Blog
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. |
News
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. |
Blog
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. |
Blog
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. |
News
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. |
News
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. |
News
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. |
Blog
Mehdi Rizvi
| The alleged corruption charges against WE have destroyed both the reputation of WE and the transparency of government. |
Columnists
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. |
Columnists
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. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| Chrystia Freeland has supported billions being spent on the military. Could the $1.2 trillion debt change that? |
News
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. |