Deveryn Ross

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Changes must be made to preserve election integrity

Changes must be made to preserve election integrity

The Conservatives have every right to be angry, and every reason to demand that something substantive finally be done to prevent foreign election interference. In the early hours of yesterday morning, U.S. President Donald Trump decided to blow off some steam via his Truth Social account, with Canada’s election as the target. He wrote: “Good luck to the Great people...

A referendum on Poilievre

A referendum on Poilievre

A number of political pundits across the nation claim that the decisive issue in the 2025 federal election — the “ballot-box question” upon which the outcome of the election will be decided — is which party and leader will most effectively stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration on matters of trade and security. Other pundits suggest...

Not the change Canadians want

Not the change Canadians want

During Thursday night’s English-language leaders’ debate, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told Liberal Leader Mark Carney that “We need a change, and you, sir, are not a change.” He’s right on the first part, but wrong on the second. For more than two years, while Justin Trudeau occupied the Prime Minister’s Office, national and regional public opinion polls consistently revealed...

Mark Carney in the political crosshairs

Mark Carney in the political crosshairs

A strategy focused on winning, not pleasing political pundits

A strategy focused on winning, not pleasing political pundits

For the past several weeks, many of the nation’s top political pundits have struggled to make sense of the response by Pierre Polievre’s Conservatives to the resignation of former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the landslide election of Mark Carney as Liberal leader, and the massive shift in the polls that occurred in the time between those two events.

Take the threats seriously

Take the threats seriously

Some of Canada’s European G7 counterparts think the United States isn’t serious about making Canada America’s 51st state. In remarks following this week’s gathering of G7 foreign ministers in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, told reporters that “I think many of my colleagues coming here thought this issue was still a joke and that...

Time for the Shawinigan handshake

Time for the Shawinigan handshake

While millions of Canadians celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of our flag, I am also remembering another anniversary. Thirty-nine years ago today, then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was in Hull, QC to celebrate Flag Day. After the event was over, he was confronted by an angry protestor, who came within inches of the PM. In response, Chrétien grabbed the...

Ad loses more votes than it wins

Ad loses more votes than it wins

The editorial in today’s newspaper discussed the changes that have occurred in public opinion polls over the past month. What was once a seemingly huge and insurmountable lead in favour of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives has shrunk to the point where, as the editorial contends, the next federal election campaign could be much closer than many Canadians expected. The Liberals have...

NDP misread voters, squander lead

Bigger ghosts in Mulcair's closet