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In the high-stakes political poker game that is federal politics, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre just dished out a resounding “tell.” Experienced poker players define a “tell” as a gesture, habit, expression or twitch that gives away the relative strength of his or her hand. Poilievre’s tell comes via an unprovoked video posted on social media Monday morning calling for major...
Over the past year, Prime Minister Mark Carney has demonstrated an ability to push back against bullying by the United States without provoking the bully into a more aggressive response. Canada hasn’t prevailed in every skirmish with President Donald Trump, but our prime minister’s calm resolve has not made the situation worse. Unfortunately, it appears Carney’s role as the nuanced...
For weeks now, political reporters have been trying to figure out exactly which version of Pierre Poilievre is going to rise from the political ashes of last April’s federal election. The leader of the Conservative party and former Opposition leader lost his seat and is in the early stages of campaigning for a byelection in the Alberta riding of Battle...
The mug is almost perfect. Almost. As Mark Carney appears from a closet-sized, glass-walled pod in a downtown Winnipeg workshare space, he carries a blue mug with a maple leaf on one side, and the word “Vancouver.” “You know what?” Carney says to one of his staffers as a photographer starts to click away, “I don’t think I should have...
Faced with relentless attacks from his political enemies and declining support among voters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned to a rather unusual narrative to snatch his political career out of the jaws of defeat. The power of positive thought. At a byelection campaign event Wednesday at Liberal byelection candidate Ian MacIntyre’s Elmwood-Transcona headquarters on Henderson Highway, an energetic Trudeau...
In a desperate bid to boost his popularity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned to an odd strategy: he announced harsh new levies against Chinese-made electric vehicles. It might not seem obvious why tariffs on Chinese EVs would be connected to Trudeau’s efforts to rebuild political support but the more you look at tariffs, the more you realize the benefits...
Tru-deau (noun): Canadian shorthand for politically unpopular; leader who is generally culpable for everything wrong with Canada; slang for entitled and aloof. One of the realities of being a political columnist is that once people I meet find out what I do, they offer me unprompted, unsolicited political opinions. And right now, those opinions usually focus on Prime Minister Justin...