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Joseph R. Biden -- when it comes to Alberta's demands, the new U.S. president can afford to laugh a little. Image credit: The White House
Jason Kenney tells Justin Trudeau to make U.S. pay off his gambling debts
David J. Climenhaga | We're lucky, in truth, that Jason Kenney's gamble didn't cost us more. He was ready, after all, to blow another $6 billion of our money on this doomed project.
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Prime Minister Trudeau attends question period in September 2020. Image: Adam Scotti/PMO
Get ready for an unnecessary federal election in 2021
Karl Nerenberg | Here we are, a mere year and a quarter from the last federal election -- and in the midst of a frightful and deadly pandemic -- yet, believe it or not, Ottawa is full of election talk.
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Why did China's government detain Kovrig and Spavor from among 300,000 Canadians?
David J. Climenhaga | Soon after Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested by the RCMP two years ago, Chinese state security officers arrested two Canadian men, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
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Justin Trudeau in 2019 with then-foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland. Image: CanadianPM/Twitter
Trudeau's fake feminist foreign policy targets progressives
Yves Engler | The Liberal government's marketing of its foreign policy drains all meaning from the word "feminist," and sometimes convinces progressives to support policies driven by U.S. interests.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a press conference on October 1, 2020. Image: CanadianPM/Twitter
Canada and U.S. responses to COVID-19 hard times are poles apart
Karl Nerenberg | American lawmakers refer to emergency COVID measures as economic stimulus. In Canada, as in Europe, they are more likely to consider such measures to be simply social programs.
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Justin Trudeau speaks in a televised address after the throne speech. Image: Video screenshot/PMO​
Trudeau rallied Canadians to fight the second wave of COVID-19 but his throne speech lacked detail
Karl Nerenberg | Based on the speech, it is hard to believe that there was any need to cut the previous parliamentary session short -- except to put a stop to committees that were looking into the WE affair.
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Justin Trudeau speaks after a cabinet retreat on September 16, 2020. Image: Video screenshot/PMO
Throne speech will provide contrast to the frightful spectacle in the U.S.
Karl Nerenberg | Some Ottawa insiders have speculated that the government will pull back from any overly ambitious new programs, be they in energy, social welfare or even health, to focus on the pandemic.
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Trudeau with Marc and Craig Kielburger at a WE Day event in 2017. Image: Adam Scotti/PMO
WE scandal hurts youth and trust in government and charities
Mehdi Rizvi | The alleged corruption charges against WE have destroyed both the reputation of WE and the transparency of government.
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Justin Trudeau in Parliament earlier this year. Image: Justin Trudeau/Facebook
Why is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refusing to stop Meng Wanzhou's extradition?
Monia Mazigh | Trudeau should correct a wrong with a right: stop the extradition of Wanzhou and open the doors for the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Image: Jagmeet Singh/Facebook​
NDP should use its leverage to demand weakened Liberals take radical climate action
Linda McQuaig | If the NDP could push Justin Trudeau to embrace a Canadian Green New Deal, it could be an inspiring counterpoint to calls for austerity from Bay Street and Conservatives.
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Chrystia Freeland in 2017. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Will the new finance minister redirect $19 billion from fighter jets to a gender-aware budget?
Brent Patterson | Chrystia Freeland has supported billions being spent on the military. Could the $1.2 trillion debt change that?
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in November 2019. Image: Adam Scotti/PMO
If Trudeau led a coalition government, he'd be in a stronger position now
Karl Nerenberg | In Canada, parties do not form coalitions with other parties when they fail to win a majority of seats. It might be time to take a different approach.