New year, new anxieties

There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
House gridlock remains as Canada seeks to quickly respond to Trump tariff threats

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it would be ‘shocking’ if opposition parties prevented the feds from presenting bills to provide the RCMP and CBSA with more resources.
Poilievre takes aim at Housing Accelerator Fund despite representing a city that’s already received $44-million from it

A quarter of the federal fund to speed up housing development has already been dispensed to municipalities, First Nations, and Quebec.
Fixing the housing affordability crisis? It’s the density, stupid

In Ontario, the Ford government’s long-brewing housing plan fails to adequately address the single most important issue: density.
Sutcliffe blames federal hybrid-work model for capital’s transit woes as city’s commuters face service cuts

The City of Ottawa is warned of an impending public transit ‘death spiral’ as politicians look to boost the downtown core with more federal public servants.
Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy

What we’re seeing from Smith is another iteration of far-right hate being normalized to the point where it has seeped into policy through a populist lens.
Is this the beginning of the end for François Legault?

The Quebec premier was first elected in 2018 on promises of political stability and better economic management, but has since suffered a series of devastating self-inflicted wounds.
Fixing Canada’s problems will remain an uphill struggle until voters start holding provinces accountable

The provinces have been unwilling to step in and use their authority over municipalities to fix the housing problem, and now they’re worried about being shown up by the federal minister.
Still losing the war on climate change all these years later

The likelihood of the carbon tax becoming a game-changing problem for the government was advanced by the prime minister’s failure to effectively explain to Canadians how it works.
Is this any way to run a country?

Amid the urgent need to do something about the catastrophe of climate change, Canadians on the right continue to undermine the required national co-operation.