Justin Trudeau

News

Dec 20, 2019

This year started and ended with SNC-Lavalin

Karl Nerenberg

The SNC-Lavalin affair, which cast a shadow over 2019, highlighted the Trudeau government's ambiguity, if not outright double talk, on both democratic reform and Indigenous rights.

Columnists

Dec 6, 2019

With increased role in NATO, Trudeau puts Canada at heart of nuclear crunch

Rick Salutin

The embarrassment isn't in what Justin Trudeau said about Donald Trump, it's what he said about NATO when he spoke the next morning to clean up the mess, with his grown-up face on.

Blog

Dec 3, 2019

Trudeau's climate policy a disaster as UN climate summit kicks off

Brent Patterson

As COP25 kicks off and the House of Commons reconvenes this week, Brent Patterson breaks down the numbers behind the Trudeau government's failure on climate policy.

RabbleTV

Nov 27, 2019

Not Rex: Bullets for Bolivia

Humberto DaSilva

Justin Trudeau is all for truth and reconciliation at home, but when it comes to Indigenous people choosing their destiny in Bolivia, J.T. is right on side with Washington.

News

Nov 25, 2019

Trudeau drives a stake through the heart of any hope for electoral reform

Karl Nerenberg

The Liberals have abandoned any pretence to the idealistic and aspirational spirit of reform that -- at least rhetorically -- informed their first mandate.

Blog

Nov 24, 2019

What media misses about national rail strike by CN train crews and yard workers

David J. Climenhaga

Conservatives demanding train workers return to work with no change in their collective agreement are also demanding that they continue to risk their lives.

News

Nov 6, 2019

Justin Trudeau to meet opposition leaders amid signs he plans to govern from the centre right

Alex Cosh

Early excitement about the possibility of the NDP and Greens winning meaningful concessions from the Liberals was quickly tempered by Trudeau’s first policy announcements.

Columnists

Nov 5, 2019

What comes next for the Trudeau Liberals as a minority government?

Duncan Cameron

Justin Trudeau returns to Parliament as head of a minority government, missing the 13 voting members needed on the government side to secure passage of spending measures and legislation.

Blog

Oct 29, 2019

As Western premiers blow smoke on carbon tax, youth organize for climate justice

Dennis Gruending

Western premiers are demanding an end to the carbon tax, even though two-thirds of Canadian electors voted for parties that support it. Meanwhile, the climate justice movement takes to the streets.

Book Review

Oct 24, 2019

Linda McQuaig on how private enterprise took over Canada's public wealth

Yutaka Dirks

McQuaig's new book "The Sport and Prey of Capitalists" tells the story of how politicians have gradually ceded our country's public goods to private capital.

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