Poll: Canadians despise Trump and distrust US
A new POLITICO/Focaldata poll finds Trump looms over Monday’s election, boosting Mark Carney and the Liberals as Canadians turn against the United States.
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
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This Canadian forged the USMCA. Now he wants to save it.
Steve Verheul used to get under the American trade negotiator’s skin.As Donald Trump’s point person on trade in the president’s first term, Robert Lighthizer was dead set on overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) — a deeply unpopular trade deal in the manufacturing-driven Rust Belt where he grew up.
Face time with Doug Ford
DOUG FORD didn’t quite give a cross-party endorsement to CHRYSTIA FREELAND for prime minister during a Wednesday interview in Toronto with POLITICO’s head of news, ALEX BURNS.But the Ontario premier could scarcely have been more glowing about Freeland — and less expressive about her primary opponents to lead the Liberal Party.
Trump allies lose patience with Canada’s promises to NATO on spending
Canada is hinting that it will accelerate plans to boost its defense spending to hit a long-elusive NATO target. But it’s looking like that’s too little, too late to avoid the wrath of the incoming Trump administration and its push to get NATO allies to spend more. Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair said Friday that Canada will make good on...
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani spotted in D.C. catching up over lunch with VP-elect JD Vance
Conservative MP JAMIL JIVANI spotted in D.C. catching up over lunch Wednesday with law school pal and Vice President-elect JD VANCE in the Senate dining room
Kirsty Duncan’s clarion call
‘NOT DAMN GOOD ENOUGH’ — KIRSTY DUNCAN says there is no time to wait. Not for tenure or equal pay. Not for an end to discrimination, harassment or worse. “I’ve made it my mission in life to fight for young women who want to do science,” says the Etobicoke North MP, who was first elected in 2008 and has served...
A Justin Trudeau Ally Nearly Quit the Party Over its Israel Policy
Justin Trudeau nearly lost a loyal Liberal lawmaker amid rising internal tensions in Canada’s Parliament over the Israel-Hamas war. Anthony Housefather, an outspoken Jewish MP from Montreal, toyed with leaving his party to join the Conservatives after most of Trudeau’s Liberals voted in favor of a non-binding motion in the House of Commons that took direct aim at Israel. It’s...
The Canadian behind the West’s massive sanctions on Russia says it’s time for Round 2
Chrystia Freeland is in her element in Davos. That was obvious when Canada’s deputy prime minister and finance minister — one woman, two jobs — jetted to the Alpine village in January to rally support for Ukraine from global influencers she’s known for 30 years. On a panel meant to bolster Western solidarity with Ukraine, Freeland traded remarks with the...
Love it or list it: Canada’s most famous fixer-upper
You might think dead rodents in the walls of the Canadian prime minister’s official residence would be cause for alarm, but you’d be wrong. After all, the pests are only the latest indignity to befall the 155-year-old mansion at 24 Sussex Drive. The government has deemed the 34-room stone building an uninhabitable fire trap with leaky plumbing and asbestos in...