Max Fawcett

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Poilievre is losing ground thanks to the Trump effect

Poilievre is losing ground thanks to the Trump effect

“Everything Trump touches dies.” That’s the phrase coined by Rick Wilson, the former Republican strategist turned anti-Trump activist and Lincoln...

Mark Carney was made for this moment

Mark Carney was made for this moment

Donald Trump isn’t joking about annexing Canada. That’s the message that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared with a group of...

Jagmeet Singh's NDP is in deep trouble

Jagmeet Singh's NDP is in deep trouble

The Carney bounce is real. After polls by EKOS and Mainstreet showed a surprising surge in Liberal fortunes, the Angus...

Mark Carney has Canada’s Conservatives running scared

Mark Carney has Canada’s Conservatives running scared

The race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and Canada’s prime minister won’t officially conclude until March 9. Based...

Donald Trump might just make Canada great again

Donald Trump might just make Canada great again

As an annoyingly stubborn optimist, I try to find the good in even the worst situations. And so, as new...

Danielle Smith still wants us to surrender

Danielle Smith still wants us to surrender

So much for that reprieve. The pro-appeasement Postmedia pundits and Conservative politicians in Canada hadn’t even completed their victory lap...

Canada’s Conservatives want their own National Energy Program

Canada’s Conservatives want their own National Energy Program

History may often rhyme, but it gets downright poetic when it comes to the Trudeaus and Alberta’s oil and gas...

Danielle Smith puts petroleum over country

Danielle Smith puts petroleum over country

Petroleum over country. For Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, that appears to be the guiding philosophy behind her unscheduled visit to...

Christy Clark crashes and burns

Christy Clark crashes and burns

Christy Clark almost certainly won’t win the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, but at least she’s already made...

How Justin Trudeau lost Canada

How Justin Trudeau lost Canada

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Justin Trudeau has laid down more than his share of...

Life after Justin Trudeau for the Liberal Party of Canada

Life after Justin Trudeau for the Liberal Party of Canada

When Justin Trudeau took over as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013, his job was to...

Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail

Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail

“The greatest happiness,” Genghis Khan famously said, “is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his...

Chrystia Freeland just changed the game

Chrystia Freeland just changed the game

Chrystia Freeland has only just begun to fight. That’s one of the many possible conclusions you can draw from her...

Canada's Conservatives can't wait to surrender to Trump

Canada's Conservatives can't wait to surrender to Trump

For all the money and privilege he was handed by his parents, Donald Trump’s most valuable inheritance might be his...

The Trudeau Liberals are officially out of ideas

The Trudeau Liberals are officially out of ideas

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals haven’t technically lost the next election yet. But in the broader battle of ideas, it sure looks...

Saving the CBC is really about saving Canada

Saving the CBC is really about saving Canada

Donald Trump’s return to the White House will transform any number of issues here in Canada, from trade and energy...

Alberta oil is about to get Trumped

Alberta oil is about to get Trumped

This was not the election result that most Canadians hoped for. According to a Leger poll taken in late October...

No, Pierre Poilievre isn’t Donald Trump. But he sure acts like him sometimes

No, Pierre Poilievre isn’t Donald Trump. But he sure acts like him sometimes

For most Canadians, Remembrance Day is a moment to reflect on the sacrifices of the past and how they helped...

There’s no win for Canada in this US election

There’s no win for Canada in this US election

As I write this, America is in the process of deciding who will be its next president. By the time...

The oil and gas emissions cap might be Trudeau's last chance

The oil and gas emissions cap might be Trudeau's last chance

Like most governments that are long in the tooth and low in the polls, there aren’t many issues left that...

The Liberals can win back young voters with this one simple trick

The Liberals can win back young voters with this one simple trick

Live by the youth vote, die by the youth vote. That’s been the story of Justin Trudeau’s nine years in...

B.C. election truthers are a bad sign for democracy

B.C. election truthers are a bad sign for democracy

With just a week to go until the United States election and the polls somehow deadlocked between Kamala Harris and...

Canada’s immigration crisis has only just begun

Canada’s immigration crisis has only just begun

Canada officially has an immigration problem. No, it’s not the one we’ve been hearing about for months now, which the...

John Rustad just taught progressives an important lesson

John Rustad just taught progressives an important lesson

Brent Chapman, the BC Conservative candidate for the riding of Surrey South, once wrote that Palestinians were “inbred walking, talking...

Alberta's emissions cap math doesn't add up

Alberta's emissions cap math doesn't add up

Who are you going to trust: the Government of Alberta or your lying eyes? That was essentially the message coming...

Pierre Poilievre's silence on India keeps getting louder

Pierre Poilievre's silence on India keeps getting louder

Sometimes, it’s what you don’t say about something that tells the real story. That seems to be the case with...

Climate alarmism won’t save the CBC

Climate alarmism won’t save the CBC

Could more urgent climate coverage save the CBC from a Pierre Poilievre government? That’s the theory that was floated by...

Climate-concerned Conservatives need to stop kidding themselves

Climate-concerned Conservatives need to stop kidding themselves

Can Conservative thinkers convince Pierre Poilievre to take climate change seriously? That’s the question that centre-right website The Hub, with...

No Chip Wilson: David Eby and Justin Trudeau are not communists

No Chip Wilson: David Eby and Justin Trudeau are not communists

Chip Wilson might be a billionaire, but he can’t buy himself a clue when it comes to politics. It’s not...

With business leaders like these, who needs enemies?

With business leaders like these, who needs enemies?

If you ran an oil and gas company into the ground while also helping dump hundreds of millions of dollars...

Danielle Smith’s supporters can’t handle the truth

Danielle Smith’s supporters can’t handle the truth

Live by the conspiracy theory, die by the conspiracy theory. That seems to be Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s guiding principle...

Mark Carney is a litmus test

Mark Carney is a litmus test

You can’t really blame Mark Carney for not taking the plunge into partisan politics just yet. The former Governor of...

The EV skeptics are running out of gas

The EV skeptics are running out of gas

The rise and spread of electric vehicles is one of the biggest stories of our century, and it’s still unfolding...

John Rustad wants to dump gasoline on BC's housing fire

John Rustad wants to dump gasoline on BC's housing fire

John Rustad was in the midst of a political comeback for the ages, one that saw him kicked out of...

When it comes to the carbon tax, the truth never stood a chance

When it comes to the carbon tax, the truth never stood a chance

This is apparently how the carbon tax ends in Canada: not with a bang but a surrender. Last week, B.C...

Jagmeet Singh and Pierre Poilievre are dancing to the same tune

Jagmeet Singh and Pierre Poilievre are dancing to the same tune

When Jagmeet Singh was selected by NDP members to replace Thomas Mulcair in 2017, it looked like they had found...

Russia’s useful idiots are out in force here at home

Russia’s useful idiots are out in force here at home

For as long as it’s been in conflict with America and its democratic allies, Russia has tried to defeat them...

It's time, Justin

It's time, Justin

When Pierre Trudeau decided it was time to leave back in 1984, he took a walk in the snow. At...

Jagmeet Singh just played himself

Jagmeet Singh just played himself

He finally did it. After months of speculation about the fate of the confidence and supply agreement that bound his...

Alberta's war room waves the white flag

Alberta's war room waves the white flag

When former Alberta premier Jason Kenney first introduced the idea of an oil and gas “war room,” it was supposed...

Our toxic politics claims its latest victim

Our toxic politics claims its latest victim

At some point, even for the toughest of cookies, enough is enough. After years of enduring threats, harassment, and even...

Pierre Poilievre doesn’t want to talk about foreign interference

Pierre Poilievre doesn’t want to talk about foreign interference

Pierre Poilievre isn’t exactly known for holding his tongue, least of all when it’s on an issue that could hurt...

Can anti-climate Conservatives actually win in BC?

Can anti-climate Conservatives actually win in BC?

When Kevin Falcon took over as the leader of the BC Liberal Party, he clearly wanted to put some distance...

Conservatives should be careful what they wish for with Carney

Conservatives should be careful what they wish for with Carney

Once again, the Conservative Party of Canada is trying to bait Mark Carney into entering the political fray. After passing...

Danielle Smith can't win without Justin Trudeau

Danielle Smith can't win without Justin Trudeau

In Alberta, depending on which conservative politician you ask, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is everything from an authoritarian tyrant to...

The one thing Pierre Poilievre can’t change

The one thing Pierre Poilievre can’t change

He just can’t help himself. With a double-digit lead in the polls and the governing Liberals clearly on the ropes...

The NDP is getting outflanked — again

The NDP is getting outflanked — again

So close and yet so far. That was the story in the 2015 federal election for the NDP, who spent...

We need a law against lying in politics

We need a law against lying in politics

Of all the lies she’s told in her political career, Danielle Smith’s latest might be the biggest yet. After insisting...

Pierre Poilievre is coming for your charter rights

Pierre Poilievre is coming for your charter rights

Most politicians would treat a 20-point lead in the polls as an opportunity to step back and let their opponent...

Danielle Smith wants all the power

Danielle Smith wants all the power

In its perpetual sea of political blue, Alberta’s two biggest cities stand out as islands of progressive resistance. In the...

Stop whining about your capital gains

Stop whining about your capital gains

Sometimes, it’s best to know when to shut up. I say this with some measure of recent experience, not to...

Young voters are calling the shots now

Young voters are calling the shots now

Young Canadians can be forgiven for being a bit confused by the latest federal budget. For the first time in...

We need more Canada, not less

We need more Canada, not less

As part of its weeks-long pre-budget rollout, the Liberal government has sent Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland out to announce a...

Danielle Smith’s latest attempt to own the libs will cost Alberta

Danielle Smith’s latest attempt to own the libs will cost Alberta

“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.” That’s the famous line said by...

Justin Trudeau should say yes to a carbon tax showdown

Justin Trudeau should say yes to a carbon tax showdown

Pierre Poilievre and the provincial premiers are spoiling for yet another fight over the carbon tax — this time in...

Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario

Doug Ford is dumbing down Ontario

There’s fierce competition in the unofficial race for Canada’s most dangerous premier, with Alberta’s Danielle Smith deliberately destabilizing her province’s...

Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger?

Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger?

Canadian progressives are slowly coming to terms with the idea, or perhaps even the inevitability, of a Pierre Poilievre Conservative...

Pierre Poilievre’s climate policy is a joke

Pierre Poilievre’s climate policy is a joke

There’s a growing irony in the carbon tax increase falling on April Fools’ Day every year, since it now offers...

Nobody really cares about renters

Nobody really cares about renters

Canada’s renters are finally getting their moment in the political sun. After a lifetime of being studiously ignored by most...

Pierre Poilievre has a Doug Ford problem

Pierre Poilievre has a Doug Ford problem

Pierre Poilievre’s pledge to get rid of housing “gatekeepers” was a nifty piece of political strategy that helped expand his...