Feds can do plenty during prorogation to take on Trump trade threats, say experts
Former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says opposition leaders calling for Parliament to resume need to ‘retract the threat to immediately stab the government in the chest and force a six-week election.’
Prolonged Trump-triggered surge in Canadian patriotism may move electoral needle, say pollsters
Whether this is a fleeting moment or the beginning of a wave of Canadian nationalism—something on which federal politicians or parties could capitalize—depends on how long it lasts, says Shachi Kurl.
‘People aren’t laughing as much anymore,’ says Sen. Boehm after Trump repeats calls for Canada to become 51st state
Experts say a formal annexation of Canada is unlikely, but warn of a possible erosion to Canadian sovereignty.
Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising
The Conservative Party of Canada continues to raise more money than all of its federal competitors combined.
Innovation sector under tariff war needs more protection and diversified trade partners, says business advocates
The federal government is closely monitoring the situation surrounding potential U.S. tariffs and ‘stands ready to have a robust response if needed,’ says the innovation minster’s office.
Federal government suggests some spending it claimed drove fall deficit overrun was already in spring budget
The concession comes in the wake of a Jan. 22 PBO report that found ‘a significant portion’ of that money ‘was included in the fiscal framework at the time of Budget 2024.’
Anchors away? Grits to keep Freeland-era fiscal guardrails as Ottawa faces tariff shock: LeBlanc
Canadians 20 to 30 years down the line ‘shouldn’t be paying off the debt that we incurred’ to weather an economic downturn, says C.D. Howe’s John Lester.
Freeland’s proposed U.S. bid ban is ‘extreme’ and ‘unrealistic,’ could hurt Canada, say observers
With U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods looming, Grit leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland suggests banning American firms from federal contracts, and blocking them from all government-funded projects.
Uncertainty over capital gains changes puts taxpayers in Kafkaesque world
Taxpayers face a substantive—and controversial—change to the tax system advanced by an unpopular government that tried and failed to get it passed before prorogation.
Macklem lays out hypothetical repercussions of Trump tariffs
A monetary policy report released by the Bank of Canada on Jan. 29 laid out the likely ramifications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s potential tariffs. It assumed a scenario wherein the United States does slap a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, and Canada applies a 25 per cent retaliatory tariff on American […]
