National Newswatch

Abbas Rana

Poilievre can only survive as party leader if he makes ‘seismic’ changes to his ‘inner circle’ and to his approach, say current and former senior Conservatives

The Conservative Party is scheduled to hold its convention in Ottawa next spring at the Rogers Centre, where the party membership will vote on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. Until early January, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives were widely expected to win a commanding majority in the 2025 election, with projections topping 200 seats, but their April 28 defeat has stunned the party. The...

David Akin

Trudeau advised to focus on the economy ahead of 2024 Trump Mar-a-Lago dinner

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was advised to press U.S. President Donald Trump on the close integration of the Canadian and American economies — with a particular focus on America’s reliance on Canadian energy and minerals — ahead of his Nov. 29 dinner at Trump’s Florida resort of Mar-a-Lago, according to documents obtained by Global News through a federal Access-to-Information request.

Julia Wong

Alberta premier's Mar-a-Lago visit cost more than $10,000, documents reveal

A clearer picture is emerging of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's visit to Mar-a-Lago to meet then president-elect Donald Trump in January, as a trade war with the United States loomed. The unexpected trip cost $10,101.87 and included three others — one of whom flew home in business class — according to documents obtained by CBC News through a Freedom of...

Murray Brewster

South Korea pitches Canada on $20B-plus plan for subs, armoured vehicles

Country is making co-ordinated push to work with Canada amid uneasy U.S. relations. A trio of South Korean companies have made a significant, multibillion-dollar pitch to Canada, promising to quickly replace the navy's aging submarines, deliver more firepower to the army and help revitalize the country's defence industrial base. A detailed overview of the unsolicited proposals, which were delivered to...

Aamer Madhani

Trump doesn't think military force will be needed to make Canada the "51st state," leaves door open for military action to take Greenland

President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution. He also said he does not think military force will be needed to make Canada the "51st state" and played down the possibility he would look to run for a third term in the White House. The comments...

Polls

Nik Nanos

Over six in ten Albertans think being part of Canada is the best option for Alberta’s economy, rest prefer separation or joining the US

A majority of Albertans believe Alberta being part of Canada would be best for creating a strong economy in Alberta in the long run (64%). On the other hand, those who lean more toward separation (29%) for a strong Alberta economy prefer Alberta being an independent country (20%) over Alberta being part of the US (10%). Younger Albertans were less...

Mario Canseco

Perceptions of the United States Take Drastic Tumble in Canada

Favourable views of the United States among Canadians have dropped to the lowest level recorded in the past seven years, a new Research Co. poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample, only 26% of Canadians have a positive opinion of the United States, down 28 points since a similar Research Co. poll conducted in July...

Opinion

Michael Harris

Carney steps into the fray

Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the Liberals Lazarus-like from the dead. But he has made the task tougher because he has created such great expectations in Canadians. And there won’t be much time to prepare for the biggest item on his...

Rose LeMay

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this country. Congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney on your unique entry into politics and successful campaign. The lack of drama and empty slogans was refreshing and calming. The strength shown to take control of the Liberal...

News

Mike Crawley

Adam Vaughan joins Ontario Place spa developer Therme

Former city councillor, ex-MP and longtime critic of Doug Ford calls waterfront project 'incredible.' Former city councillor and ex-MP Adam Vaughan, long one of the sharpest critics of Doug Ford's plans for Toronto's waterfront, is now working for Therme Canada, the company developing a luxury spa at Ontario Place. In an interview with CBC News, Vaughan revealed that he has...

Peter Armstrong

Mr. Carney goes to Washington

I feel like we have been waiting for this since November.As soon as Donald Trump was elected, questions about the Canada-U.S. relationship started growing.Obviously, a lot has changed since then.The spectre of tariffs turned into the stark reality of a trade war.

Politician's Pen

Dominic Cardy

Making Canada the World’s Northern Democratic Superpower

Andrew Cardozo

2025, the year the Canadian media died!

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Éric Blais

Will Mark Carney and the Liberal’s learn from their near-death experience?

A near-death experience often leaves survivors permanently changed. They emerge more grateful, more focused, and, crucially, more humble. The brush with mortality strips away illusions of control. Survivors stop taking life for granted. They shift their priorities. They understand that survival is not a reward. It’s a reprieve. Politics isn’t so different. Just a few months ago, the Liberal Party...

David Coletto

Governing in the Age of Reassurance: What public opinion will ask of the new Carney government and what it means for public affairs

Mark Carney’s Liberal government may have won the 2025 election, but the road ahead will be anything but smooth. In fact, it might be among the most complex governing challenges any federal government has faced in a generation. Carney didn’t ride a wave of optimism or party enthusiasm into office. He won because he aligned—almost perfectly—with the emotional mood of...

Kevin Lynch, Paul Deegan

Elbows up! It's time to reform government procurement

U.S. President Donald Trump has denigrated our sovereignty and threatened our livelihoods through a pernicious and unjustifiable trade war. Against this backdrop, we need to push back and build up the Canadian economy by urgently tackling our weak productivity and excessive reliance on the U.S. market.

Carol Off

In the election Canadians fought like hell against Donald Trump. But, even at our most aggressive, we reinforced an important truth about our country

During CNN’s Canadian election-day coverage, a brief interview at a polling station in Ottawa got a disproportionate amount of attention on social media. It was a streeter with an elderly woman, who seemed to be from central casting. Neatly coiffed grey hair and large elegant sunglasses, she told the U.S. network: “I think who I voted for would be the...

Rick Peterson, Michael Stuart

Big-game hunting in Battle River-Crowfoot

Jaime Watt

What the three federal parties must do next to succeed

“The past is a nice place to visit. You just wouldn’t want to live there.”In the wake of a gruelling campaign, the problem is, too many political parties unpack their bags and take up residence.

Lorrie Goldstein

Liberals and Conservatives must accept new reality of minority governments

Election results show Canadians want them working together for the common good rather than constantly warring with each other. Minority governments are the new norm in Canadian politics and it’s time the two major political parties in Canada started acting like it.

David Moscrop

Canada’s NDP faced their worst election defeat ever. This is how they can inch their way back to relevance

Being left for dead is a bit of a hobby for the federal NDP. In the 1993 election, the party was crushed by the rising Liberals. It was left with 9 seats and 6.88 per cent of the vote. It was their worst showing since 1958, when the precursor to the party, the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation won a mere 9....

David McWilliams

Mark Carney, Canada’s cosmopolitan man of steel, has given liberals a new playbook

It turns out those nice Canadians are harder than most imagined, but now the campaign is over, how does Carney – a brilliant economic mind – negotiate from here? We all knew Donald Trump can win elections, we just didn’t know he’d be winning them outside the USA. Last Monday, Trump won the Canadian election for Mark Carney. There is...

Sabrina Maddeaux

The Conservatives had a chance to reach millennial women like me. It was their mistake to ignore us

Do the federal Conservatives have a problem with women? All signs point to yes — but not in the way many progressive voters think. It’s not that they’re afraid of strong women. Rather, it’s that they can’t seem to figure out how to talk to female voters. Throughout the recent election campaign, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives had perilously low support from...

John Milloy

Don’t expect a new era of respect and harmony in Parliament

Would all those who think the new minority Parliament is going to be a beacon of collegiality and co-operation please give their head a shake. I get the argument. The Liberals are only a few seats shy of a majority. The opposition is in disarray and has no interest in triggering an election. These are also serious times and parties...

John Rapley

God save Mark Carney, the man with the simple job of completely remaking Canada’s economy

Why does Canada exist? That was the unanswered question in the background of the election campaign, placed there by Donald Trump’s insistence that Canada really ought to be an American state. Answering it is urgent for Prime Minister Mark Carney, the election winner. If commissioned to do an economic feasibility study of Canada, a consultant might well end up agreeing...

Navneet Alang

For voters like me, Jagmeet Singh wasn’t just NDP leader — and that makes his failure hurt all the more

There was Jagmeet Singh up on the screen, being his affable, if highly practised, self at a virtual meeting with us here on the editorial board of the Star. As he made his case to a roomful of seasoned journalists, a tiny, rebellious corner of my brain urged me to do something ridiculous: ask him a question in Punjabi. I...

Aaron Wherry

How will Carney contend with a minority — and what kind of Parliament do MPs want?

In his first news conference since Monday's election, Prime Minister Mark Carney did not shy away from some of the rhetoric and ambition that carried him through the campaign. Canada would be embarking, he said, "on the biggest transformation of our economy since the end of the Second World War." This country's "old relationship" with the United States was "over."...

Rick Peterson, Michael Stuart

Alberta separation referendum? Bring it on. Let’s have it out right now, Premier Smith

Lori Turnbull

Pierre Poilievre’s Moment of Truth

One of the most impactful results of Election 2025 is that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his Ottawa-area riding of Carleton. He is still the leader of the party and many Conservatives, both within and outside the party caucus, have publicly indicated their support for his continuation in that role. But some are acknowledging that something needs to change. In...

Stephen Collins

Mark Carney’s win shows the appeal of a politician who rejects the woke agenda

The Canadian’s victory has lessons for mainstream politicians across the democratic world. Mark Carney‘s stunning victory in the Canadian election shows that the political centre can hold when led by a strong, intelligent figure – in particular, when it is led by a figure who is both capable of standing up to right-wing bullies and avoiding being ensnared by the...

Tasha Kheiriddin

The new Conservative coalition - and why it didn't win

As the dust settles on the 2025 federal election, many theories are emerging about why the Liberals won, and why the Conservatives lost. Fingers point at US President Donald Trump, and the impact of his threats to Canadian sovereignty. Pocketbook issues were also a major factor, particularly for younger and less affluent voters, who skewed Conservative, but not enough to...

Jeremy Kinsman

Elbows Up: Carney’s First Face-Off with Trump

Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Washington Tuesday to meet President Donald Trump and set the scene for a major negotiation to follow, which Mr. Carney has imagined will be a comprehensive economic/security discussion. Obviously, the top objective now for Carney is to get the immediate tariffs between the two countries off the table, pending a more definitive settlement...

John DeMont

Poilievre's election performance burnishes Houston's federal lustre

By now, I bet you have seen the video. Our premier — eyes crinkling as he smiles, mood as light and buoyant as a summer Bay of Fundy breeze — on a two-minute-and-43-second journey into the soul of Nova Scotia. It’s all there: donairs and fiddle music, wooden ships and iron men, Sid, Nathan and Viola, George Dixon’s right hand...

Robyn Urback

If Poilievre is genuinely humbled, the Conservatives should keep him around

Justin Ling

Mark Carney will be tempted to adopt Justin Trudeau’s playbook. He should put country before party instead

I discovered my favourite bit of wartime propaganda recently. In chunky pale blue and red font, the poster reads:“THE SLACKER MUST NOT RULE CANADA. VOTE UNION GOVERNMENT.”

Perrin Beatty

Donald Trump, Great Canadian Unifier

Prime Minister Mark Carney is preparing for his first White House bilateral with Donald Trump; he should be sure to pack a thank-you gift for the mercurial president. As evidenced in the election results that have made Carney an elected prime minister largely based on his credentials as an economist and crisis manager, Trump has become perhaps the single greatest...

Jason Markusoff

Danielle Smith's reform is nudging Alberta separation vote from 'if' toward 'when'

One hundred and seventy-seven thousand people.That's roughly 3.5 per cent of Alberta's population. It's also the amount of signatures that will be needed to force a separation referendum designed to take those five million people and their land out of Canada.

Andrew Coyne

Canada is not as divided as some claim – or as its electoral system makes it appear

Jaime Watt

Canada needs Mark Carney to have a majority. Here’s how he can get one before he faces Trump

It doesn’t matter your political persuasion. Tuesday morning, Canada did not get the headline it very much needed.That headline would have trumpeted an expression of firm resolve and electoral clarity. It would have been supported by the usual language of triumph: “decisive victory,” “clear mandate,” “stable majority.”

Ken Boessenkool

As Canada moves to a two-party system, the Conservatives need new strategies

Canadian electoral politics became like Western Canadian electoral politics this week, by moving from a three-party to a two-party system.Across Western Canada, the NDP competes for power with various centre-right parties. Those centre-right parties evolve and reconstitute themselves to remain electorally competitive across four very different provinces.

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Tammy Ibrahimpoor

Nenshi urges Albertans to ‘wake up’ as separation talk heats up

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith is “playing games” with national unity and fuelling separatist sentiment for short-term political gain. In an interview with CTV News Channel on Sunday, Nenshi pushed back against new legislation introduced by Smith’s government that would make it easier for citizens to trigger a referendum on separation. “The premier is playing with...

Steven Chase, Adrian Morrow

Trump’s meeting with Carney to unfold against a backdrop of renewed 51st-state rhetoric

U.S. President Donald Trump says it’s “highly unlikely” he would resort to military force to annex Canada but is adamant that the border separating it from the United States is “an artificial line” that prevents the two territories from forming a “beautiful country.” Speaking to NBC just days before his first in-person meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, Mr. Trump...

Mark Gollom

The Liberals need a few floor-crossers to form a majority. That might not be so easy

Liberals captured 169 seats, just missing out on the 172 needed for a majority. With the federal Liberals just a few seats shy of a majority government, there's been some speculation over whether Prime Minister Mark Carney might be zeroing in on members of Parliament from other parties to cross the floor and join his party's fold.

Sean Boynton

Trump ‘delighted’ by his influence on Canada’s election: U.S. journalist

U.S. President Donald Trump “seemed positively delighted” about the impact he had on Canada’s federal election, a U.S. journalist said while recounting a recent interview with the president. Ashley Parker was one of three writers at The Atlantic who interviewed Trump in the Oval Office for an article published late last month, before Canadians elected a Liberal minority government in...

Rob Drinkwater

Albertans rally for separation, saying things won't change under Confederation

Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Saturday she was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta legislature to support separation from Canada, with many in the crowd waving Alberta flags and...

Alex Binkley

Conference Board proposes new international approach for Canada

Sean Boynton

Conservatives need ‘fine tuning,’ not overhaul after election loss: MacKay

Former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay isn’t pointing the finger at Pierre Poilievre for the party’s loss in last week’s federal election, but he does think members of his team need to go and that the party itself needs “fine-tuning.” MacKay, who served multiple roles under former prime minister Stephen Harper and ran against Poilievre for the party leadership in...

Catherine Lévesque

The Liberals may have lost seats in Ontario — and their majority — because of crime and Trudeau fatigue

In the first weeks of the campaign, Liberal incumbent Helena Jaczek said decided voters she met at the doors were intent on voting for Mark Carney because they thought he was the best person to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. “As time went on and Mr. Trump was less vocal, and perhaps as (Conservative Leader Pierre) Poilievre softened his...

Samantha Pope

‘I’m very hopeful’ — California Governor Gavin Newsom on Carney-Trump meeting

Ahead of next week’s highly anticipated White House meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump, California’s governor says he’s “very hopeful” the conversation will be fruitful. In a Canadian exclusive interview with CTV Question Period, Gavin Newsom shared his thoughts on Tuesday’s talks, which will be the first time the two leaders met face-to-face since Carney...

John Hogan named N.L.'s premier designate after winning Liberal leadership contest

John Hogan is the new leader of the provincial Liberals and new premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.Hogan, the former health minister, beat out rival John Abbott in a vote released today at the party's convention in St. John's.

Lisa Johnson, Lisa Johnson

Alberta NDP vote to allow opting out of federal party membership

EDMONTON -- Alberta's New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.

Catherine Morrison

NDP has lost touch with its core supporters, says a former MP

The New Democratic Party ran a leader-focused election campaign and lost touch with core supporters who ended up backing the Conservatives, says a former member of Parliament. Charlie Angus, who did not run in the last election after representing the northern Ontario riding of Timmins -- James Bay for more than two decades, -- called the election a "catastrophic loss"...

Marie Woolf

How a political rookie wore out two pairs of shoes to unseat Pierre Poilievre

Bruce Fanjoy, the soft-spoken political neophyte who stripped Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of his seat in a stunning election upset, was greeted like a triumphant Roman emperor when he returned to his home village of Manotick on Thursday. “It‘s impressive. You’ve done well,” effused a man with a beard who stopped the new Liberal MP on the steps to a...

Peter Mansbridge, Chantal Hébert, Rob Russo

Good Talk -- What Now for Carney, For Poilievre, For Singh, For Canada?

If you thought Monday would answer everything, think again. It's left a lot of questions: How will Carney deal with Trump? Will Poilievre hang on to his job after losing his seat, the election, and perhaps even his house? What will happen to the NDP? There are lots of questions for Chantal Hebert and Rob Russo on this week's Good...

Antoine Trépanier

Carney's Quebec honeymoon could turn into a 'hangover' in a province with high expectations

While Quebec Premier François Legault is 'happy' with Carney's victory, his expectations are high. Mark Carney didn’t even know how many MPs the Liberals would have in Quebec on Tuesday morning when he got a taste of what awaited him.

Stephanie Taylor

Conservatives just need some 'minor adjustments,' Andrew Scheer says after election loss

Re-elected Conservative Andrew Scheer says the party is taking things “one step at a time” following its election loss, and expressed support for the party’s campaign manager sticking around. “Jenni (Byrne) has a tremendous amount of support, and she did an incredible job,” he told National Post.

David Baxter

Alberta MP to step aside to allow Pierre Poilievre to run for seat in Parliament

Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding in Alberta. Kurek said he is stepping aside "temporarily" as MP for the riding, which he has held since 2019. The Conservative party confirmed that Poilievre will run in the Battle River—Crowfoot byelection once it's...

Jack Farrell

Alberta Premier Smith says meeting with PM Carney a 'positive first step'

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a positive meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The meeting is the first since Carney's Liberals won Monday's election and Smith warned the prime minister of any "hostile acts" his new government might take against her province. Smith says they had a lengthy conversation about policies and legislation that are holding back...

Sean Previl

Why some ‘frustrated’ NDP voters flipped to Conservatives in the election

As Liberal red and Conservative blue swept across the country in Canada’s federal election earlier this week, NDP orange dwindled. While many voters who left the party turned to the Liberals, many others flipped to the Conservatives — with affordability being among the key factors. In Monday’s federal election, the Liberals are projected to have won 168 seats — enough...

Jack Farrell

'Stains, rips and tears': Alberta government defends $280K carpet in Smith's office

Alberta's government is defending a hefty bill to replace the carpet in Premier Danielle Smith's office, after it became a point of attack in question period.The provincial infrastructure ministry said Friday in a statement that the previous carpet in the 6,500-square-foot legislature space was in poor condition, riddled with "stains, rips and tears" and more than 20 years old.

Darren Major

Liberal minority back up to 169 after Elections Canada validates close Ontario race

Revised result close enough to be subject to automatic recount. Elections Canada's validation process has revealed a second closely contested riding's winner has changed after Monday's preliminary result — this time from the Conservatives to the Liberals.The unofficial results posted on election night showed that Conservative Parm Gill had won the redrawn riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South by 298 votes.

Mark Carney says he has priorities for his new government -- here are 5 of them

Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out his priorities at his first postelection press conference on Friday, four days after his party won a minority mandate in the April 28 election.Here's a quick look at the items topping his agenda.

The Canadian Press

Marie-Claude Nichols returns to Quebec Liberals, supports Pablo Rodriguez for leader

MONTREAL -- A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race.

Dylan Robertson

Carney says he won't make a pact with NDP, confirms King Charles to launch Parliament

King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. Speaking at the National Press Theatre, Carney said Parliament will be recalled on May 26, and the King will read the speech outlining the new government's priorities on May 27. The prime minister said he invited...

Prime Minister Carney to meet with U.S. President Trump in Washington on Tuesday

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. It will be the first face-to-face meeting for the two since Carney was first sworn in as prime minister on March 14, and will come before Carney has named his new cabinet following Monday's federal election. The two are set...

US Poli

Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump, in a new interview, was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution.

Laurie Kellman, The Associated Press

Trump brands his opponents as 'communists,' a label loaded with the baggage of American history

For years, President Donald Trump blamed "communists" for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his opponents -- from judges to educators -- as threats to American identity, culture and values.

Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against the legal profession.

Scott Bauer, The Associated Press

Wisconsin governor says he's not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that every American should be concerned about "chilling" suggestions from President Donald Trump's top border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance the Democrat issued to state employees about what to do if confronted by federal immigration agents.

International

David Mchugh, Christopher Rugaber And Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press

Trump's trade demands go beyond tariffs to target perceived unfair practices

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The Trump administration says the sweeping tariffs it unveiled April 2, then postponed for 90 days, have a simple goal: Force other countries to drop their trade barriers to U.S. goods.

Anne D'innocenzio And Didi Tang, The Associated Press

Cheap parcels from China will no longer be duty-free. Here's what it means for buyers and sellers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers can expect higher prices and delivery delays when the Trump administration ends a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday.

Pope Francis being laid to rest before hundreds of thousands — from presidents to the poor

Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and a legion of faithful are paying their last respects to Pope Francis at a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome to honour his sometimes turbulent papacy. Applause rang out as the pontiff's simple wooden coffin, inlaid with a large cross, was brought out of St. Peter's Basilica and into the sun-filled square by...

Bernard Condon, The Associated Press

Musk damaged Tesla's brand in just a few months. Fixing it will likely take longer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Elon Musk has been called a Moonshot Master, the Edison of Our Age and the Architect of the Future, but he's got a big problem at his car company and it's not clear he can fix it: damage to its brand.

Pope Francis, committed to service, humility and healing, dead at 88

Pope Francis, whose nearly 12-year papacy ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic Church that prioritized empathy for the poor and disenfranchised — including Indigenous victims of Canada's church-run residential schools — has died at 88, the Vatican said in a video statement Monday. "Dear brothers and sisters, it is with profound sadness I must announce the death of our...

Think Tank

Lawrence Zhang, Daniel Castro

Canada should harness its AI advantage, not squander it

In an era when AI will enhance everything from crop yields to cancer detection, the central priority should be to accelerate AI adoption to boost Canada's economic prosperity and quality of life for its citizens, not impose roadblocks to innovation with overly precautionary regulation.

Kevin Lynch

Navigating the Fog of Trump’s Trade War

The global economy is facing major instability, especially due to the Trump administration’s trade policies, which have permanently disrupted free trade with the U.S. and the global trading system. Canada must act quickly with bold policy changes to stay competitive and find new export markets.

Patrick Leblond, Stephen R. Nagy, Karthik Nachiappan, Don McLain Gill

Strategic Reflections: The Indo-Pacific Imperative for Canada’s New Government

With Canada’s federal election now behind us and the Liberal Party launching into a rare fourth consecutive mandate, Ottawa stands at a pivotal juncture for its Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS).

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Éric Blais

The Conservatives’ best-performing ad was probably their most derided

Some dismissed it as the “erectile dysfunction” ad. Others laughed it off as a desperate Hail Mary to salvage a faltering campaign in Southern Ontario—specifically in the all-important 905 region.Well, they can stop laughing.Call it the blue belt now. The Conservatives not only held their ground in the 905—they flipped several Liberal ridings.

Dean Beeby

Welcome to the new post-transparency

The world is chaotic. Sovereignty, diplomacy, trade, free speech, science are all under assault. Daily life seems suddenly dangerous. Even the weather report is scary. “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” as William Butler Yeats put it in The Second Coming (1919). We’ve entered an era of might makes right. Familiar rules are changing. Among the changes is the...

Dean Beeby

Access to information is AWOL

This will be a very short post on the access-to-information election promises of the five main political parties. That’s because there’s nothing to write about.With the release of the last platform today (Conservative), no party is committing to reforming the dysfunctional Access to Information Act, other than reciting cheap bromides. Some aren’t even offering bromides.

Podcasts

Trump, King Charles, and everything else on Carney’s calendar

A fast-paced, hard-fought federal election is over — and the Liberals mounted a remarkable comeback to win a fourth mandate, this time with Mark Carney as prime minister. But, his to-do list shows there’s no time to rest. Host Catherine Cullen breaks down Carney’s packed schedule and what it tells us about Canada’s future. Then, a senior writer for CBC’s...

Our “recovering partisans” dissect the 2025 election results and what comes next

The federal election results are in. The Liberals have won a fourth term with Mark Carney at the helm, besting Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives but falling just shy of a majority government. While the Tories have much to celebrate, Poilievre’s seat loss in Carleton is a major wrinkle that will impact his party for the next few months and possibly years...

Carney’s first moves

At Issue this week: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new minority government faces multiple challenges, but where should he start? What’s next for the Conservatives and Pierre Poilievre? Plus, can the Green Party find a role on Parliament Hill? Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

Danielle Smith Takes on the Carney Government

The strategists panel, Stevie O'Brien, Cole Hogan and George Soule talk about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's fight with Ottawa as well as the next steps for the federal parties. Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz discusses her government's court challenge to Ottawa's clean electricity regulations and it's relationship with the new Carney government.