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Mark Carney in Australia: How did he become the darling of the global anti‑Trump movement?

Canada’s Mark Carney has a vision of an alternate global order that grabbed global headlines - asking middle powers like Australia to challenge the...

05.03.2026 10

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

As Canada’s Mark Carney heads to Australia, how did he become the darling of the global anti‑Trump movement?

Canada’s Mark Carney has a vision of an alternate global order that grabbed global headlines - asking middle powers like Australia to challenge the...

02.03.2026 20

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

This Is What American Fascism Looks Like

From assassinating its own citizens to egging on Alberta separatists, the US has changed in ways Ottawa still refuses to confront

16.02.2026 20

The Walrus

Stewart Prest

Pierre Poilievre: The most successful unsuccessful leader in Canadian politics?

The Pierre Poilievre leadership review will likely retain the status quo: an opposition leader only liked by his party’s base but deeply distrusted...

30.01.2026 6

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

Mark Carney à Davos : virage à 180 degrés dans les relations avec les États-Unis

Mark Carney espère voir émerger un nouvel ordre mondial qui soit non seulement plus résistant aux menaces diverses et imprévisibles, mais aussi...

22.01.2026 7

The Conversation - FR

Stewart Prest

Mark Carney’s Davos speech marks a major departure from Canada’s usual approach to the U.S.

Mark Carney clearly hopes a new global world order may emerge that’s not only more resilient to diverse and unpredictable threats, but is more...

22.01.2026 20

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

Why Mark Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta puts the Canadian federation in jeopardy

The federal government’s deal with Alberta over a pipeline to British Columbia is offside for many reasons — and will deepen divisions among...

10.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

Mark Carney’s apology to Donald Trump: Far from ‘elbows up,’ it seems Canada has no elbows at all

An Ontario ad on Ronald Reagan’s support of free trade may have been an unnecessary risk. But Mark Carney’s apology to Donald Trump was an...

03.11.2025 1

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

What if Alberta really did vote to separate?

An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations with Canada and the U.S....

04.06.2025 10

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

Mark Carney tells Donald Trump ‘Canada is not for sale’ in a high-stakes Oval Office meeting

Under a thin veneer of supposed friendship and convivial conversation, the Oval Office meeting between Mark Carney and Donald Trump was tense.

07.05.2025 3

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

The new abnormal: Debating Canada’s future at a hinge point in history

The leaders’ debates featured few answers to questions about how Canada should move forward in an emergent new global order amid daunting new...

21.04.2025 8

The Conversation

Stewart Prest

Canada’s fight with Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential

United States President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his apparent desire to make Canada a 51st American state, sharing a recent social media...

03.01.2025 3

The Conversation

Stewart Prest