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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

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

  • A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 31, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canadians have consistently answered the most pressing issue facing the country the same way: Carney is the better choice to deal with Trump’s tariffs, tantrums, and threats, than any other candidate on offer. Poilievre has made no headway here, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 31, 2025
  • A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 31, 2025
  • A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canadians have consistently answered the most pressing issue facing the country the same way: Carney is the better choice to deal with Trump’s tariffs, tantrums, and threats, than any other candidate on offer. Poilievre has made no headway here, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

  • Pierre Poilievre has been spinning his wheels in a feckless attempt to transfer the enmity he so successfully encouraged against Justin Trudeau to Mark
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 4, 2025, on the Hill. Most Canadians want their politicians to deal with the current U.S. president, not play partisan politics while Donald Trump pursues our demise, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 24, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre has been spinning his wheels in a feckless attempt to transfer the enmity he so successfully encouraged against Justin Trudeau to Mark

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 24, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre has been spinning his wheels in a feckless attempt to transfer the enmity he so successfully encouraged against Justin Trudeau to Mark
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 4, 2025, on the Hill. Most Canadians want their politicians to deal with the current U.S. president, not play partisan politics while Donald Trump pursues our demise, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

For Carney and Poilievre, it’s go time

  • Both leaders of the mainstream parties need to demonstrate their credentials for the top job, and their plan to rebuff Donald Trump. An election is
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 17, 2025
On paper, Mark Carney, left, has the clear advantage. His talents have been road-tested in the 2008 financial crisis in Canada, and in the turbulence of the post-Brexit period in the U.K. But does he have the retail political skills? Pierre Poilievre has clearly demonstrated his considerable retail political skills, writes Michale Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

For Carney and Poilievre, it’s go time

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 17, 2025
  • Both leaders of the mainstream parties need to demonstrate their credentials for the top job, and their plan to rebuff Donald Trump. An election is

For Carney and Poilievre, it’s go time

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 17, 2025
  • Both leaders of the mainstream parties need to demonstrate their credentials for the top job, and their plan to rebuff Donald Trump. An election is
On paper, Mark Carney, left, has the clear advantage. His talents have been road-tested in the 2008 financial crisis in Canada, and in the turbulence of the post-Brexit period in the U.K. But does he have the retail political skills? Pierre Poilievre has clearly demonstrated his considerable retail political skills, writes Michale Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all

  • How bad is U.S. President Donald Trump's crazed trade war? Just a day after imposing illegal and punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Captain
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 10, 2025
Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at Mar-a-Lago, Nov. 29, 2024. Tough times may lie ahead for Canadians, but tough times are better than bending the knee to a mendacious con man who somehow lied his way back into the White House, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's X handle

Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 10, 2025
  • How bad is U.S. President Donald Trump's crazed trade war? Just a day after imposing illegal and punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Captain

Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 10, 2025
  • How bad is U.S. President Donald Trump's crazed trade war? Just a day after imposing illegal and punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Captain
Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at Mar-a-Lago, Nov. 29, 2024. Tough times may lie ahead for Canadians, but tough times are better than bending the knee to a mendacious con man who somehow lied his way back into the White House, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's X handle

Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video

  • Who in their right mind would put up with such a delusional buffoon?
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 3, 2025
Make it stop: Screenshots from an AI-generated video U.S. President Donald Trump posted about turning the Gaza Strip into a resort, something that Michael Harris says would be funny if it wasn’t such an abomination. Elon Musk, left, Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump hotel, and a talk gold statue of Trump. Screenshots via Bluesky

Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 3, 2025
  • Who in their right mind would put up with such a delusional buffoon?

Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 3, 2025
  • Who in their right mind would put up with such a delusional buffoon?
Make it stop: Screenshots from an AI-generated video U.S. President Donald Trump posted about turning the Gaza Strip into a resort, something that Michael Harris says would be funny if it wasn’t such an abomination. Elon Musk, left, Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump hotel, and a talk gold statue of Trump. Screenshots via Bluesky

Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

  • It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has taken the side of a brutal dictator, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, who invaded Ukraine, and he has left Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swinging in the wind, centre. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, and courtesy Flickr/Gage Skidmore/World Economic Forum

Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 24, 2025
  • It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted

Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 24, 2025
  • It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has taken the side of a brutal dictator, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, who invaded Ukraine, and he has left Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swinging in the wind, centre. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, and courtesy Flickr/Gage Skidmore/World Economic Forum

Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes?

  • Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble about Bitcoin, Carney has been
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Grit leadership candidate Mark Carney. Trump’s insulting offer to make Canada America’s 51st state as a way of avoiding his punitive tariffs, supercharged the usually understated patriotism of Canadians. We don’t pick fights, but don’t piss us off, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 17, 2025
  • Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble about Bitcoin, Carney has been

Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 17, 2025
  • Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble about Bitcoin, Carney has been
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Grit leadership candidate Mark Carney. Trump’s insulting offer to make Canada America’s 51st state as a way of avoiding his punitive tariffs, supercharged the usually understated patriotism of Canadians. We don’t pick fights, but don’t piss us off, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

We can no longer trust America

  • Canada can never again assume that America is our devoted friend who will look out for our interests or appreciate our friendship. It’s time
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 10, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Out of the blue, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a savage economic attack on both of his reliable allies and his biggest trading partners, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

We can no longer trust America

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 10, 2025
  • Canada can never again assume that America is our devoted friend who will look out for our interests or appreciate our friendship. It’s time

We can no longer trust America

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 10, 2025
  • Canada can never again assume that America is our devoted friend who will look out for our interests or appreciate our friendship. It’s time
Donald Trump
Out of the blue, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a savage economic attack on both of his reliable allies and his biggest trading partners, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

Maybe, just maybe, Canadians are getting tired of slogans and trash-talk

  • A return to reasoned debate, where leaders answer each other’s points, rather than trade insults, would do a lot to restore our tired democracy.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Canadians will soon be voting in a federal election, but will they get the chance to cast an informed vote, or merely support the party that most successfully denigrates its rival, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Maybe, just maybe, Canadians are getting tired of slogans and trash-talk

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
  • A return to reasoned debate, where leaders answer each other’s points, rather than trade insults, would do a lot to restore our tired democracy.

Maybe, just maybe, Canadians are getting tired of slogans and trash-talk

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
  • A return to reasoned debate, where leaders answer each other’s points, rather than trade insults, would do a lot to restore our tired democracy.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Canadians will soon be voting in a federal election, but will they get the chance to cast an informed vote, or merely support the party that most successfully denigrates its rival, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Even Jesus must be shaking his head

  • With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.  
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 27, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, pictured, claimed that he would be willing to wreck the economies of allies like Canada and Mexico ostensibly because their lax border policies were allowing illegal drugs like fentanyl to enter the U.S., writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Even Jesus must be shaking his head

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 27, 2025
  • With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.  

Even Jesus must be shaking his head

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 27, 2025
  • With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.  
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, pictured, claimed that he would be willing to wreck the economies of allies like Canada and Mexico ostensibly because their lax border policies were allowing illegal drugs like fentanyl to enter the U.S., writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Danielle Smith puts oil and gas before country

  • HALIFAX—So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s 10-thumbed
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 20, 2025
Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refused to agree with the other premiers and the prime minister on retaliatory measures against the U.S. Deciding not play for Team Canada is one thing, but playing for Team Trump is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Danielle Smith puts oil and gas before country

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 20, 2025
  • HALIFAX—So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s 10-thumbed

Danielle Smith puts oil and gas before country

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 20, 2025
  • HALIFAX—So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s 10-thumbed
Danielle Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refused to agree with the other premiers and the prime minister on retaliatory measures against the U.S. Deciding not play for Team Canada is one thing, but playing for Team Trump is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

  • HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 13, 2025
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Donald Trump is sounding more like Russian President Vladimir Putin than the incoming president of the United States, writes Michael Harris. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 13, 2025
  • HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 13, 2025
  • HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Donald Trump is sounding more like Russian President Vladimir Putin than the incoming president of the United States, writes Michael Harris. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr

Like it or not, the die is cast

  • Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 19, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Liberal national caucus holiday party in Ottawa on Dec. 17, 2024. In politics, the only thing harder than winning power is making a graceful exit when the party is over, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Like it or not, the die is cast

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 19, 2024
  • Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly

Like it or not, the die is cast

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 19, 2024
  • Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Liberal national caucus holiday party in Ottawa on Dec. 17, 2024. In politics, the only thing harder than winning power is making a graceful exit when the party is over, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province

  • No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 16, 2024
Walk this way: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and then-U.S. president Donald Trump, walk outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of official White House photographer Shealah Craighead

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 16, 2024
  • No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 16, 2024
  • No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that
Walk this way: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and then-U.S. president Donald Trump, walk outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of official White House photographer Shealah Craighead

In the last days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden has become Trumpian

  • Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 9, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. Like Trump, the aspersions Biden has cast against the U.S. Department of Justice are of a purely personal nature. They invite Americans to embrace the dangerous lie that the justice system and the rule of law it represents are corrupt and not to be trusted, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In the last days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden has become Trumpian

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 9, 2024
  • Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may

In the last days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden has become Trumpian

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 9, 2024
  • Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. Like Trump, the aspersions Biden has cast against the U.S. Department of Justice are of a purely personal nature. They invite Americans to embrace the dangerous lie that the justice system and the rule of law it represents are corrupt and not to be trusted, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau stands up for the rule of law on Netanyahu

  • Donald Trump has all but crushed due process in the United States and Netanyahu tried to pass legislation in Israel that would have given
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 2, 2024
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Netanyahu denounced the court for bringing war crimes charges against him, claiming it was more about antisemitism than justice. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau stands up for the rule of law on Netanyahu

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 2, 2024
  • Donald Trump has all but crushed due process in the United States and Netanyahu tried to pass legislation in Israel that would have given

Trudeau stands up for the rule of law on Netanyahu

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 2, 2024
  • Donald Trump has all but crushed due process in the United States and Netanyahu tried to pass legislation in Israel that would have given
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Netanyahu denounced the court for bringing war crimes charges against him, claiming it was more about antisemitism than justice. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s reset options dwindle as government puts itself above Parliament

  • There is only one answer: Hand over the documents, if only to show that Pierre Poilievre is wrong when he says you're out to 'axe
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 25, 2024
Just when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would like to focus the public’s attention on the government’s upcoming fall economic statement, the Liberals lose a cabinet minister in true soap-opera fashion, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s reset options dwindle as government puts itself above Parliament

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 25, 2024
  • There is only one answer: Hand over the documents, if only to show that Pierre Poilievre is wrong when he says you're out to 'axe

Trudeau’s reset options dwindle as government puts itself above Parliament

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 25, 2024
  • There is only one answer: Hand over the documents, if only to show that Pierre Poilievre is wrong when he says you're out to 'axe
Just when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would like to focus the public’s attention on the government’s upcoming fall economic statement, the Liberals lose a cabinet minister in true soap-opera fashion, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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
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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

Has the wind finally gone out of the sails of conservative, populist politics?

  • HALIFAX—Has the wind finally gone out of the sails of conservative, populist politics? Here in Canada, Erin O’Toole’s leadership has taken the CPC backwards.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 3, 2021
Here in Canada, Erin O’Toole’s leadership has taken the CPC backwards. Instead of making the tent bigger, as leadership candidate O’Toole promised, some of the existing members of the party are running for the exits. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Has the wind finally gone out of the sails of conservative, populist politics?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 3, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Has the wind finally gone out of the sails of conservative, populist politics? Here in Canada, Erin O’Toole’s leadership has taken the CPC backwards.

Has the wind finally gone out of the sails of conservative, populist politics?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 3, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Has the wind finally gone out of the sails of conservative, populist politics? Here in Canada, Erin O’Toole’s leadership has taken the CPC backwards.
Here in Canada, Erin O’Toole’s leadership has taken the CPC backwards. Instead of making the tent bigger, as leadership candidate O’Toole promised, some of the existing members of the party are running for the exits. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s got to walk the talk on nuclear waste

  • HALIFAX—Holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic was always a bad idea.  Sending a national team to compete in Japan, which has just declared
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 26, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 3, 2021, walking down Wellington Street in Ottawa to the Sir John A. Macdonald Building for that day's press conference. The government should have condemned Japan’s nuclear dump into the Pacific Ocean—as both bad practice, and dangerous precedent, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s got to walk the talk on nuclear waste

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 26, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic was always a bad idea.  Sending a national team to compete in Japan, which has just declared

Trudeau’s got to walk the talk on nuclear waste

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 26, 2021
  • HALIFAX—Holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic was always a bad idea.  Sending a national team to compete in Japan, which has just declared
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 3, 2021, walking down Wellington Street in Ottawa to the Sir John A. Macdonald Building for that day's press conference. The government should have condemned Japan’s nuclear dump into the Pacific Ocean—as both bad practice, and dangerous precedent, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If the plan is to turn Labrador or some other part of the country into a nuclear dump, the public should know why 

  • HALIFAX—The world, and Canada with it, is inundated with emergencies. It is hard to know where to point the firehose. There is climate change,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 19, 2021
The Government of Canada has signalled that nuclear power is part of the plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050. In fact, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan thinks we can’t get there without a nuclear component. But O'Regan also told Enquete: 'Importing nuclear waste from other countries to Labrador—where I grew up—or any other part of Canada has never been on the table, nor is it now. When it comes to nuclear, the health and safety of Canadians and protection of the environment and local communities is our top priority.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If the plan is to turn Labrador or some other part of the country into a nuclear dump, the public should know why 

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 19, 2021
  • HALIFAX—The world, and Canada with it, is inundated with emergencies. It is hard to know where to point the firehose. There is climate change,

If the plan is to turn Labrador or some other part of the country into a nuclear dump, the public should know why 

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 19, 2021
  • HALIFAX—The world, and Canada with it, is inundated with emergencies. It is hard to know where to point the firehose. There is climate change,
The Government of Canada has signalled that nuclear power is part of the plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050. In fact, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan thinks we can’t get there without a nuclear component. But O'Regan also told Enquete: 'Importing nuclear waste from other countries to Labrador—where I grew up—or any other part of Canada has never been on the table, nor is it now. When it comes to nuclear, the health and safety of Canadians and protection of the environment and local communities is our top priority.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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