Trump election threatens to upend Liberal policy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals may be anxious about the rise of Pierre Poilievre, but their real problem isn’t the...
Tasha Kheiriddin
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In the age of Trump, Canada must stem the refugee tide
U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump is not just revving his engines — he is ready to go. There have been a...
Canada had an immigration system we were proud of. Then Trudeau came along
Justin Trudeau hopes to be remembered for many things: legalizing marijuana, increasing family support payments, renegotiating NAFTA, and steering the...
The sharks are circling Trudeau. There's blood in the water
The sharks are circling the tank. Yesterday, former BC Premier Christy Clark made headlines for eyeing the Liberal leadership, when...
Trudeau's interference allegations a dramatic act of self-preservation
Love him or hate him, you’ve got to give Justin Trudeau credit. He is the political equivalent of a cockroach...
Liberals play diaspora politics to hide their failure to address foreign interference
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Mélanie Joly is the one gaslighting Canadians about antisemitism
“Antisemitic mobs take to the street shouting, ‘From Palestine to Lebanon, Israel will soon be gone.’ … Will the government...
Foreign interference hearings are the best spy show going
As Parliamentarians spar over a DOA non-confidence motion and the prime minister chats with late-night host Stephen Colbert, the drama...
Trudeau to Canadians — how dare you not vote Liberal?
It’s not me, it’s you! If you’re wondering why the Liberals lost this week’s byelection in the supposedly safe seat...
Carney should be careful. We all know what happens to Trudeau's friends
As if former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s resume wasn’t long enough, he has added a new title: Special...
Pierre Poilievre is plundering Jagmeet Singh's voter base
As the federal Liberal caucus retreats to Nanaimo to grapple with its miserable poll numbers, the Conservatives and NDP battle...
Trudeau doesn't want you to own a home — he wants to be your landlord
Everyone agrees that Canada faces a housing shortage. But it’s not a shortage of homes: it’s a shortage of homes...
Kamala Harris, Populist
Watching this week’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention, three things stood out. The first was the endless loop of...
Trudeau's 'independent' Senate is a sham
Who knew Canadians cared so much about the Senate? Congratulate an old friend on his appointment to the Upper House...
On EVs, Trudeau puts politics ahead of national security
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a tear. This week he trotted out the b-word — “baloney” — to describe...
Liberal immigration policy risks turning Canada into terrorist haven
The federal Liberal government has a lot of policy failures to answer for: a sluggish economy, ballooning debt and numerous...
Trudeau Liberals face ruin in pair of byelections
What’s in a byelection? These days, a lot. The Liberals’ loss in the supposedly safe seat of Toronto—St. Paul’s in...
China aims to keep Mélanie Joly in line — is she even aware?
Whenever a Canadian politician travels abroad, it’s always useful to see how the foreign press reports on their trip. It...
J.D. Vance heralds a tsunami of North American populism
He cuts cuts a generational figure similar to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre
Trump Shooting Must Unite America
Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump has provoked a gamut of reactions. Shock, horror, and grief for the victims top...
Trudeau taking the heat from NATO allies for cheaping out on defence spending
Canada is a cheapskate. We’re that friend who always “forgets” their wallet when they join you for dinner, who never...
Trudeau's Canada Day message fell as flat as his polling numbers
If you want a preview of the next election campaign, just watch the Canada Day messages from Prime Minister Justin...
Does the Toronto—St Paul's byelection presage the end of Justin Trudeau?
On Monday, voters participating in the Toronto—St Paul’s byelection delivered a clear message to the incumbent Liberal government: it’s time...
High immigration could see Quebec emigrate from Canada
If times are good, immigration does not drive politics. If times are bad, immigrants fast become a lightening rod —...
Capital gains changes are nothing more than a middle-class tax hike — and voters know it
Watch closely. That’s what Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland wants Canadians to do, as parties vote this week on the government’s...
On NSICOP, we don’t need names. We need action.
To name or not to name? That’s the question hanging over Ottawa like a bad smell, ever since the National...
Brace for a possible tsunami of illegal migrants if Trump is re-elected
What would a second Donald Trump presidency mean for Canada? There has been much speculation, ranging from ripping up the...
Young people are taught to hate Canada. Mandatory service could fix that
Call it smart, call it a stunt, it’s what everyone in Britain is talking about — and what we should...
Canada is spiralling into disorder under catch-and-release bail policies
Four people killed, including a baby and his grandparents. A horrific head-on collision on Canada’s busiest highway that could have...
Liberal foreign interference bill won't stop Chinese meddling
The most one can say about the Liberals’ foreign interference legislation is “better late than never.” Bill C-70, An Act...
Labour vote turns right as Liberals continue to fail workers
Workers of the world, unite! This is your moment. Across the globe, parties are courting the labour vote, as life...
Anti-Israel hate marches holding the rest of us hostage while Trudeau shrugs
Canada used to be a nation of peace, order, and good government. Not anymore. You’d be hard pressed to find...
Confessions of a Spendaholic
Remember the Shopaholic book series of the early 2000’s? Author Sophie Kinsella made bank on the overspending adventures of her...
Israel must ignore the likes of Mélanie Joly and rally to the fight against Iran
“Take the win.” That was the advice given by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to Israel Foreign Affairs Minister Israel...
The Long Game
This week we learned what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew about interference by the People’s Republic of China in Canada’s...
Diaspora Nation
Immigration has built Canada since its earliest days. While maintaining harmony in a nation as diverse as ours can be...
Liberals' blind opposition to LNG is making us poorer and less safe
“Not interested.” Those are the words of Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, when asked whether the federal government...
High-trust Japan shows just how low public safety standards are in Canada
Spend two weeks in a foreign country and you’re bound to compare it to home. Whether it’s the stunning architecture...
Brian Mulroney, the last gentleman prime minister
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be remembered for many things. He won an election on free trade and opened new...
Trudeau brings in substandard pharmacare to stay in power
Is pharmacare doomed to fail? Last week, Quebec announced that it would opt out of the Liberal-NDP plan for a...
Liberals denigrate Canada, no wonder the military can't recruit
Who will fight for Canada? With all the sabre-rattling happening around the world, and the possibility of an isolationist president...
ArriveCAN could be the nail in the Liberals' political coffin
By the numbers, the federal government’s ArriveCAN app is a disaster. Designed during the pandemic to pre-screen travellers to Canada...
Poilievre's promised car thief crackdown a reckoning for Trudeau
Justin Trudeau stole your car. Did that get your attention? It’s not true, of course: the prime minister has a...
Poilievre is leaving Trudeau in the dust — here's how to keep it that way
It was a banner year for the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre. They amassed a commanding lead at the...
Liberals put all their bets on campaigning against ... Donald Trump
It’s retreat week for two of Canada’s top three political parties. The Liberal cabinet is hunkered down in Montreal, talking...
If Trudeau really cared about the ICJ, he'd join Israel's side in court
As South Africa’s case accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza comes before the International Court of Justice, many nations...
Liberals blind as aggressive immigration damages economy
Canada’s immigration policies are damaging the economy. That’s the finding of Canada’s top bank economists, who issued a dire warning...
Shadows of elitism, luxury vacations haunt Liberals into 2024
Settle in, voters of Canada: the next federal election likely won’t be until 2025. That’s an eon away in political...
New year, same problems, same inept leadership from Justin Trudeau
The year is only a few days old, yet it feels like we’re stuck in 2023. Russia remains at war...
Anti-Israel propaganda is everywhere and the Liberals are benefitting
What happened to Canadian youth’s love-in with the Conservative Party? Last month, Gen Z couldn’t get enough of the Tories...
Legault wants to kill Quebec's English universities. He must be stopped
Let’s not mince words: Quebec Premier François Legault wants to kill Montreal’s English universities. On Thursday the Quebec government announced...
Speaker Greg Fergus knew better, he should resign
Some columns you just hate to write. This is one of those columns. But I’m writing it anyway, because if...
Another sham inquiry into foreign interference
Is Judge Marie-Josée Hogue the new David Johnston? The Quebec Court of Appeals judge was appointed in early September to...
Catherine Tait makes the case for abolishing the CBC
Who needs Pierre Poilievre when you have Catherine Tait? If CBC was worried about the Conservative leader making the case...
First Nations sue over 'discriminatory' carbon tax — will Guilbeault resign?
A month after the federal government exempted home heating oil from its punitive carbon tax, another group is demanding a...
Canada, the land of imported ethnic conflicts
Immigration built Canada: does it now risk tearing our country apart? That is the troubling takeaway from a Leger report...
NDP starting to lose faith in Singh and his unholy Liberal alliance
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is still standing, sort of. Singh got an 81 per cent endorsement from delegates to his...
The civilized world finally sees Hamas for the murder cult that it is
Martin Luther King Jr. said, “wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.” On Saturday, Hamas proved it has...
National pharmacare plan too high a price to pay to keep Liberals in power
In the wake of the incident where the House of Commons gave a former Waffen SS soldier a standing ovation...
Streaming over-reach another reason for Conservatives to disband the CRTC
On Friday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued new “registration regulations,” as part of its expanded mandate under...