Doug Ford's diplomatic foray has all the tact of a wrecking ball
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is putting Mexico on notice. Earlier this week, in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win...
David Moscrop
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Ford's $200 bribe hits Ontario mailboxes before early vote
If you’re a resident of Ontario, the Ford government is sending you a cheque for $200. The move was announced...
Doug Ford’s private gravy train adds new passengers
Last week, Doug Ford added two new parliamentary assistants to his already bulky roster in the Ontario legislature. The Progressive...
The Liberals are caught in the balancing act of their lives
That politics is about power ought to go without saying, but we who write about those who govern us must...
Byelections suggest the Liberals are in fact cooked
The traditional wisdom in Canadian politics is that byelections don’t really matter. Perhaps, they are of some note to the...
Is Mark Carney the Liberals' saviour — or just more of the same?
The news that former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney is heading a Liberal Party economic...
Why Pierre Poilievre disowns the extremists he flirts with
Last week, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre claimed he’d never heard of the “potentially dangerous” Diagolon during an interview with...
Is It Time for Singh to Go? Once a beacon of hope for the left, the NDP is fighting for political relevance
WHEN JAGMEET SINGH was elected leader of the New Democratic Party in 2017, he was hailed as the left’s answer...
Poilievre's 'worst crime wave' rhetoric is political nonsense
Canadian politics has long been thoroughly reduced to sloganeering and sound bites. The decline of whatever capacity we had to...
Danielle Smith wants a gentler politics. She’s welcome to start
It didn’t take long for the American and Canadian right to weaponize the assassination attempt on Donald Trump against the...
Why Poilievre Will Win
IT’S PIERRE POILIEVRE’S Canada now. That’s what the pundits say. That’s what the numbers say. It’s a brave, perhaps deluded...
Loblaw Has Become an Everything Company
IF YOU LIVE in Canada, you’re probably part of the Loblaw ecosystem, whether you like it or not. The chains...
Inside Poilievre’s Ploy to Court the Working Class
Last week, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre captured the attention of a segment of the internet when he...