Chrystia Freeland’s political estrangement from Justin Trudeau is both shocking and understandable
Shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Chrystia Freeland as his deputy PM in 2019, they began having weekly meetings...
John Ibbitson
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Trump and his tariff threat now have to be Trudeau’s top priority
He may be bluffing, but we can’t take the chance. The federal government must assume that Donald Trump intends to...
With the Laurentian elite’s power fading, a new and less stable Canada is emerging
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are unlikely to hold onto the Greater Vancouver riding of Cloverdale-Langley City in the Dec. 16 by-election...
Bloc’s demands for Trudeau government are both terrible ideas
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is making two demands of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in exchange for his party’s support...
Why Doug Ford won his by-elections and Justin Trudeau lost his
The commentariat is obsessed with the federal Liberal loss last week in the once-safe Montreal riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun. Few, in...
Could Justin Trudeau’s Senate picks veto a Tory agenda?
Justin Trudeau’s latest Senate appointments demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of the Prime Minister’s purportedly non-partisan approach. On the...
Poilievre must hold his tongue for the sake of his party’s image
No wonder Conservatives are champing at the bit for an election. This week’s cabinet retreat suggests the Liberals have simply...
Upcoming by-elections may reveal if it’s time for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to step down
Everybody is wondering whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will step down before the next federal election. They should be asking...
Pierre Poilievre makes his case for dismantling what the Trudeau government has built
TLN aired an interview with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife, Anaida, on the weekend. If Prime Minister Justin...
Kamala Harris is better for Canada – and the world – than another Trump White House
There are good reasons to believe that a Kamala Harris administration would be a friend to Canada, now that President...
Regardless of leader, the Liberals are at risk of a worse fate after Toronto-St. Paul’s by-election
The shocking result in the Toronto-St. Paul’s by-election leaves the Liberals with only one question: should they lose the next...
Freeland’s futile capital gains gambit to embarrass the Conservatives
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland appears to be attempting to embarrass Pierre Poilievre by forcing the Conservative Leader to vote against...
In Toronto-St Paul’s, the Conservatives appear to be sending a message
A few weeks ago, a friend who lives in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s heard the doorbell ring. It was...
For the good the Liberal party, Trudeau needs to think about his future
Justin Trudeau was hoping his housing budget would reverse the government's slide in popularity. Instead, things have gotten worse. For...
The Liberal’s immigration policies have accomplished the opposite of what was intended
In its well-meaning effort to encourage the migration of international students to Canada, the Trudeau government is turning swaths of...
The carbon tax is almost dead, and NDP leaders are helping to kill it
The carbon price is a dead tax walking. NDP leaders Jagmeet Singh and Wab Kinew are both helping to kill...
Jamil Jivani will fit right in with activist, populist conservatism of Poilievre
Monday’s by-election in Durham signalled a final coda for what used to be the Erin O’Toole Conservative Party and further...
Liberals face political oblivion with Trudeau at the helm
More than a decade ago, Justin Trudeau took a dispirited, strife-torn, third-place Liberal Party and recreated it in his own...
Pierre Poilievre’s carbon tax opposition is embarrassing his party on Ukraine
For no good reason, but several bad ones, the Conservatives have once again opposed an updated free-trade agreement with Ukraine...
Canada’s future prosperity, even independence hinges on the 2024 U.S. presidential election
Next Nov. 5, Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, could be elected its 47th president. If that happens...
With one video, Pierre Poilievre has taken control of the housing debate
Pierre Poilievre’s 15-minute advertisement masquerading as a mini-documentary on the housing crisis contains inaccuracies and distortions. That doesn’t matter. The...