We’ve all embraced ‘Buy Canadian.’ So why hasn’t the federal government?
We’re all about “Buy Canadian” these days, aren’t we? Except, it seems, for the federal government, which has chosen this...
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Donald Trump is a blatant hypocrite when it comes to free speech, but he’s far from the only one
On Day One of the second term of his presidency Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Freedom of...
Chrystia Freeland stopped by the Star’s newsroom, her political baggage in tow
It can’t be easy being Chrystia Freeland these days. It’s February, a particularly cold one, and she’s dragging herself all...
Why Canadians need to hold onto their anger at Donald Trump
Canadians are mad. Oh boy, are we mad! I feel it; I bet you feel it too. Almost every commentator...
I may have figured out Trump’s sudden obsession with Canada
One of the most puzzling things about Donald Trump’s tariff tirades is the country he chooses to put most directly...
I get why four in 10 young Canadians want to join the U.S.
No way, no how. That’s the message from Canadians to Donald Trump’s taunts about becoming the 51st state. At least...
Instead of a show of strength, Canada is cracking under threats from Trump
“You never know how strong you are,” said the late, great Bob Marley, “until being strong is the only choice...
Holy heck, that Mark Carney launch was a letdown
Mark Carney came to the official launch of his campaign for the federal Liberal leadership on Thursday as the favourite...
A beaten down Trudeau leaves behind a mess that could have been avoided
Justin Trudeau, not to put too fine a point on it, looked like hell when he came out to announce...
Trump is right to sense weakness in Canada
Those jibes from Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state are getting awfully old. Once, maybe funny. The fourth...
Justin Trudeau’s Team Canada approach to Donald Trump looks, from the outside, like a total mess
I hope there’s a method to the oddly disjointed response that the Trudeau government and the premiers are displaying to...
I’m impressed: Donald Trump is delivering a master-class on raw political power
I must confess: my admiration for Donald Trump’s political skills grows with each passing day. Don’t confuse this with admiration...
Despite humiliating dinner with Trump, Trudeau is showing leadership
I’m glad Justin Trudeau managed to get face to face with Donald Trump and make the case that Canada shouldn’t...
Justin Trudeau is already getting it wrong on Trump
We’re going to be fine, just fine. That’s the message coming from the Trudeau government in the wake of Donald...
Trump won the working-class vote and Poilievre’s Conservatives are well on the way to doing just that too
Like a lot of Canadians, I thought I knew quite a bit about the United States. After all, I lived...
Don’t be fooled into thinking Canadians have soured on immigration — the truth is remarkable
The headline number on the reduction of immigration targets announced on Thursday by the Trudeau government is massive — a...
One outcome is clear in the B.C. election — Justin Trudeau lost
They’re still trying to figure out exactly what happened in the British Columbia election over the weekend. But one thing...
The rest of the world knows the best tool to fight climate change. Canada is abandoning it.
Canada’s carbon pricing plan is on its political death bed. Everyone but its closest family (the Trudeau government) has given...
Justin Trudeau bends over backwards for America
There’s not much doubt what was on the minds of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet when members met in Halifax this week...
Canada is pouring billions into an EV industry it seems unwilling to protect
I realize that tariffs and electric vehicles aren’t the most alluring subject in mid-August, when we’re trying to hold on...
A federal minister wanted Canadian soldiers to serve as props at a pop concert. It’s just the latest way the Trudeau government has treated national security as a joke
You can’t be too careful these days. With all the fake news, misinformation and AI-generated “deep fakes” out there you...
Nothing reflects better on Joe Biden’s long career than his decision to leave the presidential race. But it was still a political execution
“Nothing in his life,” Shakespeare wrote in “Macbeth” of a nobleman who faced his execution with dignity, “became him like...
Will someone please tell us already how exactly our democracy is being undermined?
If you ever studied philosophy you’ll be familiar with Plato’s allegory of the cave. The philosopher described people who’ve spent...
Canadian politicians stand accused of colluding with hostile foreign governments. We deserve to know which ones
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau believes deeply in the importance of maintaining confidence in our democratic institutions. We know this because...
How did Justin Trudeau screw up so badly? Maybe the answer was hiding in plain sight
The question I have these days about Justin Trudeau is not “will he run again?” (which is unknowable at the...
Despite best efforts, Justin Trudeau can’t direct attention away from the carbon tax
Governments often use budgets to change the channel from what their opponents want to talk about to what they want...
It’s no wonder a national security official felt compelled to leak information to the media
When information about China’s interference in Canadian politics was leaked to the news media more than a year ago, the...
Why do so many ignore facts, like the carbon tax works? Because we’re hard-wired to follow the pack
I’ve been thinking a lot about thinking — about how we come to believe what we believe and the tendency...
Miserable young Canadians threaten to make Justin Trudeau feel their pain
Averages can be terribly misleading. If you’ve got your feet in the freezer and your head in the oven, it’s...
Liberals divided, NDP embarrassed, nothing accomplished: the sad story of a meaningless debate over Palestinian statehood
What a weird way to make foreign policy — or whatever it was that members of Parliament occupied themselves with...
Canadians are going to pay for climate change with or without a carbon tax
The consumer carbon tax is dying in Canada – and with it dies a rare and admirable attempt to treat...
Predictable, legitimate protesting should not have led to Justin Trudeau-Giorgia Meloni dinner cancellation
Toronto police say they’re “reviewing” what happened during a protest on Saturday night that led to cancellation of a dinner...
It's hard not to think that the Liberals have given up
There’s a heartbreaking scene near the end of the First World War movie “Gallipoli” in which Australian soldiers are preparing...
Wab Kinew’s Manitoba election a victory for unity and redemption
Wab Kinew’s victory in Manitoba this week is the most hopeful sign in Canadian politics in an awfully long time...