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When the script got interrupted Donald Trump’s mask slipped

When the script got interrupted Donald Trump’s mask slipped
26.04.2026 6

The Star

Éric Blais

La peur de la peur d’un référendum

La peur de la peur d’un référendum
21.04.2026 8

Le Devoir

Éric Blais

Doug Ford’s private plane flip-flop is proof he’s lost his grip on his man-of-the-people brand

Doug Ford’s private plane flip-flop is proof he’s lost his grip on his man-of-the-people brand
20.04.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

The Conservatives are spending $1 million advertising — to themselves

The Conservatives are spending $1 million advertising — to themselves
20.04.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Did Mark Carney just do what Chrystia Freeland resigned over?

17.04.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Beware of the cult of Carney

14.04.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

What’s in a name? Toronto Port Authority’s tiny brand change has big meaning

11.04.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Marilyn Gladu’s floor-crossing reveals more about Pierre Poilievre than his podcast interviews

10.04.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

How the Fear of Trump Is Helping Quebec Sovereignty

The US president is making independence look rational in an unpredictable world

09.04.2026 20

The Walrus

Éric Blais

How a nation-building project could derail Mark Carney’s dream of a majority government

08.04.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Canada has two official languages — one of them is expendable

03.04.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Quand la marque se retourne contre vous

L’expert en marketing Éric Blais analyse les effets négatifs sur la réputation du Québec des promesses non tenues du Programme de...

26.03.2026 10

La Presse

Éric Blais

Le «bonjour» et le «merci» de Mr. Rousseau

24.03.2026 20

Le Devoir

Éric Blais

Mark Carney shouldn’t have to borrow a cottage

24.03.2026 40

The Star

Éric Blais

Donald Trump and his war secretary are insulting the public, and creatives, by acting like they’re in a game

17.03.2026 30

The Star

Éric Blais

Pop-culture filled White House war propaganda videos trigger backlash from creators

17.03.2026 30

The Star

Éric Blais

When one small bite for branding becomes one giant stumble for McDonald’s digital marketing

15.03.2026 30

The Star

Éric Blais

How Kristi Noem broke the only Trump rule that mattered

10.03.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

When it comes to the U.S., here is why Doug Ford should let others do the talking

01.03.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Mark Carney branded himself as a political outsider. Davos proves he’s an insider where it really counts

27.01.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Donald Trump’s first year was no joke. Canada needs a strategy

22.01.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Legault, like Trudeau, had worn out his welcome. Will a new Carney-like leader revive the CAQ?

16.01.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

ICE’s online posts and advertisements set a dangerous tone

13.01.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

The case for saving Canada Post door-to-door delivery — for the good of society

12.01.2026 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Maduro: You’re Fired! — Military coup makes great TV for Trump, the method acting president

05.01.2026 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Buy Canadian! But show some love for Costco — a courageous, beloved retailer taking on Trump

20.12.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Why Quebec’s Liberal scandal is a Canadian problem

16.12.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Mark Carney carries the label ‘smartest man in the room’ but that comes with a warning

03.12.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Steven Guilbeault was never going to last in Mark Carney’s cabinet

29.11.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Why the U.S. ambassador is wrong about his criticism of the Ronald Reagan tariff ads

25.11.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

This is what younger Canadians hear when Mark Carney says his budget is ‘generational’

06.11.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

La vérité – la vraie – fait mal

Éric Blais décrypte pourquoi la publicité de l’Ontario a si violemment fait réagir Donald Trump la semaine dernière, au point de relancer la...

29.10.2025 10

La Presse

Éric Blais

The real reason why Trump was so enraged by Doug Ford’s Reagan ad

28.10.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

There is one key industry that is being overlooked in the ‘Buy Canada’ movement

15.10.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

If Mark Carney wants to get it right on major projects, then he needs to learn from a time when Canada got it very wrong

02.10.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

What Doug Ford’s fixation on speed cameras is really about

27.09.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

How Mark Carney can sell a gloomy austerity budget to an already suffering country

13.09.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Doug Ford’s (painfully slow) booze dump was more than a clumsy stunt

05.09.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

‘Bad cop’ Doug Ford — ‘fists up, elbows up’ — is likely connecting with voters more than ‘good cop’ Mark Carney

04.09.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

There’s one nation-building project that Mark Carney ought to add to his list

29.08.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Ads hold up a mirror to our culture. Here’s what that Sydney Sweeney spot is really telling us

06.08.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

New York Magazine’s cover about Canadian fury got people talking. This is why it matters

21.07.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

How TikTok leverages arts partnerships to counter Canadian government actions

15.07.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Why Mark Carney’s biggest brand asset is the Justin Trudeau contrast

07.07.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

How Trump mastered the optics of power: ‘The Apprentice’ was pretend real. This is real pretend

25.06.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Mark Carney comes from the lean world of business. He’s about to show us how much his cabinet will reflect that

14.05.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais

Will Mark Carney and the Liberals learn from their near-death experience?

06.05.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

Pierre Poilievre is caught in a trap of his own making. He can’t comfortably switch from accusation to aspiration

23.04.2025 10

The Star

Éric Blais

This Quebec talk show can be a political game changer. Here’s how Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre did last night

15.04.2025 20

The Star

Éric Blais