National Newswatch

Luke LeBrun

Pierre Poilievre No Longer Entitled to Live at Public Mansion: Privy Council Office

After losing the election and his own seat, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will also soon need to move out of his taxpayer-funded public mansion. Stornoway, a 9,500-square-foot mansion in Ottawa’s tony Rockcliffe neighbourhood, has been the official residence of Canadian opposition leaders since the 1950s. The mansion is maintained by the National Capital Commission. According to the Official Residences Act...

Carrie Tait

Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation

Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose companies’ business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. Mickey Amery, who also serves as the United Conservative Party’s deputy house leader, confirmed his relationship to Sam Mraiche, whose businesses are tied to a lawsuit and multiple investigations, including by...

Robert Fife, Stephanie Levitz

Conservative caucus will meet to select interim Opposition Leader amid concerns Liberals are trying to poach disgruntled MPs

The Conservative caucus will meet on Tuesday to mull over the party’s election defeat and select an interim Opposition Leader to replace Pierre Poilievre amid concerns that the Liberals are trying to poach some of their MPs. Front-runners for the job of Opposition Leader are former leader Andrew Scheer and deputy Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman, according to a caucus source...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Canadian automobile parts won't be hit with Trump's tariffs

U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidance released today says automobile parts compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade will not be hit with President Donald Trump's tariffs.The 25 per cent auto part duties were set to go in place on May 3.

Darren Major

Liberals lose closely contested seat to Bloc Québécois after vote validation

The Liberals have dropped one seat after Elections Canada's validation process determined they lost a tightly contested Quebec riding.Terrebonne, just north of Montreal, was one of the last ridings to be called on Tuesday afternoon. The final vote count had the Liberals flip the seat from the Bloc Québécois by 35 votes.

Polls

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...

Mario Canseco

Canadians Split on Preferred Result of 2025 Federal Ballot

Canadian voters are deeply divided when assessing the possible outcome of the 2025 federal election, a new Research Co. “Exit Poll” poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of Canadians who voted in the 2025 federal election, 49% of respondents say they would be “very upset” if the Conservative Party forms the government, while a...

Opinion

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.

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.”

News

Mickey Djuric

JD Vance’s Canadian pal tells him: Please don’t visit

JD Vance’s close friend from Canada is taking back his open invite for the vice president to visit.Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, who became close with Vance at Yale Law School 15 years ago, said it would not be “constructive” for the VP to visit his Toronto-area district right now given the Trump administration’s provocations toward Canada.

David Brazil Admits to Difficulty Garnering Support Due to Concerns Over Poilievre

Former federal conservative candidate David Brazil admits that perceptions of Pierre Poilievre was one of his biggest challenges on the campaign trail.Brazil, a longtime MHA and former PC party leader, was soundly defeated in the St. John’s East campaign by incumbent Liberal Joanne Thompson.

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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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.

Randall Denley

Attacking Poilievre's Conservatives will come back to bite Doug Ford

If conservatives want future political success, their federal and provincial leaders will need to grasp the fact that they have more in common with each other than they do with the Liberals

Max Fawcett

Canada needs a true National Energy Program

It’s time to build. That was Mark Carney’s message to Canadians during the election campaign, and it ought to be one of his top priorities as he continues his job as prime minister. That means more housing, more healthcare and more (heck, any) high-speed rail. But it also means more energy — and more of the infrastructure that moves and...

Andrew Perez

With Carney's victory, can Conservatives avoid a fresh fracture?

In the aftermath of the Mark Carney Liberals’ stunning win on Monday evening, pundits and party strategists haven’t been shy about weighing in on what went so wrong for a party that seemed destined to win a massive victory mere months ago. While the Conservative Party measurably improved both its seat count and popular vote on April 28, the election...

John Ivison

Conservatives used a meat grinder on the Liberals. They needed a wooden stake

They could grind down opponents with enough time. But the Liberals moved too quickly to dump Trudeau and install Carney for the plan to work

Susan Delacourt

Here’s an idea for the next Parliament: Abandon your dumb, nasty partisanship

Whenever the House of Commons does get together again, it will be bigger, but will it be any less nasty than the last one?A lot of people are saying it should be, including newly elected Conservative MPs such as Chris d’Entremont and Scott Aitchison, talking optimistically in postelection media interviews about their expectations of a tone shift.

Philippe Lagassé

America, Friend or Foe? Carney’s Security and Civil-Military Relations Challenge

Canadian civil-military relations may be headed for a rough ride. President Donald Trump is creating a rift among Canadian political leaders, the public, and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). At issue is whether the CAF should remain closely tied to the United States military and wedded to American capabilities, given Trump’s aggressive rhetoric toward Canada, his overtures toward Russia, and...

Sam Broadbent

Canada’s tech opportunity in a fractured global economy

As the United States continues its advance and retreat dance on tariffs, one cannot help but recall the adage about cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. Canadians along with people from around the world are scratching their heads in wonder: Why would the U.S. pursue a rapid unwinding of the international order, economic and otherwise, that has served...

Chris Selley

Poilievre has a strong case to stay Conservative leader, but it's not ironclad

What if Mark Carney doesn't end up as terrible a prime minister as many Conservatives expect he will be? Of the many possible scenarios that could have unfolded on Monday evening, not many people seem to have anticipated the one we got: A very impressive Conservative showing, but only good enough for second place, and with party leader Pierre Poilievre...

Lawrence Martin

Why the Conservatives should dump Poilievre - but won’t

Mario Canseco

Fear of Trump won the election for Carney, polling reveals - and the Conservatives are left looking for someone to blame

The 1949 Canadian federal election – the first to be held under “Pax Americana” – gave the Liberal party under Louis St. Laurent 49 per cent of the vote and 191 of the 262 seats at stake in the House of Commons. The outcome, as the final count is still underway, is not as great for the Liberals under Mark...

Ian Austen

Canada’s Conservative Leader Is Tossed From His Own Seat - His populist approach may have been to blame.

Pierre Poilievre lost the vote for a constituency he has held for 21 years to a Liberal political neophyte. His populist approach may have been to blame.

Rob Shaw

Eby breathing easier with Carney in charge

The federal Liberal win spares B.C. a policy war with Pierre Poilievre and opens the door to deeper Ottawa-Victoria collaboration. B.C.’s NDP government is breathing a long, heavy sigh of relief after watching Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives come up short in the federal election. The result staves off what was shaping up to be a major showdown between Premier David Eby’s...

Karl Salgo

Don't expect a radical overhaul of the public service under Carney

The Liberal platform that will guide the PM is a surprisingly status quo document that leans towards expansive, albeit more businesslike, government.

Allan Gregg

Pierre Poilievre needs to stay as leader of the Conservative Party. Here’s why

By now, it is pretty clear that the 25-point lead Pierre Poilievre enjoyed in the polls a mere four months ago had very little to do with him. He looked like a shoo-in to be the Prime Minister of Canada because he faced an extremely unpopular opponent and was catering to a very disgruntled electorate who were focused on their...

Campbell Clark

The good and unnecessarily bad of Pierre Poilievre

There were all the parts of Pierre Poilievre in Monday’s election result.There were the revved-up and frustrated young and middle-aged men responding to his call for change. There were also people who changed their political habits to stop him from becoming prime minister.All those positives. All those negatives. Sometim

Althia Raj

Jagmeet Singh might be remembered as a better NDP leader than even Jack Layton — despite brutal loss

Jagmeet Singh is a champagne socialist who doesn’t drink; a hipster, with bespoke three-piece suits; a religious Sikh who never truly connected with Quebecers nor his party’s blue-collar base. He’s not a policy wonk. He never looked like or spoke like a politician. Singh just seemed like a guy who waltzed onto the federal political scene, wanting to make a...

Les Whittington

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

At the top of the to-do list for Canada’s prime minister will be arranging to sit down with Donald Trump to discuss the devastating trade war the United States president has launched against this country. While the Liberals’ Mark Carney and the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre have vowed to fight the extensive tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, both have also...

Kelly McParland

Monday's election was a wake-up call for the Conservatives

Poilievre failed to adapt as the campaign unfolded, which cost him the election

Robin V. Sears

Pierre Poilievre is too unpopular — even among Conservative premiers — to remain as Conservative party leader

This was the most gruesome election night for the NDP since the Diefenbaker sweep in 1958. Many great MPs went down to defeat, one may hope many will return. The Liberals gained 11 points and the NDP lost the same. Its collapse allowed Liberal leader Mark Carney to be elected prime minister. But the party with the greatest right to...

Don Braid

Liberals edge closer to majority, rumours fly of NDP floor-crossings, who steps back for Poilievre?

That was the craziest election yet, and it wasn’t even over on Day 1 after the voting. The numbers were still changing Tuesday afternoon.The Liberals picked up a Bloc Quebecois-leaning seat, raising their total to 169, three short of a majority.

Andrew Phillips

Why Mark Carney needs to govern as if he won a majority

Mark Carney didn’t quite get the majority mandate he was looking for and there’s a lot of punditry out there about the problems he and the Liberals will have in managing that. It’s being called an “uncertain mandate,” a “less than strong mandate,” and the outcome has been labelled (on page one of the Star no less) an “uneasy victory.”...

Don Newman

The New State of Political Play in Carney’s Canada

Mark Carney told Canadians that his career as a central banker dealing with international financial crises had made him into a skilled negotiator. It was the argument he used to convince as many Canadians as possible that he was and is the man to deal with an unpredictable, unreliable, aggressive, and often uncontrollable President Donald Trump. Trump has slapped tariffs...

Graham Thomson

Danielle Smith tries to cloak her threats to Mark Carney but Alberta’s intentions are clear

Here is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s reaction to the federal election boiled down to one ominous sentence: “I will not permit the status quo to continue.”It is a threat disguised as an olive branch.

Aaron Wherry

Carney's win caps a remarkable turn of events — and sets up the immense challenges ahead

For the first time in nearly a century, two parties won more than 40 per cent of the vote. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Mark Carney walked onto a stage at the old Ottawa civic centre — the same hockey arena where John Turner was elected Liberal leader in 1984, the last time the Liberals tried to replace a...

Jason Markusoff

Mark Carney offered some change. Albertans wanted more. Now what will they demand from him?

Canadians have elected a prime minister who promised to pursue energy corridors across Canada, to slash project approval timelines and boosted an oilsands carbon capture project during the English leaders' debate. But this wasn't the Conservative prime minister that most Albertans were hoping for. They didn't reject the Liberals with the same ferocity and lopsided results they'd delivered to Justin...

Daniel Béland

Carney Secures Liberal Comeback

After a short yet intense campaign focused on how to strengthen our economy and protect our sovereignty in a more uncertain and threatening continental and global context, Canadians have voted and the results are in. The Liberals have done what many thought impossible barely a few months ago: they won the most seats and found a way to remain in...

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Mark Ramzy

Veteran New Democrat slams party for ‘absolutely disastrous campaign’

Former NDP MP Charlie Angus says the party ran an “absolutely disastrous campaign” that “missed the moment” and focused too much on leader Jagmeet Singh, as more New Democrats leave the door open to leadership bids. The scathing assessment — from a prominent New Democrat who placed second in the 2017 leadership race that catapulted Singh to the party’s top...

Moe says he's Canadian but wouldn't stop vote on Saskatchewan separating from Canada

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's a true Canadian but wouldn't stop a public vote on separating from the country if it came forward.Residents are allowed to trigger provincial legislation for a plebiscite on the issue, Moe told reporters Thursday."Why would you condemn Saskatchewan people that might have an opinion? I'm not about condemning people," he said.

Stephanie Ha

Conservative caucus to meet Tuesday for first time since election loss

The Conservative Party caucus is set to meet for the first time since losing the federal election with a meeting set for next Tuesday, according to an internal memo obtained by CTV News. The meeting is being called to “exercise provisions set out in the Reform Act contained in Section 49 of the Parliament of Canada Act,” the memo reads...

Stephanie Taylor

Conservatives back Poilievre, but need to see changes and contrition to avoid 'problems'

One Conservative MP said the party needs to 'heal whatever relationships we have to heal.' A reelected Conservative MP says it is important for the federal party to build relationships with provincial conservative parties and suggests there is “work to be done.” It comes as long-simmering fissures between prominent members of the Conservative Party of Canada and Ontario Premier Doug...

Rachel Aiello

‘Painful to be where we’re at’: NDP campaign director takes responsibility for party’s worst showing

Outgoing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s national campaign director is taking responsibility for the results of the 2025 federal election, the worst electoral showing in the party’s history. “It is painful to be where we’re at. It is painful for me to know that this is the campaign that I ran, and I take responsibility for the outcome,” said Singh’s chief...

Indigenous chiefs call for Alberta Premier Smith to stop stoking separatism talk

Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of "attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis" and are calling on her to stop stoking the fires of separatism. Smith's government has proposed legislation that would make it easier for citizens to call for a referendum on seceding from Canada. Chief Sheldon Sunshine of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and...

Catharine Tunney

With 24 Sussex still sitting in a sorry state, Carney to move into Rideau Cottage

With 24 Sussex Drive sitting desolate and in need of millions of dollars in renovations, the government says Prime Minister Mark Carney will soon take up official residence at Rideau Cottage. The crumbling Ottawa home on Sussex Drive had long been the official residence for Canada's prime ministers, but has sat empty since 2015 as workers dealt with mould, asbestos...

Spencer Van Dyk

Green party’s Elizabeth May open to running for House Speaker, joining Carney cabinet

Green party Leader Elizabeth May, the lone member of her party to be re-elected, says she’s open to throwing her hat in the ring for Speaker of the House when the next Parliament begins. “I’m open to lots of things,” May said in an interview with CTV News on Wednesday. “It doesn’t mean they’re at all likely, and they’re pretty...

Alexander Panetta

There are 3 steps Carney must take to get a truce from Trump

Canada's newly elected prime minister will soon meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Reaching a deal with him? That's another matter. Trump said Wednesday that Carney will visit the White House within about a week and that the PM wants to make a deal. But Carney has three major steps to get through in order to arrive at the comprehensive...

Steven Chase

Trimming F-35 order could antagonize Trump as security and trade talks get under way: analysts

The federal government says a reconsideration of its $19-billion purchase of U.S.-made warplanes is under way, a review that defence analysts warn could antagonize U.S. President Donald Trump as Ottawa and Washington prepare for talks on a new economic and security relationship. Shortly after Mark Carney took office as Prime Minister in March, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced that the...

Tonda MacCharles

Insiders say getting Donald Trump’s tariffs lifted is job one for Mark Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his goal in meeting with President Donald Trump is to achieve a new comprehensive economic and security deal with the United States.Insiders say the first order of business is less ambitious: get the tariffs lifted.

Stephanie Ha

Former Conservative leader says Poilievre ‘absolutely’ staying on, slams premiers’ criticism

Former Conservative leader and Conservative-Saskatchewan Elect Andrew Scheer says Pierre Poilievre will “absolutely” stay on as the party’s leader, despite losing his own seat and leading the party to its fourth failed attempt to defeat the Liberals. “Pierre is a fighter, and he’s doing it for the people who have been left behind for this government. That’s really what inspires...

Olivia Stefanovich

Sole Green MP Elizabeth May looks to play pivotal role in minority Parliament

Even though Elizabeth May is the only Green member of Parliament left standing after the federal election, the party leader says she wants to play a key role in the new minority Parliament. With the Liberals just a few seats shy of a majority, May said she's open to negotiating and possibly even striking a deal with Prime Minister Mark...

Darren Major

Liberals pushed Trump as key election issue, but lost seats on front lines of the trade war

As Mark Carney closed out his victory speech on election night, he reminded Canadians — as he did through much of the campaign — of the challenges posed by the ongoing tensions with the U.S. administration. "We will build an independent future for our great country," he said to the crowd. "Vive le Canada." But after touting himself as the...

Mark Gollom

How the Liberals came up short in Ontario — and lost their majority bid

Party lost 9 seats in the province, while Conservatives gained 16. Winning a fourth mandate and returning to power was certainly a victory for the federal Liberals, but it was marred by a disappointing showing in Ontario which played a significant role in costing them a majority. "Obviously, if you compare to where the Liberals were three months ago, it...

Mike Blanchfield, Ari Hawkins

Carney’s promise to take on Trump on trade will have to wait

Fresh off his election victory, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to immediately take on U.S. President Donald Trump on trade. But the White House likely won’t turn its attention to North American trade talks until later this summer — a timeline that might actually work out better for Canada.

Eleanor Wand

‘Never say never’: NDP MPs Kwan and McPherson don’t rule out leadership bids, but say that’s not the focus right now

With the fewest seats ever won, the NDP is destined for a leadership race—something some political players say presents an opportunity for the party to reposition itself in light of a devastating election defeat.

Rahim Mohamed

Smith lowers bar for Alberta referendum with separatism sentiment emerging

Alberta's premier said she wouldn't stand in the way of a citizen-led referendum on independence.

John Paul Tasker

Poilievre is making calls to shore up support as Conservatives take stock of election results

Caucus sources say Poilievre's leadership is on solid ground even after falling short in Monday's vote. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been on the phone with caucus members and party supporters in the hours since the election, trying to shore up his position after he delivered uneven results, Conservative sources told CBC News. Poilievre, who has made it clear he...

Patti Sonntag

Ottawa unveiled billions in funding days before election call — targeting millions at key Alberta ridings

STORY Just days before Prime Minister Mark Carney called the election, the federal government announced a flurry of new projects worth about $8 billion, according to an IJF analysis. The timing stood out. The announcements were posted on Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22, the final hours in which Carney and his ministers could act before the election call...

Rachel Aiello, Spencer Van Dyk

Party needs to be ‘not so extreme,’ time for ‘soul searching’: What Conservatives are saying after Poilievre defeat

Amid questions about the future of the Conservative Party and its leader Pierre Poilievre, one Progressive Conservative premier says it’s time for some “soul searching,” and one defeated member of Parliament says she thinks the party needs to not be “so extreme” going forward.

Federal election results should motivate Conservatives to 'soul search': Houston - Conservatives are great at pushing people away and "not so good at pulling people in."

Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier says the results of the federal election should prompt some "soul searching" by the national Conservative party.The Conservatives won just one of 11 seats in Nova Scotia and took only seven of Atlantic Canada's 32 seats in Monday's vote, which returned the Liberals to power for a fourth consecutive mandate.

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Trump says he'll meet with Carney at the White House 'within the next week'

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House "within the next week." "I spoke to him yesterday," Trump said of Carney. "He couldn't have been nicer and I congratulated him." Carney and Trump spoke on the phone Tuesday after the Liberals' stunning win in Monday's election -- a come-from-behind...

Kady O'Malley

Process Nerd: A (very early) look at how the new minority dynamics could play out in the House of Commons

First off, a (likely unnecessary) disclosure: Process Nerd is — and remains — a Charter member of what Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne calls ‘Team Minority.’ This ensures, via the raw power of simple mathematics, that no one party can override the will of their cross-aisle colleagues to control the House of Commons. It also means that MPs can...

Robert Benzie

Doug Ford fires back at federal Tories’ claims he ‘sabotaged’ Pierre Poilievre

Premier Doug Ford is firing back at federal Conservative charges that the provincial Tories “sabotaged” Pierre Poilievre’s campaign in Ontario.“I shouldn’t interfere in the federal election,” Ford told reporters in Mississauga on Wednesday when asked why he didn’t help Poilievre.

US Poli

Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

Hegseth orders Army to cut costs by merging some commands and slashing jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 headquarters staff in the Pentagon and shift personnel to units in the field, according to a new memo and U.S. officials familiar with the changes.

Paul Wiseman And Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press

Trump says it's Biden's economy, but businesses and economists beg to differ

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the stock market was climbing in January 2024, Donald Trump knew exactly who deserved credit: He did.

Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz expected to depart administration, sources say

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is expected to depart from the Trump administration in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January. Waltz’s job has been in limbo after it was made clear to him earlier this week that his time leading the National...

Alexander Panetta

There are 3 steps Carney must take to get a truce from Trump

International

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...

Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press

Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial beginning Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses.

Think Tank

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).

Scott E. Simon

‘One China’ second thoughts: Why Canada must support Taiwan’s resilience

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is an increasingly disruptive global power and a growing challenge to Canada. One substantial risk is that the PRC intends to annex Taiwan, which it has never controlled, and it does not rule out the option of military force. China’s increasing rate of military exercises around Taiwan indicate that it is preparing for aggression...

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

‘This really is an intergovernmental struggle’: The view from Alberta, with Jared Wesley

Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Jared Wesley, a political scientist at the University of Alberta, about how Albertans are taking the election of another Liberal government, Danielle Smith vs. Mark Carney, and the tensions between East and West.

Next Steps for the Federal Parties

Conservative MP-elect Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound - Muskoka) talks about what's next for his party and its leader Pierre Poilievre after Monday's election loss. NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona) talks about the future of her party after it failed to win official party status on Monday night and is left with just seven MPs. Former Jean Chretien chief of...

Where does Pierre Poilievre go from here?

The Conservative Party of Canada is once again the Official Opposition. Now, the Tories are grappling with the disappointing results of Monday’s election. They lost to the Liberals after leading in the polls mere months ago and their party leader, Pierre Poilievre, failed to win in his own riding. But it wasn’t a total loss. The Conservatives won 41 per...

Tariffs, Steel, and the Future of Canada's Economy, a Conversation with Matthew Shoemaker

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is an important industrial centre best known for its steel industry. But that industry is currently being threatened by the tariffs on steel and aluminium announced by the Trump administration. Our guest today is Matthew Shoemaker, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie. Mayor Shoemaker is lobbying hard across the border to change a situation he can't make...