13, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured on Sept. 7, 2021, at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa after releasing his party's platform to the media. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

O’Toole offers classic suck-and-blow solution to Canada’s gun laws

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 13, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Forget the leaders’ English language debate, unless snark-fests turn your crank. If you really want to know what’s inside Erin O’Toole, the Conservative leader

O’Toole offers classic suck-and-blow solution to Canada’s gun laws

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 13, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Forget the leaders’ English language debate, unless snark-fests turn your crank. If you really want to know what’s inside Erin O’Toole, the Conservative leader
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured on Sept. 7, 2021, at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa after releasing his party's platform to the media. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Voters should look carefully before swapping Trudeau for O’Toole

  • HALIFAX—So Justin Trudeau has apparently morphed into Prince Not So Charming. And Erin O’Toole, unknown to most Canadians until recently, is waiting in the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 6, 2021
Erin O'Toole's Conservative Party is leading in some recent national opinion polls at the midway point of the federal election campaign. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Voters should look carefully before swapping Trudeau for O’Toole

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 6, 2021
  • HALIFAX—So Justin Trudeau has apparently morphed into Prince Not So Charming. And Erin O’Toole, unknown to most Canadians until recently, is waiting in the

Voters should look carefully before swapping Trudeau for O’Toole

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 6, 2021
  • HALIFAX—So Justin Trudeau has apparently morphed into Prince Not So Charming. And Erin O’Toole, unknown to most Canadians until recently, is waiting in the
Erin O'Toole's Conservative Party is leading in some recent national opinion polls at the midway point of the federal election campaign. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Questions linger after Afghans abandoned

  • HALIFAX—History is rife with dark coincidence. None is darker than this one: Donald Rumsfeld, president Bush’s secretary of defence, was laid to rest in
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 30, 2021
The last Canadians involved in the Nato training mission in Afghanistan board an American Chinook helicopter in Kabul on March 12, 2014. Canada and the United States' other allies are wearing part of the blame for the chaos in Afghanistan that was caused by the U.S. deal with the Taliban, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Armed Forces/Cpcl Patrick Blanchard

Questions linger after Afghans abandoned

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 30, 2021
  • HALIFAX—History is rife with dark coincidence. None is darker than this one: Donald Rumsfeld, president Bush’s secretary of defence, was laid to rest in

Questions linger after Afghans abandoned

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 30, 2021
  • HALIFAX—History is rife with dark coincidence. None is darker than this one: Donald Rumsfeld, president Bush’s secretary of defence, was laid to rest in
The last Canadians involved in the Nato training mission in Afghanistan board an American Chinook helicopter in Kabul on March 12, 2014. Canada and the United States' other allies are wearing part of the blame for the chaos in Afghanistan that was caused by the U.S. deal with the Taliban, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Armed Forces/Cpcl Patrick Blanchard

Call a debate on climate change

  • HALIFAX—Last week, journalism Professor Sean Holman of Mount Royal University in Calgary published a lengthy piece in The Tyee about the poor coverage afforded
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 23, 2021
Hundreds gather on Parliament Hill to call the government to take action on climate change on May 3, 2019. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued an urgent report about the changing climate earlier this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Call a debate on climate change

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 23, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Last week, journalism Professor Sean Holman of Mount Royal University in Calgary published a lengthy piece in The Tyee about the poor coverage afforded

Call a debate on climate change

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 23, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Last week, journalism Professor Sean Holman of Mount Royal University in Calgary published a lengthy piece in The Tyee about the poor coverage afforded
Hundreds gather on Parliament Hill to call the government to take action on climate change on May 3, 2019. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued an urgent report about the changing climate earlier this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Any lessons learned as the U.S. faces another Saigon moment in Afghanistan?

  • HALIFAX—In the current frenzy over the 2021 election, it is oddly appropriate for a moment of reflection. The country is, after all, about to
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 16, 2021
U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Mercer, the officer in charge of the 205th Corps Training Team, observes as an Afghan National Army trainer adjusts the sight on an M-16 rifle in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Jan. 23, 2008. With just 75,000 battle-hardened fighters, the Taliban is going through the national army like a hot knife through butter, writes Michael Harris. U.S. Navy photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek

Any lessons learned as the U.S. faces another Saigon moment in Afghanistan?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 16, 2021
  • HALIFAX—In the current frenzy over the 2021 election, it is oddly appropriate for a moment of reflection. The country is, after all, about to

Any lessons learned as the U.S. faces another Saigon moment in Afghanistan?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 16, 2021
  • HALIFAX—In the current frenzy over the 2021 election, it is oddly appropriate for a moment of reflection. The country is, after all, about to
U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Mercer, the officer in charge of the 205th Corps Training Team, observes as an Afghan National Army trainer adjusts the sight on an M-16 rifle in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Jan. 23, 2008. With just 75,000 battle-hardened fighters, the Taliban is going through the national army like a hot knife through butter, writes Michael Harris. U.S. Navy photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek

Election 2021 won’t be pay TV worthy

  • HALIFAX—Try as some might—including pollsters, consultants, ex-politicians, and ever-infernal party “insiders,” Election 2021 will not be an item for pay TV. Which is to
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 9, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, talking to people at an affordable housing development in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Election 2021 won’t be pay TV worthy

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 9, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Try as some might—including pollsters, consultants, ex-politicians, and ever-infernal party “insiders,” Election 2021 will not be an item for pay TV. Which is to

Election 2021 won’t be pay TV worthy

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 9, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Try as some might—including pollsters, consultants, ex-politicians, and ever-infernal party “insiders,” Election 2021 will not be an item for pay TV. Which is to
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, talking to people at an affordable housing development in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

So far, the fight against COVID-19 has not recognized the danger of the threat every country on Earth is facing

  • HALIFAX—The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the Batmobile of history into reverse. It is suddenly 1925 again. That of course was the year that Christianity
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 2, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Marcron, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. No leader in the Western World, including Mr. Trudeau, has insisted people be vaccinated. They recognize that the world now faces a pandemic of the unvaccinated—and rag the puck rather than act. They argue they must seek a balance between security and freedom. Mr. Macron has talked about a 'summer of mobilization' against the pandemic. The French know the world is in for a bad fall. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and Flickr and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

So far, the fight against COVID-19 has not recognized the danger of the threat every country on Earth is facing

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 2, 2021
  • HALIFAX—The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the Batmobile of history into reverse. It is suddenly 1925 again. That of course was the year that Christianity

So far, the fight against COVID-19 has not recognized the danger of the threat every country on Earth is facing

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 2, 2021
  • HALIFAX—The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the Batmobile of history into reverse. It is suddenly 1925 again. That of course was the year that Christianity
U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Marcron, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. No leader in the Western World, including Mr. Trudeau, has insisted people be vaccinated. They recognize that the world now faces a pandemic of the unvaccinated—and rag the puck rather than act. They argue they must seek a balance between security and freedom. Mr. Macron has talked about a 'summer of mobilization' against the pandemic. The French know the world is in for a bad fall. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and Flickr and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trump hasn’t gone away at all

  • HALIFAX—Finally, someone has compared Donald Trump to the person whose political instincts he so closely mirrors: Adolph Hitler. And the person who made that
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 19, 2021
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured. If Joe Biden doesn’t go to the wall to pass overriding federal legislation guaranteeing the right to vote to every American, it really won’t matter what else he accomplishes. Biden will simply be remembered as the president who presided over the demise of American democracy. And who knows, maybe the man who paved Donald Trump’s way back to the White House, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore

Trump hasn’t gone away at all

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 19, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Finally, someone has compared Donald Trump to the person whose political instincts he so closely mirrors: Adolph Hitler. And the person who made that

Trump hasn’t gone away at all

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 19, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Finally, someone has compared Donald Trump to the person whose political instincts he so closely mirrors: Adolph Hitler. And the person who made that
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured. If Joe Biden doesn’t go to the wall to pass overriding federal legislation guaranteeing the right to vote to every American, it really won’t matter what else he accomplishes. Biden will simply be remembered as the president who presided over the demise of American democracy. And who knows, maybe the man who paved Donald Trump’s way back to the White House, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore

Tokyo Olympic Games a really bad idea, city under COVID-19 state of emergency

  • HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, I wrote that holding the Tokyo Olympic Games was always a bad idea. I was wrong. It is far worse
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 12, 2021
These Games amount to premeditated stupidity by governments that makes a complete mockery of their attempt to fight COVID-19 with reason and scientific fact at home. Image courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Tokyo Olympic Games a really bad idea, city under COVID-19 state of emergency

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 12, 2021
  • HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, I wrote that holding the Tokyo Olympic Games was always a bad idea. I was wrong. It is far worse

Tokyo Olympic Games a really bad idea, city under COVID-19 state of emergency

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 12, 2021
  • HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, I wrote that holding the Tokyo Olympic Games was always a bad idea. I was wrong. It is far worse
These Games amount to premeditated stupidity by governments that makes a complete mockery of their attempt to fight COVID-19 with reason and scientific fact at home. Image courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Strange chessboard is developing for the federal election

  • HALIFAX—What a strange chessboard is developing for the federal election everyone suspects looms just ahead. The Conservatives are headed for nowhere-ville with Erin O’Toole
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 5, 2021
Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured in a 2019 Conservative Party fund-raising pitch. Some would argue that Harper’s return to elected politics as interim leader is a non-starter. Harper as interim leader would be a Hail Mary pass to be sure. But sometimes those passes find the end zone, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of YouTube/Conservative Party of Canada

Strange chessboard is developing for the federal election

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 5, 2021
  • HALIFAX—What a strange chessboard is developing for the federal election everyone suspects looms just ahead. The Conservatives are headed for nowhere-ville with Erin O’Toole

Strange chessboard is developing for the federal election

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 5, 2021
  • HALIFAX—What a strange chessboard is developing for the federal election everyone suspects looms just ahead. The Conservatives are headed for nowhere-ville with Erin O’Toole
Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured in a 2019 Conservative Party fund-raising pitch. Some would argue that Harper’s return to elected politics as interim leader is a non-starter. Harper as interim leader would be a Hail Mary pass to be sure. But sometimes those passes find the end zone, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of YouTube/Conservative Party of Canada

A tsunami of shame is building in this country over the discovery of yet another unmarked grave site

  • HALIFAX—I opened my iPad to a terse suggestion from a boyhood friend. “751 more graves in Saskatchewan. Cancel Canada Day.” A tsunami of shame
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 28, 2021
Two Métis children and an Inuit child, centre, pictured in 1930 at the All Saints Residential School in Shingle Point, Yukon. The grisly discoveries in Kamloops and at the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan are atrocious and important stories. But it shouldn’t take the discovery of unmarked graves holding God knows how many Indigenous children to jump-start a nation to face its shameful past and do something about it, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

A tsunami of shame is building in this country over the discovery of yet another unmarked grave site

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 28, 2021
  • HALIFAX—I opened my iPad to a terse suggestion from a boyhood friend. “751 more graves in Saskatchewan. Cancel Canada Day.” A tsunami of shame

A tsunami of shame is building in this country over the discovery of yet another unmarked grave site

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 28, 2021
  • HALIFAX—I opened my iPad to a terse suggestion from a boyhood friend. “751 more graves in Saskatchewan. Cancel Canada Day.” A tsunami of shame
Two Métis children and an Inuit child, centre, pictured in 1930 at the All Saints Residential School in Shingle Point, Yukon. The grisly discoveries in Kamloops and at the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan are atrocious and important stories. But it shouldn’t take the discovery of unmarked graves holding God knows how many Indigenous children to jump-start a nation to face its shameful past and do something about it, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Green Party of Canada: is its current crisis growing pains, or shrinking pains?

  • HALIFAX—“Appalling anti-semitism and discrimination from a range of political actors, beginning with Jagmeet Singh and Dimitri Lascaris, and many Liberal, NDP, and sadly, Green
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 21, 2021
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, pictured June 7, 2021, on the Hill. So far she has endorsed MPs Elizabeth May and Paul Manly, but is still mulling over what to do about the key request to publicly repudiate her former spokesperson and adviser.  The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Green Party of Canada: is its current crisis growing pains, or shrinking pains?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 21, 2021
  • HALIFAX—“Appalling anti-semitism and discrimination from a range of political actors, beginning with Jagmeet Singh and Dimitri Lascaris, and many Liberal, NDP, and sadly, Green

Green Party of Canada: is its current crisis growing pains, or shrinking pains?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 21, 2021
  • HALIFAX—“Appalling anti-semitism and discrimination from a range of political actors, beginning with Jagmeet Singh and Dimitri Lascaris, and many Liberal, NDP, and sadly, Green
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, pictured June 7, 2021, on the Hill. So far she has endorsed MPs Elizabeth May and Paul Manly, but is still mulling over what to do about the key request to publicly repudiate her former spokesperson and adviser.  The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trudeau: will he pull the plug or not?

  • HALIFAX—With Parliament just two weeks away from summer recess, Canadians are in for a period of Shakespearean drama; to pull the plug, or not
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 14, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 4, 2021, with his security detail on Wellington Street. Add everything up. A cabinet shuffle last January; Bill C-19 designed to equip Elections Canada to conduct a federal election safely in pandemic times; Trudeau’s approval numbers returning to 'honeymoon' levels; the opposition in disarray; a very progressive Green MP making a new home with the Liberals rather than the NDP; and that waiter coming with that gigantic bill. The PM doesn’t need the Roman poet Horace to translate carpe diem. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trudeau: will he pull the plug or not?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 14, 2021
  • HALIFAX—With Parliament just two weeks away from summer recess, Canadians are in for a period of Shakespearean drama; to pull the plug, or not

Trudeau: will he pull the plug or not?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 14, 2021
  • HALIFAX—With Parliament just two weeks away from summer recess, Canadians are in for a period of Shakespearean drama; to pull the plug, or not
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 4, 2021, with his security detail on Wellington Street. Add everything up. A cabinet shuffle last January; Bill C-19 designed to equip Elections Canada to conduct a federal election safely in pandemic times; Trudeau’s approval numbers returning to 'honeymoon' levels; the opposition in disarray; a very progressive Green MP making a new home with the Liberals rather than the NDP; and that waiter coming with that gigantic bill. The PM doesn’t need the Roman poet Horace to translate carpe diem. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Kamloops Indian Residential School mass grave is a crime scene

  • HALIFAX—No matter how else it can be described—hell on Earth comes to mind—the Kamloops Indian Residential School is a crime scene. Whether you call
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 7, 2021
Indigenous children, pictured in this undated photo, at Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. Instead of gesturing to First Nations, politicians of all stripes have a primary duty to identify who these children were before they disappeared into a brutal gulag that masqueraded as a school for decades. Of course it was not a school. It was a re-education camp to extinguish the unwanted identity of a hopelessly vulnerable group of child inmates, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Library and Archives Canada

Kamloops Indian Residential School mass grave is a crime scene

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 7, 2021
  • HALIFAX—No matter how else it can be described—hell on Earth comes to mind—the Kamloops Indian Residential School is a crime scene. Whether you call

Kamloops Indian Residential School mass grave is a crime scene

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 7, 2021
  • HALIFAX—No matter how else it can be described—hell on Earth comes to mind—the Kamloops Indian Residential School is a crime scene. Whether you call
Indigenous children, pictured in this undated photo, at Roman Catholic Indian Residential School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. Instead of gesturing to First Nations, politicians of all stripes have a primary duty to identify who these children were before they disappeared into a brutal gulag that masqueraded as a school for decades. Of course it was not a school. It was a re-education camp to extinguish the unwanted identity of a hopelessly vulnerable group of child inmates, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Library and Archives Canada

Conservatives haven’t learned from Republican Party’s self-destruction

  • As the world watches in horror, the Republican Party is destroying itself, and maybe even the country, with its partisan embrace of the Big
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 31, 2021
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre traded barbs with former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney—whom many expect will explore a run for the federal Liberals—during a House of Commons committee meeting last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives haven’t learned from Republican Party’s self-destruction

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 31, 2021
  • As the world watches in horror, the Republican Party is destroying itself, and maybe even the country, with its partisan embrace of the Big

Conservatives haven’t learned from Republican Party’s self-destruction

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 31, 2021
  • As the world watches in horror, the Republican Party is destroying itself, and maybe even the country, with its partisan embrace of the Big
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre traded barbs with former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney—whom many expect will explore a run for the federal Liberals—during a House of Commons committee meeting last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Legault’s gambit with a provincial election in the offing could hurt Trudeau

  • HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau knew from the moment he ducked under the ropes and entered the political ring, he was going to have to learn how
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 24, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may come to regret his quick agreement with Quebec Premier François Legault that Quebec can unilaterally amend the Constitution without anyone’s permission. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Legault’s gambit with a provincial election in the offing could hurt Trudeau

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 24, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau knew from the moment he ducked under the ropes and entered the political ring, he was going to have to learn how

Legault’s gambit with a provincial election in the offing could hurt Trudeau

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 24, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau knew from the moment he ducked under the ropes and entered the political ring, he was going to have to learn how
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may come to regret his quick agreement with Quebec Premier François Legault that Quebec can unilaterally amend the Constitution without anyone’s permission. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on taking

  • HALIFAX—Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on taking. Last week, he added the Republican Party to a long list of individuals and institutions
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 17, 2021
Last week, Donald Trump added the Republican Party to a long list of individuals and institutions he has ruined when the GOP dumped Liz Cheney from the Republican leadership. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on taking

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 17, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on taking. Last week, he added the Republican Party to a long list of individuals and institutions

Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on taking

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 17, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on taking. Last week, he added the Republican Party to a long list of individuals and institutions
Last week, Donald Trump added the Republican Party to a long list of individuals and institutions he has ruined when the GOP dumped Liz Cheney from the Republican leadership. Image courtesy of Pixabay

It’s time for Canada to show it believes in Newfoundland and Labrador

  • HALIFAX—I remember the day I visited Joey Smallwood in his ramshackle bungalow on the Roaches Line, off the Trans-Canada Highway west of Conception Bay.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 10, 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador last week announced serious austerity measures to put the brakes on decades of bad habits, most of them stemming from over-borrowing. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Furey's Facebook page

It’s time for Canada to show it believes in Newfoundland and Labrador

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 10, 2021
  • HALIFAX—I remember the day I visited Joey Smallwood in his ramshackle bungalow on the Roaches Line, off the Trans-Canada Highway west of Conception Bay.

It’s time for Canada to show it believes in Newfoundland and Labrador

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 10, 2021
  • HALIFAX—I remember the day I visited Joey Smallwood in his ramshackle bungalow on the Roaches Line, off the Trans-Canada Highway west of Conception Bay.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador last week announced serious austerity measures to put the brakes on decades of bad habits, most of them stemming from over-borrowing. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Furey's Facebook page

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