A Prime Minister Incapable of Listening
Though the events of Chrystia Freeland’s resignation were unprecedented in modern Canadian politics, there is a sense of déjà vu...
Lori Turnbull
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As MPs Prepare to Head Home, Let the Yuletide Finger-Pointing Begin
As the holidays loom and MPs prepare to explain themselves to their friends, families, and constituents back home, there will...
The Takeaways from Tim Houston’s Nova Scotia Sweep
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston won big this week. His Progressive Conservatives won 43 of the provincial legislature’s 55 seats...
Is Tim Houston the New Doug Ford?
With the usual disclaimer that a lot can happen in a week, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and the Progressive...
The True Meaning of a Holiday Byelection
The byelection for Cloverdale-Langley City, a riding in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, has been called for December 16th...
Ritual Scapegoating vs. Divide-and-Conquer: The Role of Fed-Prov in Provincial Election Season
We are in the middle of election season. British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick have all had provincial elections in...
Why the Liberal Rebels are Not Doing What They’re Not Doing
As the Liberal Party processes the potential impact of last week’s caucus revolt against a deadline imposed by the rebels...
The Unprecedented Vulnerability of Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in an abysmal political situation, and the hits keep on coming. Before the House of...
The Bloc and the Beau Rêve of 1993
In all likelihood, barring some spectacular shift in our national political narrative, the Conservatives will win the next federal election...
Justin Trudeau’s Confidence, and Lack of Confidence
Justin Trudeau is brimming with confidence. Nothing seems to get him down – not byelection losses, not dismal polling numbers...
Welcome Back, to a Fractious, Survivalist, Precarious Parliament
For months, Canadian public opinion polls have shown such a daunting lead for the Conservatives that a majority government for...
Even in Atlantic Canada, the tide is turning on the Trudeau Liberals
Back in 2002, when he was leader of the Official Opposition, Stephen Harper decided to make himself persona non grata...
Jagmeet Singh’s Awkward, Inevitable Uncoupling
The supply and confidence agreement that tethered the Liberal government to the New Democrats has now been terminated. It was...
The Politics of Personality: Is Likeability the New White Whale?
In an era of celebrity politics, in which brand is everything, a lot hinges on the personalities of political party...