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GG Simon on solid ground to dismiss Poilievre’s request to recall Parliament, but if a majority of MPs asked, it could be a different story

GG Simon on solid ground to dismiss Poilievre’s request to recall Parliament, but if a majority of MPs asked, it could be a different story

Canada’s Constitution is a combination of codified acts and unwritten rules known as constitutional conventions. The codified parts provide an unambiguous legal framework for the exercise of power. The uncodified parts are less clear and, at times, open to interpretation. The relationship between the prime minister and the governor general is guided by constitutional conventions as is the relationship between...

  • 2024-12-24
  • — Hill Times
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...

  • 2024-12-24
  • — National Observer
UCP at a loss when not battling Trudeau's Liberals

UCP at a loss when not battling Trudeau's Liberals

The battle with the Trudeau Liberals has been so politically lucrative that the UCP has become addicted to it

  • 2024-12-24
  • — Calgary Herald
Bracing for a Foggy Political Holiday Season

Bracing for a Foggy Political Holiday Season

Pierre Poilievre says he wants something he knows will not be granted. Jagmeet Singh says he will do something but...

  • 2024-12-24
  • — Policy Magazine
Here’s a reason why Poilievre and the Conservatives are leading by 25 points

Here’s a reason why Poilievre and the Conservatives are leading by 25 points

Yesterday, the Liberal Party released new advertising targeting Pierre Poilievre. How much they are spending on those ads is unknown...

  • 2024-12-23
  • — Substack
I know the real Chrystia Freeland. This is who she is

I know the real Chrystia Freeland. This is who she is

Many people have described Chrystia Freeland’s dramatic resignation from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet last Monday as a moment of courage and...

  • 2024-12-23
  • — Toronto Star
Trump’s win was fuelled by climate misinformation. Will Canada be next?

Trump’s win was fuelled by climate misinformation. Will Canada be next?

The issue of climate change took a bit of a back seat in the recent U.S. presidential election. Americans were...

  • 2024-12-23
  • — The Globe and Mail
Between Scarcity and Stability: A Year-End Reflection on Canadian Public Opinion and the Road to 2025

Between Scarcity and Stability: A Year-End Reflection on Canadian Public Opinion and the Road to 2025

As we close the book on 2024, it’s been a year marked by uncertainty, shifting priorities, and evolving political loyalties...

  • 2024-12-22
  • — Abacus Data
‘The countdown has officially begun’: Ontario MPs meet, they agree it’s time for Trudeau to go

‘The countdown has officially begun’: Ontario MPs meet, they agree it’s time for Trudeau to go

The majority of Ontario’s Liberal MPs have come to the consensus that the prime minister needs to go. Saturday morning...

  • 2024-12-22
  • — Toronto Star
Canada’s newest MP is an anti-abortion social conservative who promoted creation “science.” I blame Justin Trudeau for letting her in

Canada’s newest MP is an anti-abortion social conservative who promoted creation “science.” I blame Justin Trudeau for letting her in

As Justin Trudeau takes time over the holidays to contemplate his future as prime minister, right-wing forces are seizing the...

  • 2024-12-22
  • — Toronto Star
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's train wreck of a final act

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's train wreck of a final act

On Feb. 29, 1984, Pierre Trudeau famously took a walk in the snow that, he explained the next day, inspired...

  • 2024-12-21
  • — CTV News
This new Liberal minister has a tiny window of time to ease the housing crisis. He just might do it

This new Liberal minister has a tiny window of time to ease the housing crisis. He just might do it

For years, a metaphysical question has hung over Ottawa: Who, exactly, is Nathaniel Erskine-Smith? He’s the 40-year-old three-term backbench Member...

  • 2024-12-21
  • — Toronto Star
Justin Trudeau convinced he's still the life of the party

Justin Trudeau convinced he's still the life of the party

The party’s over, Justin – time to go home Justin Trudeau is that guy at the Christmas party who just...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — Toronto Sun
Justin Trudeau and his new ministers share a short runway

Justin Trudeau and his new ministers share a short runway

One of the most momentous weeks of Justin Trudeau’s political career came to a close on Friday with arguably his...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — Toronto Star
A shuffle of elite ministers flaunting their outfits, while Trudeau huddles in the castle

A shuffle of elite ministers flaunting their outfits, while Trudeau huddles in the castle

That’s no cabinet. It’s a Palace Guard for a leader on his way to the getaway limo. The ministers appointed...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — Calgary Herald
The calls for Justin Trudeau to resign are getting louder. Jagmeet Singh may have made it easier for him to stay

The calls for Justin Trudeau to resign are getting louder. Jagmeet Singh may have made it easier for him to stay

The walls that were caving in around Justin Trudeau earlier this week came crashing down Friday. The prime minister remains...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — Toronto Star
Trudeau shuffles the deck while the nation waits for him to make up his mind

Trudeau shuffles the deck while the nation waits for him to make up his mind

The 29th ministry since Confederation now has some new members — individuals who could one day become vital or important...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — CBC News
The more at sea Trudeau has seemed, the more assured Poilievre has been

The more at sea Trudeau has seemed, the more assured Poilievre has been

The week in politics has been defined by a series of momentous events but Friday’s lame duck cabinet appointment process...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — National Post
How Trudeau turned Canadian Diplomacy into a Spectator Sport

How Trudeau turned Canadian Diplomacy into a Spectator Sport

IN NOVEMBER OF last year, I reached out to foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly’s office with a question. The prime...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — The Walrus
Trump is right to sense weakness in Canada

Trump is right to sense weakness in Canada

Those jibes from Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state are getting awfully old. Once, maybe funny. The fourth...

  • 2024-12-20
  • — Toronto Star
Trudeau’s Darkest Hour

Trudeau’s Darkest Hour

This is Justin Trudeau’s darkest hour. Even as he shuffles his Cabinet tomorrow, it will not shuffle his political future...

  • 2024-12-19
  • — GZERO Media
The problem isn’t Trudeau; it’s that prime ministers have too much power

The problem isn’t Trudeau; it’s that prime ministers have too much power

One way of looking at the crisis to which the Prime Minister has led his party, the government and the...

  • 2024-12-19
  • — The Globe and Mail
History will harshly judge Trudeau and contributors to chaos

History will harshly judge Trudeau and contributors to chaos

While Trudeau is offering little leadership in the face of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threatened 25 per cent tariffs, premiers...

  • 2024-12-19
  • — Regina Leader Post
When The Minister of Everything Ran Out of Patience

When The Minister of Everything Ran Out of Patience

BY THE END of the Liberals’ first term, in 2019, Justin Trudeau’s public image had been tarnished by a series...

  • 2024-12-19
  • — The Walrus
Trudeau is finished. Carney and LeBlanc are the ones to watch in a Liberal leadership race

Trudeau is finished. Carney and LeBlanc are the ones to watch in a Liberal leadership race

  • 2024-12-18
  • — The Globe and Mail
Chrystia Freeland knows how to handle autocrats and little boys like Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau doesn’t have a clue

Chrystia Freeland knows how to handle autocrats and little boys like Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau doesn’t have a clue

On Monday night, Donald Trump turned to Truth Social to trash Chrystia Freeland, describing their past tussles, when Freeland was...

  • 2024-12-18
  • — Toronto Star
Justin Trudeau and the Liberals gather for a holly jolly family fight

Justin Trudeau and the Liberals gather for a holly jolly family fight

On 30 Rock, there’s a moment in which Tina Fey’s character, Liz Lemon, says, “What a week, huh?” to Alec...

  • 2024-12-18
  • — The Globe and Mail
New Report Documents How AI “Schemes” To Mislead and Manipulate Human Users

New Report Documents How AI “Schemes” To Mislead and Manipulate Human Users

  • 2024-12-18
  • — National Newswatch
Crisis or Opportunity for the Liberal Government? Trudeau needs to announce that he will resign as PM effective January 6

Crisis or Opportunity for the Liberal Government? Trudeau needs to announce that he will resign as PM effective January 6

  • 2024-12-17
  • — National Newswatch
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...

  • 2024-12-18
  • — National Observer
A Prime Minister Incapable of Listening

A Prime Minister Incapable of Listening

Though the events of Chrystia Freeland’s resignation were unprecedented in modern Canadian politics, there is a sense of déjà vu...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — Policy Magazine
Freeland departs, after a heroic effort to hold the deficit to $62-billion

Freeland departs, after a heroic effort to hold the deficit to $62-billion

In fairness to the Prime Minister, who knew that if you spent three months undermining your own Finance Minister, refusing...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — The Globe and Mail
Chrystia Freeland made it clear: There is no Liberal government. There is only Justin Trudeau

Chrystia Freeland made it clear: There is no Liberal government. There is only Justin Trudeau

Canadians owe Chrystia Freeland a debt of gratitude. Not because of a noble sacrifice or a selfless act — she...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — Toronto Star
It’s time for the cowardly lions in the Liberal caucus to stand up and be heard

It’s time for the cowardly lions in the Liberal caucus to stand up and be heard

Another by-election, another massive defeat for the governing Liberals. On Monday night, it was citizens in Cloverdale—Langley City, in Metro...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — Toronto Star
Trade Talk: Make no mistake. Canada's posturing plays directly into Donald Trump’s hands

Trade Talk: Make no mistake. Canada's posturing plays directly into Donald Trump’s hands

  • 2024-12-17
  • — National Newswatch
Chrystia Freeland stands up for Canada

Chrystia Freeland stands up for Canada

Chrystia Freeland has never been my favourite politician. Her positions are too left-leaning, her speaking style off-putting. Her interview with...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — National Post
Chrystia Freeland lost confidence in Justin Trudeau — and she showed it in the most damaging way possible

Chrystia Freeland lost confidence in Justin Trudeau — and she showed it in the most damaging way possible

It wasn’t Chrystia Freeland’s announcement Monday that she was quitting as finance minister that marked the third and final act...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — Toronto Star
It’s time for Justin Trudeau to resign

It’s time for Justin Trudeau to resign

There’s nothing extraordinary about tension between a prime minister and his ministers. Nothing particularly unusual about disagreements between the Prime...

  • 2024-12-16
  • — Toronto Star
This is Justin Trudeau’s worst day as prime minister — and it’s unlikely he’ll recover

This is Justin Trudeau’s worst day as prime minister — and it’s unlikely he’ll recover

Justin Trudeau has had many bad days as prime minister. But Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 will likely come to be...

  • 2024-12-16
  • — Toronto Star
Chrystia Freeland just exposed ‘proud feminist’ Justin Trudeau for who he really is

Chrystia Freeland just exposed ‘proud feminist’ Justin Trudeau for who he really is

In a speech to a feminist political charity in Ottawa Tuesday night, Justin Trudeau lamented the election of Donald Trump...

  • 2024-12-16
  • — Toronto Star
Where does Justin Trudeau go without Chrystia Freeland?

Where does Justin Trudeau go without Chrystia Freeland?

Back in 2018 — after her star turn as the minister who took on Donald Trump — Chrystia Freeland was...

  • 2024-12-17
  • — CBC News
Chrystia Freeland’s political estrangement from Justin Trudeau is both shocking and understandable

Chrystia Freeland’s political estrangement from Justin Trudeau is both shocking and understandable

Shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Chrystia Freeland as his deputy PM in 2019, they began having weekly meetings...

  • 2024-12-16
  • — The Globe and Mail
Chrystia Freeland's savage exit

Chrystia Freeland's savage exit

Who saw Chrystia Freeland pulling a gun, after Justin Trudeau unsheathed a knife? The finance minister is an unlikely champion...

  • 2024-12-16
  • — National Post