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If Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had asked me whether he should go on Joe Rogan’s podcast in the United States this week, I would have told him, “No.” I would have been wrong. Poilievre’s appearance on the world’s No. 1 podcast may well mark the moment when he began turning around Canadian voters’ impression of him.
Is it too late for Pierre Poilievre? The Conservative leader gave an impressive speech this past week to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto in which he laid out a Conservative strategy for dealing with the erratic and very anti-Canadian U.S President Donald Trump. “Canada cannot control the decisions of foreign presidents,” Poilievre said. “But we can control the...
I want the pipeline to the West Coast to succeed. And I want the federal Conservatives to knock off the Liberal government. So why do I agree with the Liberals that Tuesday’s opposition motion in the Commons to get MPs to show support for the pipeline was a “cheap political stunt” and “immature?”
Don’t get me wrong, anything that moves Canada closer to its two-per-cent-of-GDP commitment for national defence spending is a good thing. I’m not sure we can instantly achieve the many good things Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Monday in a speech in Toronto. For instance, Carney promised to raise defence spending to two per cent from 1.7 per cent of...
Electric vehicle sales in Canada have collapsed. Both Statistics Canada and AutoTrader, the online marketplace for new and used cars, released reports in the past week showing that EV sales have declined sharply, as have the number of car shoppers who would consider a switch away from ICEs (internal combustion engines) to an EV.
So, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is unhappy with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her hints at a separation referendum next year in Alberta. Well, the feeling is mutual. Ford isn’t very popular or respected in Alberta. I’ve taken to calling Ford the Liberal Premier of Ontario. I know he styles himself as a Conservative, but after his behaviour during the...
Smith has continued to pursue a diplomatic course with the Trump administration, quietly building contacts that might influence the U.S. president.
Justin Trudeau told reporters Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s goal “is to destroy the Canadian economy so he can try to annex the country.” The prime minister is channelling his inner drama teacher again.
With the announcement by former B.C. Premier Christy Clark that she would not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party, the race is really down to two people who have not yet officially declared: former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Don’t fear separation. Since the Bloc replaced the NDP as the Trudeau Liberals’ crutch, there has been a mild revival of the old, “OMG, we’re on the verge of losing our country!” hysteria.
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s fed up with the Liberals because the Trudeau cabinet decided to send the lockout/strike affecting the country’s two major railways to binding arbitration. Singh would have preferred the work stoppage be settled at the bargaining table rather than at a Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) hearing.
