As Carney engages China, beware the bogeyman tropes
The threat of Chinese foreign interference is exaggerated and used as a scare tactic to resist better relations with Beijing.
China trip a ‘test’ for Carney, with EV tariffs the ‘elephant in the room,’ say former envoys
Canada should be ‘very careful’ about dropping its 100-per-cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for Beijing removing its tariffs on Canadian canola, says former diplomat Stewart Beck.
Federal environmental impact assessments are in even more jeopardy
The federal environment assessment tool was always limited, with powerful enemies fighting back well before the Carney government wanted to curtail its usage.
Catching up with more former cabinet staffers
Former chief of staff Matthew Mann is now working for PepsiCo, while ex-policy adviser Emily Hartman is working for YMCA Canada.
‘A grain of salt’: unmasking Liberal floor-crossing talks carries potential risk for opposition MPs, say politicos
Although these kinds of revelations never tell the whole story, MPs are demonstrating they are open to being approached. But it also puts pressure back on opposition leaders who now know their MPs aren’t happy, say former strategists.
‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada
The world is watching U.S. President Donald Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada’s former UN ambassador Bob Rae.
Harperism is back
The principles, values, and political goals that guided former prime minister Stephen Harper’s actions while he led Canada’s government more than a decade ago are back.
Carney’s position on Trump’s Venezuela strike ‘a little wimpy’ in tone, but likely to benefit Liberals in short term, say political players
The Liberals will most likely use Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s action in attack ads in the next election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Trump-era diplomacy: what is gained from poking the bear and what is lost?
In retrospect, Mark Carney’s low-key approach—coupled with his tireless attempts to broaden our trade network—may prove to be the wisest course. Not as emotionally satisfying, or morally invigorating as a well-deserved profanity. But smarter.
Anyone else tired of watching Donald Trump, and thinking, ‘gawd, I miss Dick Cheney’?
It’s all so venal and terrifying. So much so, we are reduced to making declarations out of statements that should be a priori in nature, but may very well be the overwhelming foreign policy debate of 2026.
