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Freeland was a continuation of the utopian virtue-signalling of a Trudeau era that was less rigorous about results

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When revealed in all its gory glory, the deficit may be not only substantial but substantially more than last year

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Ivison: Canada’s multi-billion dollar bet on EV battery plants is 'disastrous' policy, Balsillie says

Ivison: Canada’s multi-billion dollar bet on EV battery plants is 'disastrous' policy, Balsillie says

The co-founder of Blackberry, Jim Balsillie, joins veteran policy adviser Robert Asselin and John Ivison to discuss Canada's outdated...

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Carmakers that don’t hit Ottawa's arbitrary target — which will be all of them except Tesla — will have to buy credits from Tesla to comply

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His political authority rests on the perception of competence and, if the economy slows further, people will start doubting he has it

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This dispute goes far beyond a wage negotiation — it is about the kind of country that Canada wants to become

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John Ivison: Canada's best strategy is patience, not elbows

Donald Trump’s attention is elsewhere, and that should suit Canada fine; the status quo is working better for this country than any other

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Recognition of a Palestinian state would vindicate Hamas’s strategy that jihad, violence and blood sacrifice is how you get what you want

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Recognition of a Palestinian state would vindicate Hamas’s strategy that jihad, violence and blood sacrifice is how you get what you want

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John Ivison: Canada's best strategy is patience, not elbows

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The sell-off of WonderFi to Robinhood is being called another example of Canada giving away its best ideas

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John Ivison: Carney will have to cut the uncuttable — if he has the guts

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But there is sadness, trauma and apprehension hidden behind the recovery

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The G7 was founded to promote free trade, multilateralism and co-operation. Its predominant member doesn’t advocate those things anymore

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Ivison: President Trump, the G7 and Canada's new ‘realistic’ foreign policy

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For years, there was no political payback in increased defence spending, so governments didn’t bother. Much has changed

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Ivison: The future is nuclear but we need pipelines too

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Wooing Sikh voters while turning a blind eye to Khalistani sympathizers worked well for Poilievre's party during the election

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The Main Estimates suggest that the prime minister's message of restraint has fallen on deaf ears in Ottawa

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The focus of the speech, read by King Charles, was economic, without prattling on about equity, diversity and climate change

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Information manipulation poses the single biggest threat to Canadian democracy, concluded commissioner Marie Josée Hogue, in her  final report...

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John Ivison: Punitive taxes are killing the legal cannabis industry

Illicit producers still control between one quarter and a half of the market, partly because a punitive excise tax regime raises costs for legal...

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What the first day fumbles suggest is that Carney’s hopes of having a more 'traditional' cabinet government are a little impulsive

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Ivison: Carney's cabinet has too many 'downtown Toronto, urban progressives'

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A failure to accommodate shifting circumstances is prompting questions inside the party about whether a 45-year-old man can truly change

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The prime minister exited the Oval Office, and the most intense experience of his brief political career, with his dignity intact

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They could grind down opponents with enough time. But the Liberals moved too quickly to dump Trudeau and install Carney for the plan to work

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John Ivison: In a disappointing election night for all, Liberals had the least bad luck

The Liberals will be disappointed that they fell short of a majority. But everything is relative. Three months ago, they were nearly dead

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John Ivison: On campaign's final weekend, the Grits have the momentum

Mark Carney has succeeded in branding himself as the man to address the fears of millions about the Trump administration

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John Ivison: Fresh questions about Carney's strategy on Trump

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Whether the Liberal leader misled people about his conversation with Trump speaks to his character. But more pertinent to the election he quickly...

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Ivison: What really goes on inside the leader’s election campaign bus

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He has to appear confident, but not too confident; exude momentum but not too much; to veer leftward but not can't alienate centrist voters

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John Ivison: Conservative hopes are resurrected by Carney’s eye-watering spending plan

Switch voters will likely find the prospect of adding a quarter-trillion dollars to the national debt a haunting prospect

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John Ivison: Mark Carney's platform relies on fiscal alchemy and hopeful assumptions

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Ivison: Carney’s magic fades a little after French debate

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Male-dominated unions backed the NDP reflexively, but in the 2025 election, unions are taking a far more transactional approach

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Singh thinks the polls have stabilized enough to make it safe for progressives worried about a Conservative win to 'come home' to the NDP

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