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David Dodge, a veteran of the '90s austerity budgets, said he suspects even more cutting will be required in the next two years

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The priorities are right: attempting to end stagnation, trying to rebuild the military, and aiming to reverse a hostility to building things

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By apologizing for the Reagan ad, the prime minister has likely alienated an ally in Doug Ford, yet doesn't appear to have succeeded in reviving...

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Ivison: Dead comrades, no ammo and surrounded by Russians - Canadian Forces vet on the war in Ukraine

Ivison: Dead comrades, no ammo and surrounded by Russians - Canadian Forces vet on the war in Ukraine

Canadian Forces veteran James Challice tells John Ivison about his experiences fighting in Ukraine and why there's ‘no room for a soldier anymore...

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The Conservative leader's tone and temperament aren't shifting with the post-Trump times

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The courts are backed up and there aren’t enough judges or prosecutors as it is. Simply denying bail to more people will not fix the system

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The courts are backed up and there aren’t enough judges or prosecutors as it is. Simply denying bail to more people will not fix the system

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The Conservative leader's tone and temperament aren't shifting with the post-Trump times

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Trump said in May: 'At a certain point, it won’t make economic sense for Canada to build those cars.' That point has arrived, it seems

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John Ivison: Canada got it wrong on the Middle East

Hamas will never lay down its arms, and the Palestinian Authority will never reform or negotiate, unless there is no alternative

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There is a spreading counterintuitive bullishness on Canada. Stock markets in Canada are up higher than U.S. equity indices

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They talk a good game about internal trade but when it comes to the wine and spirits industry, the rhetoric has far outstripped the reality

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‘We are confident domestic pressures will create an opportunity to come to an agreement in the interests of both economies that puts us in a better...

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The bad news for democracy, as if more were needed, is that Xi is soon likely to have the capability to invade Taiwan if he chooses to

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All the signs point to Ottawa offering the Chinese some form of relief on EV tariffs, in exchange for lifting levies on canola, pork and seafood

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With a budget due in early November, and nearly a third of Canadians expecting bad news, there are storm clouds ahead for this government

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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

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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