Trudeau saves Christmas from the tax Grinch, but can he save himself?
Thank you, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada needed a belly laugh and you came through. Axing the GST on Christmas...
Don Braid
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Liberal party that refuses to dump Trudeau is heading for scrap heap
The Liberal Party of Canada can’t even raise a decent revolt against its wildly unpopular prime minister — another sign...
Danielle Smith governs more for hardliners on UCP board than the public
Premier Danielle Smith continues to play to the noisiest bleachers on the hard-line side of the United Conservative Party. The...
Byelection losses show Trudeau and the Liberals are courting extinction in general election
Canada edged closer to an early election Monday night – two ridings closer. The Liberals showed once again that they...
As Trudeau Liberals near-death experience deepens, they race around in vain hunt for allies
Chickens with their heads cut off run around in circles. In politics, the federal Liberals are starting to exhibit this...
Naheed Nenshi expected to announce Alberta NDP leadership run soon, but faces a maze of rules
Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is quiet and elusive about a potential run for the provincial NDP leadership. That’s because...
Premier Smith blasts David Parker of TBA for attacks on Poilievre and wife
This is the first time Smith has uttered a word of criticism about Parker Well, finally. Premier Danielle Smith tore...
Now TBA's Parker insults Poilievre. Will Premier Smith ever disown him?
Barely a day after begging forgiveness from his followers, Parker posted the tweet about Poilievre and his wife. It’s long...
The ugly Nenshi-Parker dust-up and the politics of personal insult
A battle of insults on social media shows how far we’ve descended into personal invective as a political weapon. All...
Trudeau has blown his term with focus on obsessions, even losing moderates
One of many effects is to drive moderate progressives into the arms of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives