Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted
On March 3, Amira Elghawaby’s office released a new Canadian resource guide on combatting Islamophobia.
A look at Minister Thompson’s team, plus updates for Minister Sajjan’s shop
Laura Gamez is now director of policy to Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan, while Tania Amghar has been made deputy policy director.
Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent
Without the reliable umbrella of U.S. nuclear deterrence, anything else Canada spends on updating and expanding the Canadian Armed Forces will sadly be moot in the face of future aggression from nuclear adversaries like Russia, China or even possibly India.
Because it’s 2025: Canada at a crossroads on human rights
The question for the next federal government won’t be whether progress has gone ‘too far,’ but whether we have the courage to push it where it needs to go.
Liberals celebrate incoming prime minister Carney’s victory as new party leader
The Hill Times
NDP should be ‘very concerned’ about strategic voting as progressive voters shift to Liberals, say pollsters
The ballot question has shifted to Trump tariffs, and progressive voters want to stop Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, say pollsters Nik Nanos and Darrell Bricker.
Maverick Newfoundland Liberal MP McDonald says he could reconsider retirement plans if leader calls him
As of last week, 53 MPs from all parties had announced they would not seek re-election. Among them, 35 are Liberals, 10 are Conservatives, four are New Democrats, four are from the Bloc Québécois, and one is an independent.
This just in: Trudeau is going out on a high
United States President Donald Trump has been able to turn most of the world against him, but his unfair tariff war against Canada will also bring some positive changes to Canadian public policy.
Ontario’s election on the Potomac
For a third successive election, the Liberals finished third and, in all three, their leader was defeated. That has never happened before and is an ominous signal. Like the provincial Liberals in all four Western provinces, the Ontario Liberal party may become a perpetually distant also-ran.
Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all
How bad is U.S. President Donald Trump’s crazed trade war? Just a day after imposing illegal and punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Captain Chaos has had to revisit the issue. In just one day.
