"Delivering the absolute best future"
Justin Trudeau wants an election about his values. I’m going to devote two posts to Justin Trudeau’s appearance this week...
Paul Wells
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Small sticks: Poilievre's housing bill would have had almost no effect on home construction. If it even worked.
I continue to be amused by the widespread belief that Pierre Poilievre has said almost nothing about how he would...
'No public events scheduled.' The PM is on a national campaign tour. He lies about it every day - Paul Wells
Here’s Justin Trudeau at the Saldenah Mas Camp in Toronto on July 18. Volunteers spend months making costumes every year...
Should the Senate block the notwithstanding clause?
I think a sleeper issue, in our age of political turmoil, is the question of how much latitude new governments...
Benefit of hindsight - Feel free to start coming back any time, big guy
Well, of course I saw it coming all along. What kind of fool could have imagined the Liberal in Toronto...
Poilievre takes the dare When springing a trap, try not to give six weeks' notice
Somebody should write a book about Justin Trudeau and boxing metaphors. One reason Trudeau won that fight in 2012, he...
A matter of expectations - Alberta and opioids III: You can't always just stop
Street family My tour guide for much of my visit to Edmonton was Dr. Monty Ghosh, a clinician who’s on...
Alberta's system builder - Alberta and opioids II: Marshall Smith's ambitious campaign
The Alberta model, made in BC “I, as you know, have been everywhere in this field, from eating out of...
Justin Trudeau has thrived on being counted out. Now he’s facing tougher odds than ever
What’s ahead for Canada’s long-serving prime minister and the government he dominates? Veteran journalist Paul Wells, an observer of national...
Justin Trudeau didn’t start the fire. But the Prime Minister helped stoke Canada’s political polarization
Justin Trudeau led the federal Liberals into the 2015 election on a promise to give the middle ground back to...
Meals on wheels - A traveling prime minister offers to work with provinces. Later.
One tries to guard against cheap cynicism. On Monday the Prime Minister of Canada continued his long pre-budget tour by...
Not justified and unreasonable - A narrow defeat for Trudeau on the Emergencies Act
As victories go, I’ve seen bigger. Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley spends a lot of time trimming the challenge to...
Poking the swells - Pierre Poilievre wants you to know who he doesn't like
You can tell whether a politician thinks he’s made a gaffe by what he does next. Last night on the...
"It's taking away from readiness"
A top officer in the Canadian Armed Forces says work at home makes work abroad harder. You know how they...
A "generational challenge" in naval readiness
That was a hell of a video that Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, put...
Toomas Ilves on living in Russia's shadow
Did you know Skype was Estonian? At least that’s the story I heard on my first trip to Estonia in...
The Fool: Pierre Poilievre knows this is a show. For now it gives him power.
1. The dumb scrum One reason I don’t like to play along with subscribers who assume this newsletter is a...
The Fool: Pierre Poilievre knows this is a show. For now it gives him power.
1. The dumb scrum. One reason I don’t like to play along with subscribers who assume this newsletter is a...
Our dumb country (an occasional series)
Readers should be warned that today’s post will take the form of a “shaggy dog story,” the term of art...
Green shifting: Carbon taxes are hard. The Liberals have blown hot and cold for years.
I think the best way I can make sense of Justin Trudeau’s surprising tactical retreat on carbon taxes is to...
This Quebec university tuition thing
I managed to get on the phone with Graham Carr earlier this week. He’s the president of Concordia University, so...