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Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble...
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Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble...
Henry Kissinger once reportedly quipped that, “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy; but to be America’s friend is...
It has been 14 years since Justin Trudeau called then-Conservative MP Peter Kent “a piece of shit” in the House...
With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven...
Is it possible for the beleaguered Liberal Party of Canada to make a comeback?
So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S...
When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from...
So America’s felon-in-chief thinks Canada would be a dandy addition to the United States? Donald Trump even referred to Justin...
Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys in advance of Thanksgiving: good for “Peach” and “Blossom.” The president went from pardoning turkeys...
Justin Trudeau hasn’t been getting much praise lately, but he deserves more than a little for doing something few politicians...
As Canada’s parliamentary system sputters into dysfunction, Justin Trudeau’s ability to hit the reset button for his unpopular government has...
And so, two months before the White House officially changes hands, the nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue begins. If anyone thought...
It didn’t take long for the unsettling reality of a second term for Donald Trump to show up. As everyone...
Tomorrow’s American presidential election may reveal if the clock strikes 13, the way it does in the opening line of...
The cardinal rule of politics and governance is presenting a united front to the public. Rubbing their noses in the...
No sense mincing words. For the last year, and with each passing day, it is getting clearer that Donald Trump...
Justin Trudeau is a coach in danger of losing control of the locker room. After losing one Liberal stronghold in...
For a party trailing by a country kilometre in the polls for over a year, the recent Liberal cabinet retreat...
Watching the Democratic convention in Chicago, some numbers came to mind that are telling. The United States has been a...
It is easy to see why Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become an international political superstar. When Russia invaded his country, observers...
No matter what happens three months from now, Americans will make electoral history. Either the country will elect a Black...
Once again, the world is holding its breath over events unfolding in the Middle East. With the assassination of the...
There was a ride at the Canadian National Exhibition that made the roller coaster feel like an outing in a...
Politics has always had its share of self-interested fakers masquerading as public servants. But never before has a band of...
If the Liberal Party and the Prime Minister’s Office aren’t watching the political train-wreck playing out south of the border...
Former U.S. president Richard Nixon once said, 'Well, if the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.'...
Federal politics has entered a “none-of-the-above” phase. And that means that predicting how people will vote a year from now...
The more secretive a society gets, the less democratic it becomes. As The Washington Post’s motto puts it, “Democracy dies...
How did gross incivility take over so much of the public square in both Canada and the United States? There...
Can an adult-film actress save the republic from King Donald? Given what is happening in the U.S. justice system these...
It wasn’t the biggest story coming out of Ottawa last week, but make no mistake about it, Pam Damoff’s decision...
There is a limit to how far Conservative politicians can carry the demonization of Justin Trudeau. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe...
The staggering death toll of Israel’s war of rage and vengeance demands an answer before the region is knee-deep in...
Even the most pumped-for-Trump MAGA-fool must have had a queasy moment when they saw the king of grifters on TV...
On the face of it, altering a photograph—even if you are a princess—is small potatoes. With two major wars raging...
Political leaders who can no longer hear the people are usually on their way to defeat. That is one of...
If anyone in Canada needs to fasten ice cleats to his boots, it’s Bruce Fanjoy. No matter how cold the...
Living next to Russia requires watching very closely what happens in that country. As Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has found...
Ask not for whom the polls toll, they toll for thee. That is the message Canadians are giving these days...
Apart from the Canadian public, the obvious loser in the ArriveCan scandal is the Trudeau government. After all, it takes...
To the utter disgrace of what is left of the United States’ international reputation, another “ally” is getting the shaft...
Could a good dictionary help Justin Trudeau refurbish his tarnished image? I think it could. Allow me to explain. Since...
I am the first to admit that the transformation of American politics into a lost episode of The Three Stooges...
Politics used to be a contest of ideas between parties with different visions of the country. At election time, that...
“All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.”—John Dryden, 17th century Augustan poet. Is it...
Events unfolding in the Middle East are showing just how right Canada was to call for a ceasefire in the...
Canadians are on the cusp of the most consequential election in our history. The heart and soul of the country...
Is democracy becoming a form of hope in which people no longer believe? A hint of that has surfaced in...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre continues to place Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Canada’s “most unwanted” list. Poilievre’s usual modus operandi...
So the man who wants to be prime minister had his Pinocchio moment in front of the cameras last week...
No matter what nonsense goes in Question Period—that orgy of bragging, slagging, and attempted sand-bagging that tries to pass for...
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grapples with the public request from 23 of his own MPs to advocate for a...
When it comes to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, few have more expertise than Thomas L. Friedman. The New York Times opinion...
I am one of those people hoping that justice will be done in the June assassination of Sikh activist and...
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