Here’s the best Canadian strategy on the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s potentially illegal global tariffs
Canada’s focus should be on cementing rules-based, new trading partnerships with the Latin American countries in the Mercosur trade bloc, seeking even closers ties with the European Union, and expanding trade with the 11 Pacific Rim nations.
Van Koeverden strikes gold again at Bike Day on the Hill
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Climate action is crucial for Canadians’ health
At a time when climate-driven hazards are already imposing escalating health impacts, the Carney government should adopt a clean energy transition as a nation-building project, say officials from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
Women fill most senior staff roles in WAGE minister Valdez’s office
Carina Gabriele is director of policy to the minister, while Lauriane Songuissa-Moulangou is director of operations, and Aiman Akmal runs parliamentary affairs and issues management.
Prime Minister Carney’s $5M Liberal leadership war chest fuelled by billionaires, bankers, and Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods
From Rockcliffe to Rosedale: Carney’s campaign received over $5-million from more than 25,000 donations during the 45-day Liberal leadership race, and nearly half a million dollars came from just five neighbourhoods.
A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made it clear she would see anything but a go-ahead from Ottawa as a powerful accelerant for the smouldering Alberta separatist movement.
Conservatives float electoral reform to combat ‘political prank’ protest group from flooding ballots with names
Conservative MP Tako van Popta says limiting voters’ signatures to supporting one candidate could counter the ‘belligerence’ and ‘obstinacy’ of the Longest Ballot Committee, whose efforts had over 200 running in August Alberta byelection.
Q&A | Reviving a ‘bold and unapologetic’ NDP after a ‘timid’ 2025 platform, with Peter Julian
‘We have to be bold and unapologetic about what we propose to make a difference in people’s lives,’ says former NDP MP Peter Julian.
Meet the staffers supporting secretaries of state Sarai, van Koeverden
Olga Radchenko is running policy for the secretary of state for international development, while Nathan Abdelnour is the senior-most policy aide in the sport office.
When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada
As evidence-based reforms are consistently framed as politically contentious, institutions are constrained, democratic deliberation narrows, and public trust is eroded.
