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Wooing Sikh voters while turning a blind eye to Khalistani sympathizers worked well for Poilievre's party during the election
The Main Estimates suggest that the prime minister's message of restraint has fallen on deaf ears in Ottawa
The focus of the speech, read by King Charles, was economic, without prattling on about equity, diversity and climate change
Information manipulation poses the single biggest threat to Canadian democracy, concluded commissioner Marie Josée Hogue, in her final report...
Illicit producers still control between one quarter and a half of the market, partly because a punitive excise tax regime raises costs for legal...
What the first day fumbles suggest is that Carney’s hopes of having a more 'traditional' cabinet government are a little impulsive
A failure to accommodate shifting circumstances is prompting questions inside the party about whether a 45-year-old man can truly change
The prime minister exited the Oval Office, and the most intense experience of his brief political career, with his dignity intact
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
The Liberals will be disappointed that they fell short of a majority. But everything is relative. Three months ago, they were nearly dead
Mark Carney has succeeded in branding himself as the man to address the fears of millions about the Trump administration
Whether the Liberal leader misled people about his conversation with Trump speaks to his character. But more pertinent to the election he quickly...
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
Switch voters will likely find the prospect of adding a quarter-trillion dollars to the national debt a haunting prospect
Male-dominated unions backed the NDP reflexively, but in the 2025 election, unions are taking a far more transactional approach
Singh thinks the polls have stabilized enough to make it safe for progressives worried about a Conservative win to 'come home' to the NDP
A cacophony of bad news has been good news for Carney, drowning out Poilievre's message
It could be a rough homecoming given his environmental positions, especially after he appeared to mock Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
John Ivison and his guest ex-ambassador David MacNaughton discuss how Canada should respond to Donald Trump's tariffs and what needs to change here at...
The broad-based 'Liberation Day' exemption for Canada is good news but the crisis facing our economy remains dire
It takes some gall for an assailant to want gratitude after he stops punching you in the face but anything goes in a general election
Paul Chiang's comments, and Carney's defence of the candidate, are a sign that the Liberal party’s inexplicable attachment to Beijing remains intact
The Conservatives have a month before election day and the benefit of all opposition parties now having Carney squarely in their sights
Instead of a smooth launch to get the campaign rolling, Conservatives found themselves hurtling backwards at pace
This week, John Ivison and his panelists discuss the expected election call and how Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre should approach the upcoming...
On his first official trip overseas, Carney supplied his critics with plenty to make the case that he is not the Anointed One after all
It seems unlikely Mark Carney will be able to resist opposing Poilievre's promise to cancel industrial carbon tax mandates
His party and most of its senior members will remain the same people who have dragged the country to such a low ebb
Poilievre has something of a Trump problem, with some polling suggesting people believe he is similar to, or even friendly with, the president
The president will only reverse himself if the stench of the economic damage sticks to him
A tightening of the polls is no surprise and might even benefit Conservatives who have become too complacent
Carney will not go on to win an election unless he moves the hearts of men and women