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Warren Kinsella

Warren Kinsella is a Toronto-based lawyer, author, and commentator. He has been a special assistant to prime minister Jean Chrétien.

The Château’s not your building; if you want to keep it the way it is, buy it

  • TORONTO—Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a chief of staff in Jean Chrétien’s government—and when the Reform Party was a political force to
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 15, 2019
Ottawa's grand dame: The planned redesign to Ottawa's iconic Château Laurier Hotel is not nice, but this writer has found the sturm und drang rather amusing. It perfectly describes Ottawa, in a way: a bunch of people going apoplectic (a) about change, and about (b) something that doesn’t actually belong to them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Château’s not your building; if you want to keep it the way it is, buy it

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 15, 2019
  • TORONTO—Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a chief of staff in Jean Chrétien’s government—and when the Reform Party was a political force to

The Château’s not your building; if you want to keep it the way it is, buy it

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 15, 2019
  • TORONTO—Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a chief of staff in Jean Chrétien’s government—and when the Reform Party was a political force to
Ottawa's grand dame: The planned redesign to Ottawa's iconic Château Laurier Hotel is not nice, but this writer has found the sturm und drang rather amusing. It perfectly describes Ottawa, in a way: a bunch of people going apoplectic (a) about change, and about (b) something that doesn’t actually belong to them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Château’s not your building; if you want to keep it the way it is, buy it

  • TORONTO—Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a chief of staff in Jean Chrétien’s government—and when the Reform Party was a political force to
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 15, 2019
Ottawa's grand dame: The planned redesign to Ottawa's iconic Château Laurier Hotel is not nice, but this writer has found the sturm und drang rather amusing. It perfectly describes Ottawa, in a way: a bunch of people going apoplectic (a) about change, and about (b) something that doesn’t actually belong to them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Château’s not your building; if you want to keep it the way it is, buy it

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 15, 2019
  • TORONTO—Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a chief of staff in Jean Chrétien’s government—and when the Reform Party was a political force to

The Château’s not your building; if you want to keep it the way it is, buy it

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 15, 2019
  • TORONTO—Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a chief of staff in Jean Chrétien’s government—and when the Reform Party was a political force to
Ottawa's grand dame: The planned redesign to Ottawa's iconic Château Laurier Hotel is not nice, but this writer has found the sturm und drang rather amusing. It perfectly describes Ottawa, in a way: a bunch of people going apoplectic (a) about change, and about (b) something that doesn’t actually belong to them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here’s a truth about democracy

  • TORONTO—Here is a truth about democracy. When faith in our judicial system is lost—and when the reputation of those who preside over it is
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 8, 2019
Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, who stepped down from cabinet in April to focus on fighting his non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was criticized last week after the CBC reported that Mr. LeBlanc's family, friends, and a neighbour won five of six recent judicial appointments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here’s a truth about democracy

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 8, 2019
  • TORONTO—Here is a truth about democracy. When faith in our judicial system is lost—and when the reputation of those who preside over it is

Here’s a truth about democracy

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 8, 2019
  • TORONTO—Here is a truth about democracy. When faith in our judicial system is lost—and when the reputation of those who preside over it is
Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, who stepped down from cabinet in April to focus on fighting his non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was criticized last week after the CBC reported that Mr. LeBlanc's family, friends, and a neighbour won five of six recent judicial appointments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution

  • TORONTO—Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution. In the United States, such an amendment has been sought since 1996. Here’s what it says:
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 1, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured in her Hill office on Aug. 29, 2016. The Green Party’s environmental plan is the one that deserves the greatest scrutiny, because—if, as recent polls also suggest, a minority government is almost inevitable—it is the one now most likely to be implemented. Ms. May will be the most powerful person in Canada, in effect, because she will hold the balance of power in late 2019 and beyond, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 1, 2019
  • TORONTO—Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution. In the United States, such an amendment has been sought since 1996. Here’s what it says:

Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | July 1, 2019
  • TORONTO—Want to save the planet? Amend the Constitution. In the United States, such an amendment has been sought since 1996. Here’s what it says:
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured in her Hill office on Aug. 29, 2016. The Green Party’s environmental plan is the one that deserves the greatest scrutiny, because—if, as recent polls also suggest, a minority government is almost inevitable—it is the one now most likely to be implemented. Ms. May will be the most powerful person in Canada, in effect, because she will hold the balance of power in late 2019 and beyond, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Why do political people love dogs?

  • TORONTO—Why do political people love dogs? Because we do, we do. Proof is at hand. Mackenzie King’s personal legacy—characterized, as it was, by his
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 24, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the arrival of the family's puppy, Kenzie, on April 28, 2016, in a tweet and a picture with his son Hadrien. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Twitter

Why do political people love dogs?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 24, 2019
  • TORONTO—Why do political people love dogs? Because we do, we do. Proof is at hand. Mackenzie King’s personal legacy—characterized, as it was, by his

Why do political people love dogs?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 24, 2019
  • TORONTO—Why do political people love dogs? Because we do, we do. Proof is at hand. Mackenzie King’s personal legacy—characterized, as it was, by his
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the arrival of the family's puppy, Kenzie, on April 28, 2016, in a tweet and a picture with his son Hadrien. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Twitter

My top five comms rules, free of charge

  • TORONTO—The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire, Que., Justin Trudeau was asked what he and
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 17, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 10, 2019, in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

My top five comms rules, free of charge

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 17, 2019
  • TORONTO—The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire, Que., Justin Trudeau was asked what he and

My top five comms rules, free of charge

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 17, 2019
  • TORONTO—The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire, Que., Justin Trudeau was asked what he and
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 10, 2019, in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MMIGW’s finding of ‘genocide’ will be a problem for Trudeau

  • TORONTO—Genocide is one of those words that one does not toss about, like confetti. One does not treat “genocide” like it has no meaning. 
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 10, 2019
Someone holds up a feather at the public closing ceremony marking the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MMIGW’s finding of ‘genocide’ will be a problem for Trudeau

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 10, 2019
  • TORONTO—Genocide is one of those words that one does not toss about, like confetti. One does not treat “genocide” like it has no meaning. 

MMIGW’s finding of ‘genocide’ will be a problem for Trudeau

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 10, 2019
  • TORONTO—Genocide is one of those words that one does not toss about, like confetti. One does not treat “genocide” like it has no meaning. 
Someone holds up a feather at the public closing ceremony marking the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Elizabeth May gets her moment

  • TORONTO—Elizabeth May’s Green Party has mo. Big mo. Says everybody. I recently met May for the first time. She was friendly, genuine, and smart.
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 3, 2019
She's got her groove back: Green Party leader Elizabeth May and her Greens are one of the big political stories of 2019. Because she’s got mo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Elizabeth May gets her moment

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 3, 2019
  • TORONTO—Elizabeth May’s Green Party has mo. Big mo. Says everybody. I recently met May for the first time. She was friendly, genuine, and smart.

Elizabeth May gets her moment

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | June 3, 2019
  • TORONTO—Elizabeth May’s Green Party has mo. Big mo. Says everybody. I recently met May for the first time. She was friendly, genuine, and smart.
She's got her groove back: Green Party leader Elizabeth May and her Greens are one of the big political stories of 2019. Because she’s got mo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wilson-Raybould running in Vancouver Granville, but not for the Liberals

  • TORONTO—“A new nation-to-nation process,” they said. “We will renew the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples. It is time for Canada to have a
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 27, 2019
'There is still a long way to go for transformative change in this country for Indigenous peoples. Words matter, and actions are required,' former Justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told Warren Kinsella in an exclusive interview. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wilson-Raybould running in Vancouver Granville, but not for the Liberals

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 27, 2019
  • TORONTO—“A new nation-to-nation process,” they said. “We will renew the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples. It is time for Canada to have a

Wilson-Raybould running in Vancouver Granville, but not for the Liberals

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 27, 2019
  • TORONTO—“A new nation-to-nation process,” they said. “We will renew the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples. It is time for Canada to have a
'There is still a long way to go for transformative change in this country for Indigenous peoples. Words matter, and actions are required,' former Justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told Warren Kinsella in an exclusive interview. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau won’t say sorry

  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau likes apologies. He does. According to the BBC, the Liberal leader has issued quite a few formal apologies since he became prime minister
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 20, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 2, 2019, in Ottawa. Mr. Trudeau slipped out of the Commons Chamber mere moments before the vote last week. And he didn’t come back to support the apology to Mark Norman, either.  The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Trudeau won’t say sorry

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 20, 2019
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau likes apologies. He does. According to the BBC, the Liberal leader has issued quite a few formal apologies since he became prime minister

Trudeau won’t say sorry

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 20, 2019
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau likes apologies. He does. According to the BBC, the Liberal leader has issued quite a few formal apologies since he became prime minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 2, 2019, in Ottawa. Mr. Trudeau slipped out of the Commons Chamber mere moments before the vote last week. And he didn’t come back to support the apology to Mark Norman, either.  The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Henein takes a high-profile shot at Trudeau

  • TORONTO—Ah, The Feminist. There he was again, last week, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened. All moist-eyed sincerity, all sotto voce.   The Feminist had just jogged
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 13, 2019
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, pictured on May 8, 2019, in Ottawa with his lawyer Marie Henein. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Henein takes a high-profile shot at Trudeau

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 13, 2019
  • TORONTO—Ah, The Feminist. There he was again, last week, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened. All moist-eyed sincerity, all sotto voce.   The Feminist had just jogged

Henein takes a high-profile shot at Trudeau

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 13, 2019
  • TORONTO—Ah, The Feminist. There he was again, last week, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened. All moist-eyed sincerity, all sotto voce.   The Feminist had just jogged
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, pictured on May 8, 2019, in Ottawa with his lawyer Marie Henein. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Broadhurst steps up to the proverbial plate

  • TORONTO—Pause, for a moment, to say a prayer for Jeremy Broadhurst. A few days ago, Broadhurst was named the campaign director for the Liberal
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 6, 2019
Jeremy Broadhurst, left, former deputy principal secretary to the prime minister and chief of staff to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in 2016 on the Hill with then-PMO issues manager Zita Astravas, now chief of staff to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister. The Hill Times file photograph

Broadhurst steps up to the proverbial plate

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 6, 2019
  • TORONTO—Pause, for a moment, to say a prayer for Jeremy Broadhurst. A few days ago, Broadhurst was named the campaign director for the Liberal

Broadhurst steps up to the proverbial plate

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 6, 2019
  • TORONTO—Pause, for a moment, to say a prayer for Jeremy Broadhurst. A few days ago, Broadhurst was named the campaign director for the Liberal
Jeremy Broadhurst, left, former deputy principal secretary to the prime minister and chief of staff to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in 2016 on the Hill with then-PMO issues manager Zita Astravas, now chief of staff to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister. The Hill Times file photograph

Unlike Joe Biden, Trudeau has lost the narrative

  • TORONTO—Joe and Justin? There’s a connection. Stay with me, here. In 2015 and 2016, I proudly volunteered for Hillary Clinton in two states, and at
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 29, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden, who announced his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential contest on April 25, have big differences, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Unlike Joe Biden, Trudeau has lost the narrative

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 29, 2019
  • TORONTO—Joe and Justin? There’s a connection. Stay with me, here. In 2015 and 2016, I proudly volunteered for Hillary Clinton in two states, and at

Unlike Joe Biden, Trudeau has lost the narrative

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 29, 2019
  • TORONTO—Joe and Justin? There’s a connection. Stay with me, here. In 2015 and 2016, I proudly volunteered for Hillary Clinton in two states, and at
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden, who announced his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential contest on April 25, have big differences, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

My Alberta buddies say the province is going to teach Trudeau a lesson in October

  • TORONTO—Last month, I was back home in Calgary to teach at the law school. So, I got together with a couple high school buddies—one
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 22, 2019
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, pictured Aug. 23, 2018, at the Conservative policy convention in Halifax. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

My Alberta buddies say the province is going to teach Trudeau a lesson in October

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 22, 2019
  • TORONTO—Last month, I was back home in Calgary to teach at the law school. So, I got together with a couple high school buddies—one

My Alberta buddies say the province is going to teach Trudeau a lesson in October

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 22, 2019
  • TORONTO—Last month, I was back home in Calgary to teach at the law school. So, I got together with a couple high school buddies—one
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, pictured Aug. 23, 2018, at the Conservative policy convention in Halifax. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

Trudeau’s in a hole, so he should probably stop digging

  • TORONTO—The Globe and Mail’s John Ibbitson called it “needs-to-have-his-head-examined foolish.” The National Post’s Matt Gurney said it was “absolutely bonkers” and evidence of having “utterly lost [his] mind.”
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 15, 2019
Justin Trudeau, pictured April 11, 2019, in Ottawa, has done many stupid things during the three months that LavScam has been a raging political dumpster fire, but none is as stupid as his decision to sue Andrew Scheer for libel, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s in a hole, so he should probably stop digging

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 15, 2019
  • TORONTO—The Globe and Mail’s John Ibbitson called it “needs-to-have-his-head-examined foolish.” The National Post’s Matt Gurney said it was “absolutely bonkers” and evidence of having “utterly lost [his] mind.”

Trudeau’s in a hole, so he should probably stop digging

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 15, 2019
  • TORONTO—The Globe and Mail’s John Ibbitson called it “needs-to-have-his-head-examined foolish.” The National Post’s Matt Gurney said it was “absolutely bonkers” and evidence of having “utterly lost [his] mind.”
Justin Trudeau, pictured April 11, 2019, in Ottawa, has done many stupid things during the three months that LavScam has been a raging political dumpster fire, but none is as stupid as his decision to sue Andrew Scheer for libel, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ handling of SNC-Lavalin affair a masterclass in shoddy crisis communications

  • TORONTO—I teach crisis communications to lawyers-to-be at the University of Calgary’s faculty of law, my alma mater. My students, as always, are terrific. And, for
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 8, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has executed a textbook case of how not to handle a crisis in the press, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ handling of SNC-Lavalin affair a masterclass in shoddy crisis communications

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 8, 2019
  • TORONTO—I teach crisis communications to lawyers-to-be at the University of Calgary’s faculty of law, my alma mater. My students, as always, are terrific. And, for

Liberals’ handling of SNC-Lavalin affair a masterclass in shoddy crisis communications

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 8, 2019
  • TORONTO—I teach crisis communications to lawyers-to-be at the University of Calgary’s faculty of law, my alma mater. My students, as always, are terrific. And, for
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has executed a textbook case of how not to handle a crisis in the press, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau waxes poetic about justice, seriously?

  • TORONTO—There was a moment, during Justin Trudeau’s March 7 SNC-Lavalin scandal press conference, where the prime minister waxed poetic. He loved justice, he said.
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 1, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 27, 2019, at a Laurier Club Liberal fundraiser event in Toronto, and an Indigenous woman who was thrown out of the event after she stood up in the front of the prime minister holding up a banner drawing and shouted about mercury contamination in the First Nation communities of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong. Screen capture courtesy Global News/Twitter Free Grassy

Trudeau waxes poetic about justice, seriously?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 1, 2019
  • TORONTO—There was a moment, during Justin Trudeau’s March 7 SNC-Lavalin scandal press conference, where the prime minister waxed poetic. He loved justice, he said.

Trudeau waxes poetic about justice, seriously?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 1, 2019
  • TORONTO—There was a moment, during Justin Trudeau’s March 7 SNC-Lavalin scandal press conference, where the prime minister waxed poetic. He loved justice, he said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 27, 2019, at a Laurier Club Liberal fundraiser event in Toronto, and an Indigenous woman who was thrown out of the event after she stood up in the front of the prime minister holding up a banner drawing and shouted about mercury contamination in the First Nation communities of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong. Screen capture courtesy Global News/Twitter Free Grassy

Budget 2019 buried by Liberal mistakes

  • What budget? You know, the one Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled, or tried to, on March 19. It happened, but nobody remembers very much
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 25, 2019
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget promised deficit spending and help for seniors and young adults, but criticism from former minister Jane Philpott and a near-loss of a confidence vote in the House diverted the media's attention fairly quickly. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget 2019 buried by Liberal mistakes

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 25, 2019
  • What budget? You know, the one Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled, or tried to, on March 19. It happened, but nobody remembers very much

Budget 2019 buried by Liberal mistakes

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 25, 2019
  • What budget? You know, the one Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled, or tried to, on March 19. It happened, but nobody remembers very much
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget promised deficit spending and help for seniors and young adults, but criticism from former minister Jane Philpott and a near-loss of a confidence vote in the House diverted the media's attention fairly quickly. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Big democracies get buried with little shovels, like last week’s House Justice Committee shutdown

  • TORONTO—Big democracies, like ours, don’t often die all at once. Big democracies get buried with little shovels. They die in plain view, bit by
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 18, 2019
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, chair of the House Justice Committee, pictured recently on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Big democracies get buried with little shovels, like last week’s House Justice Committee shutdown

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 18, 2019
  • TORONTO—Big democracies, like ours, don’t often die all at once. Big democracies get buried with little shovels. They die in plain view, bit by

Big democracies get buried with little shovels, like last week’s House Justice Committee shutdown

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 18, 2019
  • TORONTO—Big democracies, like ours, don’t often die all at once. Big democracies get buried with little shovels. They die in plain view, bit by
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, chair of the House Justice Committee, pictured recently on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s top 10 mistakes at his LavScam press conference

  • TORONTO—How bad was Justin Trudeau’s early morning LavScam press conference on March 7? So bad CTV Your Morning’s Ben Mulroney asked aloud if the
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 11, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 7, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s top 10 mistakes at his LavScam press conference

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 11, 2019
  • TORONTO—How bad was Justin Trudeau’s early morning LavScam press conference on March 7? So bad CTV Your Morning’s Ben Mulroney asked aloud if the

Trudeau’s top 10 mistakes at his LavScam press conference

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 11, 2019
  • TORONTO—How bad was Justin Trudeau’s early morning LavScam press conference on March 7? So bad CTV Your Morning’s Ben Mulroney asked aloud if the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 7, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wilson-Raybould rises to the occasion

  • TORONTO—Politics isn’t just about symbols. Politics is symbols. So, there was Jody Wilson-Raybould, finally before the House Justice Committee, on the 11th annual Pink
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 4, 2019
Former justice minister Jody Wilson Raybould, pictured on Feb. 27, 2019, when she testified before the House Justice Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wilson-Raybould rises to the occasion

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 4, 2019
  • TORONTO—Politics isn’t just about symbols. Politics is symbols. So, there was Jody Wilson-Raybould, finally before the House Justice Committee, on the 11th annual Pink

Wilson-Raybould rises to the occasion

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 4, 2019
  • TORONTO—Politics isn’t just about symbols. Politics is symbols. So, there was Jody Wilson-Raybould, finally before the House Justice Committee, on the 11th annual Pink
Former justice minister Jody Wilson Raybould, pictured on Feb. 27, 2019, when she testified before the House Justice Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

No matter what, Trudeau’s mishandling of Wilson-Raybould has damaged his Indigenous and feminist credibility

  • WHITEHORSE, YUKON—The Indigenous leader is unhappy. “What they have done to Jody is disgusting,” he says, arms crossed. “Trudeau lied to us.” The dozen
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 25, 2019
Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

No matter what, Trudeau’s mishandling of Wilson-Raybould has damaged his Indigenous and feminist credibility

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 25, 2019
  • WHITEHORSE, YUKON—The Indigenous leader is unhappy. “What they have done to Jody is disgusting,” he says, arms crossed. “Trudeau lied to us.” The dozen

No matter what, Trudeau’s mishandling of Wilson-Raybould has damaged his Indigenous and feminist credibility

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 25, 2019
  • WHITEHORSE, YUKON—The Indigenous leader is unhappy. “What they have done to Jody is disgusting,” he says, arms crossed. “Trudeau lied to us.” The dozen
Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Bernier reveals his true colours

  • TORONTO—Is Maxime Bernier a racist? It’s a fair question. For months, the leader of the nascent People’s Party of Canada has been giving us
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 11, 2019
People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier has refused to cut ties with a top adviser accused of anti-semitism by Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bernier reveals his true colours

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 11, 2019
  • TORONTO—Is Maxime Bernier a racist? It’s a fair question. For months, the leader of the nascent People’s Party of Canada has been giving us

Bernier reveals his true colours

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 11, 2019
  • TORONTO—Is Maxime Bernier a racist? It’s a fair question. For months, the leader of the nascent People’s Party of Canada has been giving us
People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier has refused to cut ties with a top adviser accused of anti-semitism by Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we?

  • TORONTO—Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we? The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was apparently ‎watching TV before Christmas. A charity
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 4, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer shouldn't stay away from social media even though they're not the savviest, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 4, 2019
  • TORONTO—Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we? The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was apparently ‎watching TV before Christmas. A charity

Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 4, 2019
  • TORONTO—Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we? The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was apparently ‎watching TV before Christmas. A charity
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer shouldn't stay away from social media even though they're not the savviest, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

A little bit of justice against hate

  • TORONTO—The judge didn’t hold back. He had read their “newspaper,” he said, glaring at the editor and publisher. “It is full of an unrelenting
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 28, 2019
Canada has not been immune to the spread of hate speech across the world in recent years. Parliament Hill has been the site of rallies by far-right groups as well, which are often met by counter protestors. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A little bit of justice against hate

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 28, 2019
  • TORONTO—The judge didn’t hold back. He had read their “newspaper,” he said, glaring at the editor and publisher. “It is full of an unrelenting

A little bit of justice against hate

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 28, 2019
  • TORONTO—The judge didn’t hold back. He had read their “newspaper,” he said, glaring at the editor and publisher. “It is full of an unrelenting
Canada has not been immune to the spread of hate speech across the world in recent years. Parliament Hill has been the site of rallies by far-right groups as well, which are often met by counter protestors. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Indigenous leaders turn against Trudeau for what he did to Jody Wilson-Raybould?

  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau said he’d support Indigenous leaders. He didn’t. Justin Trudeau said he’s a feminist. He isn’t. Justin Trudeau is a terrific actor, however.
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 21, 2019
Demoting a competent, smart, inspiring Indigenous woman like Jody Wilson-Raybould was not a smart move, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Indigenous leaders turn against Trudeau for what he did to Jody Wilson-Raybould?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 21, 2019
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau said he’d support Indigenous leaders. He didn’t. Justin Trudeau said he’s a feminist. He isn’t. Justin Trudeau is a terrific actor, however.

Will Indigenous leaders turn against Trudeau for what he did to Jody Wilson-Raybould?

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 21, 2019
  • TORONTO—Justin Trudeau said he’d support Indigenous leaders. He didn’t. Justin Trudeau said he’s a feminist. He isn’t. Justin Trudeau is a terrific actor, however.
Demoting a competent, smart, inspiring Indigenous woman like Jody Wilson-Raybould was not a smart move, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is Justin Trudeau defeating himself? 

  • TORONTO—Governments defeat themselves, as everyone knows. So is Justin Trudeau defeating himself? His opponents certainly shouldn’t keep him up at night. Most Canadians couldn’t pick
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 14, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Dec. 19, 2018, in Ottawa on his way to the National Press Theatre where he held a year end press conference highlighint his government's accomplishments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is Justin Trudeau defeating himself? 

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 14, 2019
  • TORONTO—Governments defeat themselves, as everyone knows. So is Justin Trudeau defeating himself? His opponents certainly shouldn’t keep him up at night. Most Canadians couldn’t pick

Is Justin Trudeau defeating himself? 

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 14, 2019
  • TORONTO—Governments defeat themselves, as everyone knows. So is Justin Trudeau defeating himself? His opponents certainly shouldn’t keep him up at night. Most Canadians couldn’t pick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Dec. 19, 2018, in Ottawa on his way to the National Press Theatre where he held a year end press conference highlighint his government's accomplishments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Political winners and losers in 2018

  • TORONTO—The year-end political winners and losers column is as clichéd, hackneyed and overdone as it gets. But no one ever accused this writer of being,
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | December 20, 2018
Pictured top and bottom left to right, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Intergovernmental Affairs MInister Dominic LeBlanc, Alberta's United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Political winners and losers in 2018

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | December 20, 2018
  • TORONTO—The year-end political winners and losers column is as clichéd, hackneyed and overdone as it gets. But no one ever accused this writer of being,

Political winners and losers in 2018

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | December 20, 2018
  • TORONTO—The year-end political winners and losers column is as clichéd, hackneyed and overdone as it gets. But no one ever accused this writer of being,
Pictured top and bottom left to right, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Intergovernmental Affairs MInister Dominic LeBlanc, Alberta's United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
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Conservative race dull, but new leader could capitalize—if they’re smart

  • TORONTO—Boring. Drab, dull, flat, insipid, uninspiring, monotonous, prosaic, tedious, interminable. The leadership race of the Conservative Party of Canada has been all these things,
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 25, 2017
Conservative leadership candidate, from the left, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, and Michael Chong during a debate in November. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Conservative race dull, but new leader could capitalize—if they’re smart

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 25, 2017
  • TORONTO—Boring. Drab, dull, flat, insipid, uninspiring, monotonous, prosaic, tedious, interminable. The leadership race of the Conservative Party of Canada has been all these things,

Conservative race dull, but new leader could capitalize—if they’re smart

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 25, 2017
  • TORONTO—Boring. Drab, dull, flat, insipid, uninspiring, monotonous, prosaic, tedious, interminable. The leadership race of the Conservative Party of Canada has been all these things,
Conservative leadership candidate, from the left, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, and Michael Chong during a debate in November. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

For the record, Ladurantaye is a good, decent and tolerant man

  • TORONTO—”All novelists are liars.” Thieves, too. So said Mordecai Richler. We were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 22, 2017

For the record, Ladurantaye is a good, decent and tolerant man

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 22, 2017
  • TORONTO—”All novelists are liars.” Thieves, too. So said Mordecai Richler. We were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on

For the record, Ladurantaye is a good, decent and tolerant man

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 22, 2017
  • TORONTO—”All novelists are liars.” Thieves, too. So said Mordecai Richler. We were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on

White working poor rational, but also now radical

  • TORONTO—The guests at the event at the Royal Canadian Military Institute, just down University Avenue from the barricaded U.S. Consulate, were buzzing. Not about
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 15, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey last week creating an uproar in Washington, D.C. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

White working poor rational, but also now radical

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 15, 2017
  • TORONTO—The guests at the event at the Royal Canadian Military Institute, just down University Avenue from the barricaded U.S. Consulate, were buzzing. Not about

White working poor rational, but also now radical

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 15, 2017
  • TORONTO—The guests at the event at the Royal Canadian Military Institute, just down University Avenue from the barricaded U.S. Consulate, were buzzing. Not about
U.S. President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey last week creating an uproar in Washington, D.C. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

B.C. NDP didn’t deserve win in ’96, and don’t deserve it now

  • TORONTO—Twenty-one years ago, we B.C. Liberals were gathered at the Hotel Vancouver, peering up some big TV screens, shocked by what we were seeing.
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 8, 2017
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is upbeat, unflappable, and one of the best political performers Warren Kinsella has ever seen The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

B.C. NDP didn’t deserve win in ’96, and don’t deserve it now

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 8, 2017
  • TORONTO—Twenty-one years ago, we B.C. Liberals were gathered at the Hotel Vancouver, peering up some big TV screens, shocked by what we were seeing.

B.C. NDP didn’t deserve win in ’96, and don’t deserve it now

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 8, 2017
  • TORONTO—Twenty-one years ago, we B.C. Liberals were gathered at the Hotel Vancouver, peering up some big TV screens, shocked by what we were seeing.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark is upbeat, unflappable, and one of the best political performers Warren Kinsella has ever seen The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Notoriety, Shark-boy, isn’t same thing as popularity

  • TORONTO—Dear Kevin: At least Michael Ignatieff moved back here. You know what I mean, Mr. Disembark Tank. You’re Just Leaving. As expected. As planned. As
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 1, 2017
Kevin O'Leary pictured a party he hosted on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Side Door in Ottawa, during the annual Manning Convention held every year for conservatives across the country. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Notoriety, Shark-boy, isn’t same thing as popularity

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 1, 2017
  • TORONTO—Dear Kevin: At least Michael Ignatieff moved back here. You know what I mean, Mr. Disembark Tank. You’re Just Leaving. As expected. As planned. As

Notoriety, Shark-boy, isn’t same thing as popularity

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | May 1, 2017
  • TORONTO—Dear Kevin: At least Michael Ignatieff moved back here. You know what I mean, Mr. Disembark Tank. You’re Just Leaving. As expected. As planned. As
Kevin O'Leary pictured a party he hosted on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Side Door in Ottawa, during the annual Manning Convention held every year for conservatives across the country. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

That day the bearded Republican in New Hampshire warned us about Trump

  • TORONTO—The bearded Republican regarded us suspiciously. He had been washing his pickup truck (naturally) and listening to country music on the radio (ditto). It
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 24, 2017
U.S. President DonaldTrump, pictured during the U.S. presidential election. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

That day the bearded Republican in New Hampshire warned us about Trump

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 24, 2017
  • TORONTO—The bearded Republican regarded us suspiciously. He had been washing his pickup truck (naturally) and listening to country music on the radio (ditto). It

That day the bearded Republican in New Hampshire warned us about Trump

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 24, 2017
  • TORONTO—The bearded Republican regarded us suspiciously. He had been washing his pickup truck (naturally) and listening to country music on the radio (ditto). It
U.S. President DonaldTrump, pictured during the U.S. presidential election. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Periodically falling on one’s sword is an excellent strategy

  • TORONTO—White House press secretary Sean Spicer standing at the door to a United Airlines plane, sipping a Pepsi. If a picture is worth a
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 17, 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Periodically falling on one’s sword is an excellent strategy

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 17, 2017
  • TORONTO—White House press secretary Sean Spicer standing at the door to a United Airlines plane, sipping a Pepsi. If a picture is worth a

Periodically falling on one’s sword is an excellent strategy

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 17, 2017
  • TORONTO—White House press secretary Sean Spicer standing at the door to a United Airlines plane, sipping a Pepsi. If a picture is worth a
White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Conservative leadership has dramatically set back party

  • TORONTO—Can you lose by winning? It’s not a riddle, it’s a fair question. Surveying the wreckage that now litters the Conservative landscape, it’s a
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 10, 2017
Some of the Conservative leadership candidates pictured at a leadership debate: Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, Andrew Saxton, Michael Chong, Brad Trost, and Deepak Obhrai. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Conservative leadership has dramatically set back party

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 10, 2017
  • TORONTO—Can you lose by winning? It’s not a riddle, it’s a fair question. Surveying the wreckage that now litters the Conservative landscape, it’s a

Conservative leadership has dramatically set back party

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 10, 2017
  • TORONTO—Can you lose by winning? It’s not a riddle, it’s a fair question. Surveying the wreckage that now litters the Conservative landscape, it’s a
Some of the Conservative leadership candidates pictured at a leadership debate: Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, Andrew Saxton, Michael Chong, Brad Trost, and Deepak Obhrai. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Don’t forcibly out Alberta kids, Mr. Kenney

  • TORONTO—“Are you gay?” It was 1983 or so, and my Carleton journalism professor, Roger Bird, had asked me if I was gay. I was surprised.
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 3, 2017
Jason Kenney, the new Alberta Progressive Conservative leader, recently said parents should be informed when their kids join gay-straight alliances. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Don’t forcibly out Alberta kids, Mr. Kenney

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 3, 2017
  • TORONTO—“Are you gay?” It was 1983 or so, and my Carleton journalism professor, Roger Bird, had asked me if I was gay. I was surprised.

Don’t forcibly out Alberta kids, Mr. Kenney

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | April 3, 2017
  • TORONTO—“Are you gay?” It was 1983 or so, and my Carleton journalism professor, Roger Bird, had asked me if I was gay. I was surprised.
Jason Kenney, the new Alberta Progressive Conservative leader, recently said parents should be informed when their kids join gay-straight alliances. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada will start paying its way in NATO very soon, and that’s a very good thing

  • TORONTO—What Donald wants, Donald gets. Well, not really. He wanted a Muslim ban. Didn’t get it. Wanted Obamacare killed, and something else instead. Didn’t
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 27, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Donald Trump's Twitter

Canada will start paying its way in NATO very soon, and that’s a very good thing

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 27, 2017
  • TORONTO—What Donald wants, Donald gets. Well, not really. He wanted a Muslim ban. Didn’t get it. Wanted Obamacare killed, and something else instead. Didn’t

Canada will start paying its way in NATO very soon, and that’s a very good thing

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 27, 2017
  • TORONTO—What Donald wants, Donald gets. Well, not really. He wanted a Muslim ban. Didn’t get it. Wanted Obamacare killed, and something else instead. Didn’t
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the White House on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Donald Trump's Twitter

Trump’s words come back to haunt him

  • TORONTO—Campaigns matter. That’s a long-time conceit of political consultants, of course. We say it all the time. I even worked at a successful political
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 20, 2017
Donald Trump, pictured Oct. 29, 2016, speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Trump’s words come back to haunt him

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 20, 2017
  • TORONTO—Campaigns matter. That’s a long-time conceit of political consultants, of course. We say it all the time. I even worked at a successful political

Trump’s words come back to haunt him

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 20, 2017
  • TORONTO—Campaigns matter. That’s a long-time conceit of political consultants, of course. We say it all the time. I even worked at a successful political
Donald Trump, pictured Oct. 29, 2016, speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

How to stop the Trump/Brexit juggernaut, wherever it manifests itself

  • TORONTO—What can you do? How can you—a regular person who isn’t all that involved in politics and who lives in another country, no less—oppose
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 13, 2017

How to stop the Trump/Brexit juggernaut, wherever it manifests itself

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 13, 2017
  • TORONTO—What can you do? How can you—a regular person who isn’t all that involved in politics and who lives in another country, no less—oppose

How to stop the Trump/Brexit juggernaut, wherever it manifests itself

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 13, 2017
  • TORONTO—What can you do? How can you—a regular person who isn’t all that involved in politics and who lives in another country, no less—oppose

If elected leader, ‘just visiting’ O’Leary would lead Conservatives to their greatest defeat since 1993

  • TORONTO—Spring 2009: the tulips were blooming, the birds were chirping, and Ottawa was buzzing about the prospects of prime minister Michael Ignatieff. The polls
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 6, 2017
Kevin O’Leary, pictured, is the Conservative Michael Ignatieff. If mass delusional psychosis continues to beset paid-up Conservative members, and if they actually select Kevin O’Leary to lead them, the attack ads practically write themselves, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

If elected leader, ‘just visiting’ O’Leary would lead Conservatives to their greatest defeat since 1993

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 6, 2017
  • TORONTO—Spring 2009: the tulips were blooming, the birds were chirping, and Ottawa was buzzing about the prospects of prime minister Michael Ignatieff. The polls

If elected leader, ‘just visiting’ O’Leary would lead Conservatives to their greatest defeat since 1993

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | March 6, 2017
  • TORONTO—Spring 2009: the tulips were blooming, the birds were chirping, and Ottawa was buzzing about the prospects of prime minister Michael Ignatieff. The polls
Kevin O’Leary, pictured, is the Conservative Michael Ignatieff. If mass delusional psychosis continues to beset paid-up Conservative members, and if they actually select Kevin O’Leary to lead them, the attack ads practically write themselves, writes Warren Kinsella. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Trudeau has done well so far with Trump, but we want a leader who speaks up for Canada 

  • TORONTO—It feels like a lifetime. But the Trump regime has only been in power for just over a month. When you look at the
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 27, 2017
Say what you will about Donald Trump, but there is one thing that he says that is mostly true: he keeps his promises. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Trudeau has done well so far with Trump, but we want a leader who speaks up for Canada 

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 27, 2017
  • TORONTO—It feels like a lifetime. But the Trump regime has only been in power for just over a month. When you look at the

Trudeau has done well so far with Trump, but we want a leader who speaks up for Canada 

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 27, 2017
  • TORONTO—It feels like a lifetime. But the Trump regime has only been in power for just over a month. When you look at the
Say what you will about Donald Trump, but there is one thing that he says that is mostly true: he keeps his promises. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Trump isn’t going to be impeached anytime soon, numbers just aren’t there

  •   TORONTO—Donald Trump isn’t going to be impeached. Not anytime soon, anyway. The numbers just aren’t there. Impeachment is about overturning the will of
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 20, 2017
If the anti-Trump forces do their job right, who knows? Donald Trump might start welcoming impeachment, writes Warren Kinsella. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Trump isn’t going to be impeached anytime soon, numbers just aren’t there

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 20, 2017
  •   TORONTO—Donald Trump isn’t going to be impeached. Not anytime soon, anyway. The numbers just aren’t there. Impeachment is about overturning the will of

Trump isn’t going to be impeached anytime soon, numbers just aren’t there

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 20, 2017
  •   TORONTO—Donald Trump isn’t going to be impeached. Not anytime soon, anyway. The numbers just aren’t there. Impeachment is about overturning the will of
If the anti-Trump forces do their job right, who knows? Donald Trump might start welcoming impeachment, writes Warren Kinsella. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

How I imagine Trudeau to meet Trump in Washington, D.C., on Monday

  • TORONTO—[The scene: the Oval Office. Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump have just completed their photo-op in the Rose Garden. Gerald Butts and Steve Bannon
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 13, 2017

How I imagine Trudeau to meet Trump in Washington, D.C., on Monday

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 13, 2017
  • TORONTO—[The scene: the Oval Office. Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump have just completed their photo-op in the Rose Garden. Gerald Butts and Steve Bannon

How I imagine Trudeau to meet Trump in Washington, D.C., on Monday

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 13, 2017
  • TORONTO—[The scene: the Oval Office. Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump have just completed their photo-op in the Rose Garden. Gerald Butts and Steve Bannon

We can certainly have a debate about immigration, but we don’t have to do it like Trump

  • TORONTO—“He’s doing what he said he was going to do. Let them protest.” The unlikely scene: a drinking establishment somewhere in the Dominican Republic.
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 6, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo. What’s wrong is to do it as Mr. Trump has done in the space of just a few days: by pledging to put up walls, and by dislocating tax-paying, law-abiding American citizens who happen to have been born somewhere else, writes Warren Kinsella. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

We can certainly have a debate about immigration, but we don’t have to do it like Trump

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 6, 2017
  • TORONTO—“He’s doing what he said he was going to do. Let them protest.” The unlikely scene: a drinking establishment somewhere in the Dominican Republic.

We can certainly have a debate about immigration, but we don’t have to do it like Trump

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | February 6, 2017
  • TORONTO—“He’s doing what he said he was going to do. Let them protest.” The unlikely scene: a drinking establishment somewhere in the Dominican Republic.
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo. What’s wrong is to do it as Mr. Trump has done in the space of just a few days: by pledging to put up walls, and by dislocating tax-paying, law-abiding American citizens who happen to have been born somewhere else, writes Warren Kinsella. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Remember that old maxim politicos, silence in the face of injustice is complicity

  • ABOARD WESTJET 2766—Dear Justin, Tom and a Conservative player to be named later: Up here in the clouds above Canuckistan and Trumpland, jetting South,
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 30, 2017
Donald Trump, pictured campaigning in the U.S. election in 2016. Photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain/Devin Dreeshen

Remember that old maxim politicos, silence in the face of injustice is complicity

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 30, 2017
  • ABOARD WESTJET 2766—Dear Justin, Tom and a Conservative player to be named later: Up here in the clouds above Canuckistan and Trumpland, jetting South,

Remember that old maxim politicos, silence in the face of injustice is complicity

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 30, 2017
  • ABOARD WESTJET 2766—Dear Justin, Tom and a Conservative player to be named later: Up here in the clouds above Canuckistan and Trumpland, jetting South,
Donald Trump, pictured campaigning in the U.S. election in 2016. Photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain/Devin Dreeshen

United States died long before Trump became president

  • TORONTO—Countries die. Nations fade away. They do, they do. Great nations—however great they may be—are not eternal. Pierre Trudeau certainly thought so, some 30 years
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 23, 2017
The election of U.S. President Donald Trump is a symptom, not a cause, of the death of the United States as a country, writes Warren Kinsella. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

United States died long before Trump became president

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 23, 2017
  • TORONTO—Countries die. Nations fade away. They do, they do. Great nations—however great they may be—are not eternal. Pierre Trudeau certainly thought so, some 30 years

United States died long before Trump became president

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 23, 2017
  • TORONTO—Countries die. Nations fade away. They do, they do. Great nations—however great they may be—are not eternal. Pierre Trudeau certainly thought so, some 30 years
The election of U.S. President Donald Trump is a symptom, not a cause, of the death of the United States as a country, writes Warren Kinsella. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Conservative Party a shadow of its former self

  • TORONTO—Anyone seen the Conservative Party of Canada? They were here just a minute ago. Remember? Had just about half the seats in the House
Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 16, 2017
Here comes trouble: Conservative deputy leader Denis Lebel and Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Conservative Party a shadow of its former self

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 16, 2017
  • TORONTO—Anyone seen the Conservative Party of Canada? They were here just a minute ago. Remember? Had just about half the seats in the House

Conservative Party a shadow of its former self

Opinion | BY WARREN KINSELLA | January 16, 2017
  • TORONTO—Anyone seen the Conservative Party of Canada? They were here just a minute ago. Remember? Had just about half the seats in the House
Here comes trouble: Conservative deputy leader Denis Lebel and Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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