Friend or faux? Managing the end of the ‘special relationship’
The policy establishment finds itself desperately playing catch-up to the Trump agenda, coming to terms with the fact the U.S. is now in a position to inflict significant harm on the Canadian economy.
Some Liberals want election called before House returns on March 24
The success and failure of a potential Liberal call for an early election will depend on where the U.S. tariff threat is at that point in time, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Trump defends continent’s sacred right to choke on our own smoke
A triumphant U.S. president set out a damaging and costly scenario last week: the reversal of all attempts to stop climate change and a return to The Beverly Hillbillies era, when oil was ‘liquid gold,’ and weather was just weather.
Trump’s tariff threat and growth promises ‘don’t jive,’ says Charest as PM’s council meets on Canada-U.S. relations
‘The sum total of all this is that we’re all going to suffer,’ Jean Charest said of the effects of threatened tariffs on both sides of the border.
Even Jesus must be shaking his head
With Donald Trump’s accession to power, a fact-free zone paralyzed by ego and propaganda, the U.S. has entered liar’s heaven and democracy’s hell.
The choice of our next prime minister really matters
It will take a strong will to defend our interests, particularly since there may be strong pressure here at home to cave in to U.S. demands. Which prospective prime minister should we trust the most to resist this pressure?
Foreign Interference Commission to release report on Jan. 28
MONDAY, JAN. 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony—Parliamentarians, the ambassadors of Israel and Poland, Ottawa’s mayor, and leading members of the Jewish community will join Canadians at a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day hosted by the National Holocaust Monument Committee, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, and the Embassy of […]
Duelling polls put Conservatives in ‘super majority’ or minority government position in next election
Pollster Nik Nanos says the next election is ‘the Conservatives’ to lose,’ with surveys speaking ‘as much to the disarray within the Liberal Party today as it does to Pierre Poilievre’s effectiveness at focusing on meat-and-potato issues.’
Election priorities shifting to U.S. trade war, say pollsters, strategists: ‘it’s an existential crisis to our country’
The carbon tax is ‘yesterday’s issue,’ according to Nik Nanos, founder and chief data scientist of Nanos Research.
PacifiCan has new president after Jones departs
Plus, PCO deputy secretary Mollie Johnson adds clean growth responsibilities to her existing role.
