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Michael Harris is a writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He was awarded a doctor of laws for his “unceasing pursuit of justice for the less fortunate among us.” His nine books include Justice Denied, Unholy Orders, Rare Ambition, Lament for an Ocean and Con Game. His work has sparked four commissions of inquiry and three of his books have been made into movies. His book on the Harper majority government, Party of One, was a No. 1 bestseller. Follow Michael Harris on Twitter at @HarrisAuthor

It’s time to end Trump’s free ride

  • In a free society, the office never sanctifies the man. But the man can disgrace the office, and U.S. President Donald Trump has definitely disgraced
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 23, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 16, 2025. The only question that remains about Trump's presidency is how much damage it can do to the U.S. and the world before it is over, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada

It’s time to end Trump’s free ride

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 23, 2025
  • In a free society, the office never sanctifies the man. But the man can disgrace the office, and U.S. President Donald Trump has definitely disgraced

It’s time to end Trump’s free ride

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 23, 2025
  • In a free society, the office never sanctifies the man. But the man can disgrace the office, and U.S. President Donald Trump has definitely disgraced
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 16, 2025. The only question that remains about Trump's presidency is how much damage it can do to the U.S. and the world before it is over, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada

Trump shamelessly uses U.S. military to do his bidding in Los Angeles 

  • These protesters passionately disagree with Trump’s ruthless round-up, detention, and deportation of hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. This is the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 16, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles in reaction to protests against his immigration raids. That is in addition to his federalizing thousands of California National Guard members for the same purpose. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House.

Trump shamelessly uses U.S. military to do his bidding in Los Angeles 

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 16, 2025
  • These protesters passionately disagree with Trump’s ruthless round-up, detention, and deportation of hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. This is the

Trump shamelessly uses U.S. military to do his bidding in Los Angeles 

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 16, 2025
  • These protesters passionately disagree with Trump’s ruthless round-up, detention, and deportation of hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. This is the
U.S. President Donald Trump deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles in reaction to protests against his immigration raids. That is in addition to his federalizing thousands of California National Guard members for the same purpose. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House.

Conservatives need to do some serious soul-searching

  • Is Pierre Poilievre the right person to lead the Conservatives out of the wilderness they've inhabited since former prime minister Stephen Harper’s defeat in
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 9, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on March 21, 2025, making an announcement at LiUNA local 527 training centre in Nepean, Ont., to support training 350,000 new trades workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives need to do some serious soul-searching

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 9, 2025
  • Is Pierre Poilievre the right person to lead the Conservatives out of the wilderness they've inhabited since former prime minister Stephen Harper’s defeat in

Conservatives need to do some serious soul-searching

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 9, 2025
  • Is Pierre Poilievre the right person to lead the Conservatives out of the wilderness they've inhabited since former prime minister Stephen Harper’s defeat in
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on March 21, 2025, making an announcement at LiUNA local 527 training centre in Nepean, Ont., to support training 350,000 new trades workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s tone a welcome distinction from Trump’s taunts and threats

  • Political leadership requires civility and collegiality to get things done. That is the promise of Mark Carney, compared to the Dark Ages of Donald
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on May 6, 2025. The recent royal visit engaged Canadians, and reminded the Orange One that Canada is very much a real country, a fully sovereign nation under a constitutional monarchy, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Carney’s tone a welcome distinction from Trump’s taunts and threats

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 2, 2025
  • Political leadership requires civility and collegiality to get things done. That is the promise of Mark Carney, compared to the Dark Ages of Donald

Carney’s tone a welcome distinction from Trump’s taunts and threats

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 2, 2025
  • Political leadership requires civility and collegiality to get things done. That is the promise of Mark Carney, compared to the Dark Ages of Donald
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on May 6, 2025. The recent royal visit engaged Canadians, and reminded the Orange One that Canada is very much a real country, a fully sovereign nation under a constitutional monarchy, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

As the world turns and burns, war is everywhere

  • War without end is also the story in Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Everyone knows the genesis of that conflict—the brutal slaughter by Hamas of 1,196
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 26, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. To Canada’s everlasting credit, Carney—in concert with other world leaders from the U.K. and France—injected a little Gandhi conscience into the ascendancy of violence in our world, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

As the world turns and burns, war is everywhere

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 26, 2025
  • War without end is also the story in Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Everyone knows the genesis of that conflict—the brutal slaughter by Hamas of 1,196

As the world turns and burns, war is everywhere

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 26, 2025
  • War without end is also the story in Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Everyone knows the genesis of that conflict—the brutal slaughter by Hamas of 1,196
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. To Canada’s everlasting credit, Carney—in concert with other world leaders from the U.K. and France—injected a little Gandhi conscience into the ascendancy of violence in our world, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Trump just tossed a $400-million jumbo jet into the swamp he was supposed to drain

  • Even though accepting the jet is clearly unconstitutional, as Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Richard Blumenthal have pointed out, Donald Trump got the gift legally
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 19, 2025
U.S. Donald Trump accepted a $400-million jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar last week, even though he insists it was a gift to the Pentagon. What people don’t know, and probably never will, is what the other half of the exchange might have been, writes Michael Harris.   Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Trump just tossed a $400-million jumbo jet into the swamp he was supposed to drain

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 19, 2025
  • Even though accepting the jet is clearly unconstitutional, as Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Richard Blumenthal have pointed out, Donald Trump got the gift legally

Trump just tossed a $400-million jumbo jet into the swamp he was supposed to drain

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 19, 2025
  • Even though accepting the jet is clearly unconstitutional, as Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Richard Blumenthal have pointed out, Donald Trump got the gift legally
U.S. Donald Trump accepted a $400-million jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar last week, even though he insists it was a gift to the Pentagon. What people don’t know, and probably never will, is what the other half of the exchange might have been, writes Michael Harris.   Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Carney pulls off mission impossible

  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico

Carney pulls off mission impossible

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals

Carney pulls off mission impossible

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico

Carney steps into the fray

  • Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Carney will find that it's one thing to deliver a speech, but delivering on promises is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney steps into the fray

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 5, 2025
  • Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the

Carney steps into the fray

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 5, 2025
  • Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Carney will find that it's one thing to deliver a speech, but delivering on promises is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Farewell to the old order

  • With a brand new leader at the Liberal Party helm and with the distinct chance of new leadership in all the main federal parties,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
If the polls are right, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney emerges victorious on April 28, it would be a remarkable outcome after the Trudeau era, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Farewell to the old order

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 28, 2025
  • With a brand new leader at the Liberal Party helm and with the distinct chance of new leadership in all the main federal parties,

Farewell to the old order

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 28, 2025
  • With a brand new leader at the Liberal Party helm and with the distinct chance of new leadership in all the main federal parties,
Mark Carney
If the polls are right, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney emerges victorious on April 28, it would be a remarkable outcome after the Trudeau era, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘This is a national election inside a local riding,’ says Fanjoy in his bid to oust Poilievre in Carleton

  • Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy is running against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who has a national profile as both party leader and a potential prime
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 21, 2025
Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, pictured, said he has worn out two pairs of sneakers in the process of knocking on 15,000 doors in Carleton, Ont. He's running against powerhouse Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who was first elected in the riding in 2004.    Photograph courtesy of X/Bruce Fanjoy

‘This is a national election inside a local riding,’ says Fanjoy in his bid to oust Poilievre in Carleton

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 21, 2025
  • Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy is running against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who has a national profile as both party leader and a potential prime

‘This is a national election inside a local riding,’ says Fanjoy in his bid to oust Poilievre in Carleton

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 21, 2025
  • Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy is running against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who has a national profile as both party leader and a potential prime
Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, pictured, said he has worn out two pairs of sneakers in the process of knocking on 15,000 doors in Carleton, Ont. He's running against powerhouse Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who was first elected in the riding in 2004.    Photograph courtesy of X/Bruce Fanjoy

Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

  • It can never be politics as usual again with the United States. Mark Carney has talked about the political imperative that this new and
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 14, 2025
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney understands that Canada needs to reinvent itself as a self-sufficient country, allied to new trading partners who share our values, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 14, 2025
  • It can never be politics as usual again with the United States. Mark Carney has talked about the political imperative that this new and

Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 14, 2025
  • It can never be politics as usual again with the United States. Mark Carney has talked about the political imperative that this new and
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney understands that Canada needs to reinvent itself as a self-sufficient country, allied to new trading partners who share our values, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump  

  • Even if Trump is using tariffs to negotiate better deals with trading partners, that process could take up the rest of his presidency. After all,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 7, 2025
The song remains the same: Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference on the Hill on April 3, 2025, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement. So the ballot question remains the same in this election. Who is the best candidate to deal with Donald Trump? And the answer remains the same, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump  

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 7, 2025
  • Even if Trump is using tariffs to negotiate better deals with trading partners, that process could take up the rest of his presidency. After all,

Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump  

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 7, 2025
  • Even if Trump is using tariffs to negotiate better deals with trading partners, that process could take up the rest of his presidency. After all,
The song remains the same: Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference on the Hill on April 3, 2025, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement. So the ballot question remains the same in this election. Who is the best candidate to deal with Donald Trump? And the answer remains the same, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

  • A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 31, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canadians have consistently answered the most pressing issue facing the country the same way: Carney is the better choice to deal with Trump’s tariffs, tantrums, and threats, than any other candidate on offer. Poilievre has made no headway here, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 31, 2025
  • A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 31, 2025
  • A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canadians have consistently answered the most pressing issue facing the country the same way: Carney is the better choice to deal with Trump’s tariffs, tantrums, and threats, than any other candidate on offer. Poilievre has made no headway here, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

  • Pierre Poilievre has been spinning his wheels in a feckless attempt to transfer the enmity he so successfully encouraged against Justin Trudeau to Mark
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 4, 2025, on the Hill. Most Canadians want their politicians to deal with the current U.S. president, not play partisan politics while Donald Trump pursues our demise, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 24, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre has been spinning his wheels in a feckless attempt to transfer the enmity he so successfully encouraged against Justin Trudeau to Mark

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 24, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre has been spinning his wheels in a feckless attempt to transfer the enmity he so successfully encouraged against Justin Trudeau to Mark
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 4, 2025, on the Hill. Most Canadians want their politicians to deal with the current U.S. president, not play partisan politics while Donald Trump pursues our demise, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

For Carney and Poilievre, it’s go time

  • Both leaders of the mainstream parties need to demonstrate their credentials for the top job, and their plan to rebuff Donald Trump. An election is
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 17, 2025
On paper, Mark Carney, left, has the clear advantage. His talents have been road-tested in the 2008 financial crisis in Canada, and in the turbulence of the post-Brexit period in the U.K. But does he have the retail political skills? Pierre Poilievre has clearly demonstrated his considerable retail political skills, writes Michale Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

For Carney and Poilievre, it’s go time

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 17, 2025
  • Both leaders of the mainstream parties need to demonstrate their credentials for the top job, and their plan to rebuff Donald Trump. An election is

For Carney and Poilievre, it’s go time

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 17, 2025
  • Both leaders of the mainstream parties need to demonstrate their credentials for the top job, and their plan to rebuff Donald Trump. An election is
On paper, Mark Carney, left, has the clear advantage. His talents have been road-tested in the 2008 financial crisis in Canada, and in the turbulence of the post-Brexit period in the U.K. But does he have the retail political skills? Pierre Poilievre has clearly demonstrated his considerable retail political skills, writes Michale Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 10, 2025
Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at Mar-a-Lago, Nov. 29, 2024. Tough times may lie ahead for Canadians, but tough times are better than bending the knee to a mendacious con man who somehow lied his way back into the White House, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's X handle

Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 10, 2025
  • 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

Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 10, 2025
  • 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
Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at Mar-a-Lago, Nov. 29, 2024. Tough times may lie ahead for Canadians, but tough times are better than bending the knee to a mendacious con man who somehow lied his way back into the White House, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's X handle

Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video

  • Who in their right mind would put up with such a delusional buffoon?
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 3, 2025
Make it stop: Screenshots from an AI-generated video U.S. President Donald Trump posted about turning the Gaza Strip into a resort, something that Michael Harris says would be funny if it wasn’t such an abomination. Elon Musk, left, Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump hotel, and a talk gold statue of Trump. Screenshots via Bluesky

Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 3, 2025
  • Who in their right mind would put up with such a delusional buffoon?

Trump sinks to new low with AI-generated Gaza video

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 3, 2025
  • Who in their right mind would put up with such a delusional buffoon?
Make it stop: Screenshots from an AI-generated video U.S. President Donald Trump posted about turning the Gaza Strip into a resort, something that Michael Harris says would be funny if it wasn’t such an abomination. Elon Musk, left, Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump hotel, and a talk gold statue of Trump. Screenshots via Bluesky

Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

  • It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has taken the side of a brutal dictator, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, who invaded Ukraine, and he has left Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swinging in the wind, centre. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, and courtesy Flickr/Gage Skidmore/World Economic Forum

Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 24, 2025
  • It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted

Trump sides with Putin, a murderous dictator

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 24, 2025
  • It is usually the other way around, given that America styles itself as the leader of the Free World. Instead, we have a convicted
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has taken the side of a brutal dictator, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, who invaded Ukraine, and he has left Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swinging in the wind, centre. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, and courtesy Flickr/Gage Skidmore/World Economic Forum

Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes?

  • Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble about Bitcoin, Carney has been
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Grit leadership candidate Mark Carney. Trump’s insulting offer to make Canada America’s 51st state as a way of avoiding his punitive tariffs, supercharged the usually understated patriotism of Canadians. We don’t pick fights, but don’t piss us off, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 17, 2025
  • Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble about Bitcoin, Carney has been

Does Canada need a ripper, or someone who knows the ropes?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 17, 2025
  • Mark Carney has helped two countries navigate through some serious white water. While Pierre Poilievre’s monetary experience is a babble about Bitcoin, Carney has been
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Grit leadership candidate Mark Carney. Trump’s insulting offer to make Canada America’s 51st state as a way of avoiding his punitive tariffs, supercharged the usually understated patriotism of Canadians. We don’t pick fights, but don’t piss us off, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

We can no longer trust America

  • Canada can never again assume that America is our devoted friend who will look out for our interests or appreciate our friendship. It’s time
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 10, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Out of the blue, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a savage economic attack on both of his reliable allies and his biggest trading partners, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

We can no longer trust America

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 10, 2025
  • Canada can never again assume that America is our devoted friend who will look out for our interests or appreciate our friendship. It’s time

We can no longer trust America

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 10, 2025
  • Canada can never again assume that America is our devoted friend who will look out for our interests or appreciate our friendship. It’s time
Donald Trump
Out of the blue, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a savage economic attack on both of his reliable allies and his biggest trading partners, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

Maybe, just maybe, Canadians are getting tired of slogans and trash-talk

  • A return to reasoned debate, where leaders answer each other’s points, rather than trade insults, would do a lot to restore our tired democracy.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Canadians will soon be voting in a federal election, but will they get the chance to cast an informed vote, or merely support the party that most successfully denigrates its rival, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Maybe, just maybe, Canadians are getting tired of slogans and trash-talk

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
  • A return to reasoned debate, where leaders answer each other’s points, rather than trade insults, would do a lot to restore our tired democracy.

Maybe, just maybe, Canadians are getting tired of slogans and trash-talk

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
  • A return to reasoned debate, where leaders answer each other’s points, rather than trade insults, would do a lot to restore our tired democracy.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Canadians will soon be voting in a federal election, but will they get the chance to cast an informed vote, or merely support the party that most successfully denigrates its rival, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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.  
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 27, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, pictured, claimed that he would be willing to wreck the economies of allies like Canada and Mexico ostensibly because their lax border policies were allowing illegal drugs like fentanyl to enter the U.S., writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Even Jesus must be shaking his head

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 27, 2025
  • 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.  

Even Jesus must be shaking his head

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 27, 2025
  • 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.  
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, pictured, claimed that he would be willing to wreck the economies of allies like Canada and Mexico ostensibly because their lax border policies were allowing illegal drugs like fentanyl to enter the U.S., writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Danielle Smith puts oil and gas before country

  • HALIFAX—So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s 10-thumbed
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 20, 2025
Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refused to agree with the other premiers and the prime minister on retaliatory measures against the U.S. Deciding not play for Team Canada is one thing, but playing for Team Trump is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Danielle Smith puts oil and gas before country

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 20, 2025
  • HALIFAX—So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s 10-thumbed

Danielle Smith puts oil and gas before country

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 20, 2025
  • HALIFAX—So, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has decided not to play for Team Canada. It doesn’t get tackier than that. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s 10-thumbed
Danielle Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refused to agree with the other premiers and the prime minister on retaliatory measures against the U.S. Deciding not play for Team Canada is one thing, but playing for Team Trump is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

  • HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 13, 2025
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Donald Trump is sounding more like Russian President Vladimir Putin than the incoming president of the United States, writes Michael Harris. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 13, 2025
  • HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 13, 2025
  • HALIFAX—When U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Canada, Ontario Premier Doug
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Donald Trump is sounding more like Russian President Vladimir Putin than the incoming president of the United States, writes Michael Harris. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr

Like it or not, the die is cast

  • Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 19, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Liberal national caucus holiday party in Ottawa on Dec. 17, 2024. In politics, the only thing harder than winning power is making a graceful exit when the party is over, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Like it or not, the die is cast

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 19, 2024
  • Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly

Like it or not, the die is cast

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 19, 2024
  • Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Liberal national caucus holiday party in Ottawa on Dec. 17, 2024. In politics, the only thing harder than winning power is making a graceful exit when the party is over, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province

  • No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 16, 2024
Walk this way: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and then-U.S. president Donald Trump, walk outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of official White House photographer Shealah Craighead

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 16, 2024
  • No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that

Hey Trump, we shouldn’t be your 51st state, you should be our 11th province

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 16, 2024
  • No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that
Walk this way: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and then-U.S. president Donald Trump, walk outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2017. Photograph courtesy of official White House photographer Shealah Craighead

In the last days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden has become Trumpian

  • Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 9, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. Like Trump, the aspersions Biden has cast against the U.S. Department of Justice are of a purely personal nature. They invite Americans to embrace the dangerous lie that the justice system and the rule of law it represents are corrupt and not to be trusted, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In the last days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden has become Trumpian

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 9, 2024
  • Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may

In the last days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden has become Trumpian

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 9, 2024
  • Biden is not the first politician to cut a family member a break, either with a job or a pardon. But what Biden did may
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. Like Trump, the aspersions Biden has cast against the U.S. Department of Justice are of a purely personal nature. They invite Americans to embrace the dangerous lie that the justice system and the rule of law it represents are corrupt and not to be trusted, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Mike Pompeo just gave Canada’s 2019 election one of its more emotional issues, Arctic sovereignty

  • HALIFAX, N.S.—For a country obsessed with Russian interference in its national elections, Trumpty Dumpty’s America is doing a pretty good job of interfering in
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured Oct. 7, 2018, arriving in Seoul, Korea, at a recent Arctic Council meeting in Finland, trashed Russia and China for their alleged designs on the Arctic, including the notion of extending the Silk Road via the Northwest Passage, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Embassy of Korea

Mike Pompeo just gave Canada’s 2019 election one of its more emotional issues, Arctic sovereignty

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2019
  • HALIFAX, N.S.—For a country obsessed with Russian interference in its national elections, Trumpty Dumpty’s America is doing a pretty good job of interfering in

Mike Pompeo just gave Canada’s 2019 election one of its more emotional issues, Arctic sovereignty

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2019
  • HALIFAX, N.S.—For a country obsessed with Russian interference in its national elections, Trumpty Dumpty’s America is doing a pretty good job of interfering in
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured Oct. 7, 2018, arriving in Seoul, Korea, at a recent Arctic Council meeting in Finland, trashed Russia and China for their alleged designs on the Arctic, including the notion of extending the Silk Road via the Northwest Passage, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Embassy of Korea

Are Canadians really prepared to embrace Trumpian politics and give the Liberals an October surprise?

  • HALIFAX—Before anyone concludes that the “Little Potato” is about to be peeled, they should consider this question about Justin Trudeau’s possible demise: are Canadians
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 6, 2019
The Trumpian way is also to showboat with outrageous statements and dubious policies designed to excite the base. Picking fights is Trump’s signature tactic. Jason Kenney, pictured May 2, 2019, on the Hill with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is following the Trumpian way, and not just on the carbon tax, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Are Canadians really prepared to embrace Trumpian politics and give the Liberals an October surprise?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 6, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Before anyone concludes that the “Little Potato” is about to be peeled, they should consider this question about Justin Trudeau’s possible demise: are Canadians

Are Canadians really prepared to embrace Trumpian politics and give the Liberals an October surprise?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 6, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Before anyone concludes that the “Little Potato” is about to be peeled, they should consider this question about Justin Trudeau’s possible demise: are Canadians
The Trumpian way is also to showboat with outrageous statements and dubious policies designed to excite the base. Picking fights is Trump’s signature tactic. Jason Kenney, pictured May 2, 2019, on the Hill with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is following the Trumpian way, and not just on the carbon tax, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If voters decide to get serious about climate change, May might get a late wedding present in October

  • HALIFAX—Could a storybook wedding turn into a Cinderella political tale in 2019 for the Green Party of Canada? Don’t bet against it. Sitting in
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 29, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and British Columbia entrepreneur John Kidder attracted national media attention when they got married on April 22, 2019, Earth Day, in Victoria, B.C. Screen capture image courtesy CTV News Vancouver Island

If voters decide to get serious about climate change, May might get a late wedding present in October

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 29, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Could a storybook wedding turn into a Cinderella political tale in 2019 for the Green Party of Canada? Don’t bet against it. Sitting in

If voters decide to get serious about climate change, May might get a late wedding present in October

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 29, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Could a storybook wedding turn into a Cinderella political tale in 2019 for the Green Party of Canada? Don’t bet against it. Sitting in
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and British Columbia entrepreneur John Kidder attracted national media attention when they got married on April 22, 2019, Earth Day, in Victoria, B.C. Screen capture image courtesy CTV News Vancouver Island

Assange should not spend the rest of his life behind bars in the United States

  • HALIFAX—Even by Jerry Springer standards, the arrest of Julian Assange has elicited ferocious and contrary reactions. Everyone, including those who work in this business,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 22, 2019
Julian Assange and Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patiño, pictured in August 2014. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Assange should not spend the rest of his life behind bars in the United States

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 22, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Even by Jerry Springer standards, the arrest of Julian Assange has elicited ferocious and contrary reactions. Everyone, including those who work in this business,

Assange should not spend the rest of his life behind bars in the United States

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 22, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Even by Jerry Springer standards, the arrest of Julian Assange has elicited ferocious and contrary reactions. Everyone, including those who work in this business,
Julian Assange and Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patiño, pictured in August 2014. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trudeau and Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken

  • HALIFAX—As Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken, a remarkable statement was made by the prime
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 15, 2019
As Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken, a remarkable statement was made by the prime minister. The Hill Times photographs Andrew Meade

Trudeau and Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 15, 2019
  • HALIFAX—As Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken, a remarkable statement was made by the prime

Trudeau and Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 15, 2019
  • HALIFAX—As Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken, a remarkable statement was made by the prime
As Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer reduce Canada’s national politics to a game of legal chicken, a remarkable statement was made by the prime minister. The Hill Times photographs Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s loyalty to SNC-Lavalin has tainted the Liberal brand

  • HALIFAX—With the House of Commons full of young women, the last thing Justin Trudeau expected was to have 50 of them turn their backs
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 8, 2019
Now there is more to the public unhappiness than the vicissitudes of governing. With 10-thumbed incompetence, Justin Trudeau has tainted the Liberal brand by mixing it with the brand of a company whose own past and reputation is damaged by corruption, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s loyalty to SNC-Lavalin has tainted the Liberal brand

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 8, 2019
  • HALIFAX—With the House of Commons full of young women, the last thing Justin Trudeau expected was to have 50 of them turn their backs

Trudeau’s loyalty to SNC-Lavalin has tainted the Liberal brand

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 8, 2019
  • HALIFAX—With the House of Commons full of young women, the last thing Justin Trudeau expected was to have 50 of them turn their backs
Now there is more to the public unhappiness than the vicissitudes of governing. With 10-thumbed incompetence, Justin Trudeau has tainted the Liberal brand by mixing it with the brand of a company whose own past and reputation is damaged by corruption, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

These days, justice is in the air and it smells of fish

  • HALIFAX—These days, justice is in the air—and it smells distinctly of fish. South of the border, Jussie Smollett, Robert Kraft, and Donald Trump—celebrities all
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 1, 2019
Former attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As for the contretemps with his former AG, the PM insists it was not undue pressure on his part, just a difference of opinion between colleagues, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

These days, justice is in the air and it smells of fish

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 1, 2019
  • HALIFAX—These days, justice is in the air—and it smells distinctly of fish. South of the border, Jussie Smollett, Robert Kraft, and Donald Trump—celebrities all

These days, justice is in the air and it smells of fish

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 1, 2019
  • HALIFAX—These days, justice is in the air—and it smells distinctly of fish. South of the border, Jussie Smollett, Robert Kraft, and Donald Trump—celebrities all
Former attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As for the contretemps with his former AG, the PM insists it was not undue pressure on his part, just a difference of opinion between colleagues, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Liberal scramble to help SNC-Lavalin warrants investigation

  • HALIFAX—If the RCMP end up taking over the investigation of the SNC-Lavalin scandal, as it increasingly looks like they should, the prime minister will
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 25, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied any wrongdoing by himself or his senior staff, after former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould alleged that they inappropriately pressured her to tell prosecutors to reverse their decision and cut a deal with Montreal's SNC-Lavalin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal scramble to help SNC-Lavalin warrants investigation

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 25, 2019
  • HALIFAX—If the RCMP end up taking over the investigation of the SNC-Lavalin scandal, as it increasingly looks like they should, the prime minister will

Liberal scramble to help SNC-Lavalin warrants investigation

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 25, 2019
  • HALIFAX—If the RCMP end up taking over the investigation of the SNC-Lavalin scandal, as it increasingly looks like they should, the prime minister will
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied any wrongdoing by himself or his senior staff, after former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould alleged that they inappropriately pressured her to tell prosecutors to reverse their decision and cut a deal with Montreal's SNC-Lavalin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On the credibility front, Wilson-Raybould is still eating the PM’s lunch

  • HALIFAX—Every major political debate ends up being about the national character. Especially the ones darkened by the spectre of a coverup. The scandal that
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 18, 2019
Former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, pictured Feb. 27, 2019, at the House Justice Committee. By using their majority on the House Justice Committee to gag Ms. Wilson-Raybould, the Liberals showed once again they are not interested in finding out if the Trudeau government improperly intervened in the criminal justice system, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On the credibility front, Wilson-Raybould is still eating the PM’s lunch

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 18, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Every major political debate ends up being about the national character. Especially the ones darkened by the spectre of a coverup. The scandal that

On the credibility front, Wilson-Raybould is still eating the PM’s lunch

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 18, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Every major political debate ends up being about the national character. Especially the ones darkened by the spectre of a coverup. The scandal that
Former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, pictured Feb. 27, 2019, at the House Justice Committee. By using their majority on the House Justice Committee to gag Ms. Wilson-Raybould, the Liberals showed once again they are not interested in finding out if the Trudeau government improperly intervened in the criminal justice system, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau stands up for SNC-Lavalin, but not for his cabinet ministers 

  • HALIFAX—Politicians love writing their own report cards. And it’s not just Donald Trump who revels in giving himself straight As in everything. Last week,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 11, 2019
PCO Clerk Michael Wernick told the House Justice Committee that SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. chair Kevin Lynch phoned him on Oct. 15, 2018, to voice his frustration to the top bureaucrat about the government's refusal to negotiate a deferred prosecuation agreement for SNC-Lavalin. The Hill Times file photograpshs

Trudeau stands up for SNC-Lavalin, but not for his cabinet ministers 

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 11, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Politicians love writing their own report cards. And it’s not just Donald Trump who revels in giving himself straight As in everything. Last week,

Trudeau stands up for SNC-Lavalin, but not for his cabinet ministers 

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 11, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Politicians love writing their own report cards. And it’s not just Donald Trump who revels in giving himself straight As in everything. Last week,
PCO Clerk Michael Wernick told the House Justice Committee that SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. chair Kevin Lynch phoned him on Oct. 15, 2018, to voice his frustration to the top bureaucrat about the government's refusal to negotiate a deferred prosecuation agreement for SNC-Lavalin. The Hill Times file photograpshs

Trudeau has no one to blame, but himself

  • OTTAWA—This was the worst week of Justin Trudeau’s short prime ministership, and he has no one to blame but himself. Not that there haven’t
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 4, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Feb. 20, 2019, on his way into a cabinet meeting in the West Block. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau has no one to blame, but himself

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 4, 2019
  • OTTAWA—This was the worst week of Justin Trudeau’s short prime ministership, and he has no one to blame but himself. Not that there haven’t

Trudeau has no one to blame, but himself

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 4, 2019
  • OTTAWA—This was the worst week of Justin Trudeau’s short prime ministership, and he has no one to blame but himself. Not that there haven’t
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Feb. 20, 2019, on his way into a cabinet meeting in the West Block. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

SNC-Lavalin and Wilson-Raybould resignation has hit federal government hard

  • HALIFAX—The Jody Wilson-Raybould cabinet resignation/SNC-Lavalin controversy has hit the Liberal government hard. The first person hit was Gerald Butts, the prime minister’s university buddy and
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 25, 2019
Jody Wilson-Raybould, left, who resigned from cabinet over the whole SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Did Canada’s first Indigenous justice minister get a career path change to Veterans Affairs because she refused to overrule her director of public prosecutions?  The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

SNC-Lavalin and Wilson-Raybould resignation has hit federal government hard

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 25, 2019
  • HALIFAX—The Jody Wilson-Raybould cabinet resignation/SNC-Lavalin controversy has hit the Liberal government hard. The first person hit was Gerald Butts, the prime minister’s university buddy and

SNC-Lavalin and Wilson-Raybould resignation has hit federal government hard

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 25, 2019
  • HALIFAX—The Jody Wilson-Raybould cabinet resignation/SNC-Lavalin controversy has hit the Liberal government hard. The first person hit was Gerald Butts, the prime minister’s university buddy and
Jody Wilson-Raybould, left, who resigned from cabinet over the whole SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Did Canada’s first Indigenous justice minister get a career path change to Veterans Affairs because she refused to overrule her director of public prosecutions?  The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Jodygate could sink Trudeau government

  • HALIFAX—Is the shiny, new pony headed for the political glue factory? If he isn’t, you’d never know it from the way Justin Trudeau and
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 18, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, picture Feb. 4, 2019, at a Black History Month event at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Jodygate could sink Trudeau government

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 18, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Is the shiny, new pony headed for the political glue factory? If he isn’t, you’d never know it from the way Justin Trudeau and

Jodygate could sink Trudeau government

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 18, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Is the shiny, new pony headed for the political glue factory? If he isn’t, you’d never know it from the way Justin Trudeau and
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, picture Feb. 4, 2019, at a Black History Month event at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Since companies like Taboola and Facebook can’t seem to control fake news, the question is who can?

  • HALIFAX—Jagmeet Singh has taken the first low blow in the 2019 federal election. He received an online kick in the meat-pies with just 18
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 11, 2019
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured Jan. 30, 2019, with CBC reporter Elizabeth Thompson, who ran the press conference, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa where the ministers announced the government's new safeguards to Canada's democracy and efforts to combat foreign interference in elections. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Since companies like Taboola and Facebook can’t seem to control fake news, the question is who can?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 11, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Jagmeet Singh has taken the first low blow in the 2019 federal election. He received an online kick in the meat-pies with just 18

Since companies like Taboola and Facebook can’t seem to control fake news, the question is who can?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 11, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Jagmeet Singh has taken the first low blow in the 2019 federal election. He received an online kick in the meat-pies with just 18
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured Jan. 30, 2019, with CBC reporter Elizabeth Thompson, who ran the press conference, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa where the ministers announced the government's new safeguards to Canada's democracy and efforts to combat foreign interference in elections. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Still waiting for Scheer’s investigation into Dykstra’s candidacy

  • HALIFAX—Andrew Scheer needs to get his ass in gear. If he is much later in releasing the “independent” investigation into former federal Conservative candidate
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 4, 2019
Former Conservative MP Rick Dykstra represented St. Catharines, Ont., from 2006 until 2015. The Hill Times file photograph

Still waiting for Scheer’s investigation into Dykstra’s candidacy

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 4, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Andrew Scheer needs to get his ass in gear. If he is much later in releasing the “independent” investigation into former federal Conservative candidate

Still waiting for Scheer’s investigation into Dykstra’s candidacy

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 4, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Andrew Scheer needs to get his ass in gear. If he is much later in releasing the “independent” investigation into former federal Conservative candidate
Former Conservative MP Rick Dykstra represented St. Catharines, Ont., from 2006 until 2015. The Hill Times file photograph

Kenney finds the new politics of personal destruction disturbing: cue the nasal coffee rockets

  • HALIFAX—At one level, the latest tribulations of Jason Kenney are drop dead funny. Currently embroiled in an expenses dust-up, the leader of Alberta’s United
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 28, 2019
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, pictured Aug. 23, 2018, at the Conservative policy convention in Halifax. Where was the new and genteel Kenney when he recently opined that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had 'the political depth of a finger bowl,' and couldn’t absorb 'a briefing note longer than a cocktail napkin,' writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

Kenney finds the new politics of personal destruction disturbing: cue the nasal coffee rockets

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 28, 2019
  • HALIFAX—At one level, the latest tribulations of Jason Kenney are drop dead funny. Currently embroiled in an expenses dust-up, the leader of Alberta’s United

Kenney finds the new politics of personal destruction disturbing: cue the nasal coffee rockets

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 28, 2019
  • HALIFAX—At one level, the latest tribulations of Jason Kenney are drop dead funny. Currently embroiled in an expenses dust-up, the leader of Alberta’s United
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, pictured Aug. 23, 2018, at the Conservative policy convention in Halifax. Where was the new and genteel Kenney when he recently opined that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had 'the political depth of a finger bowl,' and couldn’t absorb 'a briefing note longer than a cocktail napkin,' writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

The road to Stornoway is paved with good intentions

  • HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau—champion of change, or casualty of good intentions? Though he will doubtless take the stage as a change-champion in this year’s federal election,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 21, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Dec. 19, 2018, after holding a year-end press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The road to Stornoway is paved with good intentions

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 21, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau—champion of change, or casualty of good intentions? Though he will doubtless take the stage as a change-champion in this year’s federal election,

The road to Stornoway is paved with good intentions

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 21, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau—champion of change, or casualty of good intentions? Though he will doubtless take the stage as a change-champion in this year’s federal election,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Dec. 19, 2018, after holding a year-end press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Singh’s leadership haunted by the ghost of a leader past

  • HALIFAX—Finally, Jagmeet Singh is fighting for a byelection seat he can’t afford to lose—his own. Though he should hold Burnaby South for the NDP,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 14, 2019
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured in this file photograph on the Hill, is fighting for a byelection seat he can’t afford to lose—his own. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Singh’s leadership haunted by the ghost of a leader past

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 14, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Finally, Jagmeet Singh is fighting for a byelection seat he can’t afford to lose—his own. Though he should hold Burnaby South for the NDP,

Singh’s leadership haunted by the ghost of a leader past

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 14, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Finally, Jagmeet Singh is fighting for a byelection seat he can’t afford to lose—his own. Though he should hold Burnaby South for the NDP,
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured in this file photograph on the Hill, is fighting for a byelection seat he can’t afford to lose—his own. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Saudi Arabia’s pack of lies should have been met with clear demands and consequences from Canada

  • HALIFAX—Time magazine chose Jamal Khashoggi and other guardians of the truth as their Person of the Year, not Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau should take
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 17, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Parliament Hill. There are times when an individual human story eclipses all the learned tracts of academics, jurists, and journalists in the recording and analysis of public events. At those rare moments, history comes calling in the flesh and blood drama of a single person—Dred Scott, Rosa Parks, Donald Marshall Jr., Alan Kurdi, and now Jamal Khashoggi, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Time magazine

Saudi Arabia’s pack of lies should have been met with clear demands and consequences from Canada

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 17, 2018
  • HALIFAX—Time magazine chose Jamal Khashoggi and other guardians of the truth as their Person of the Year, not Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau should take

Saudi Arabia’s pack of lies should have been met with clear demands and consequences from Canada

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 17, 2018
  • HALIFAX—Time magazine chose Jamal Khashoggi and other guardians of the truth as their Person of the Year, not Donald Trump. Justin Trudeau should take
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Parliament Hill. There are times when an individual human story eclipses all the learned tracts of academics, jurists, and journalists in the recording and analysis of public events. At those rare moments, history comes calling in the flesh and blood drama of a single person—Dred Scott, Rosa Parks, Donald Marshall Jr., Alan Kurdi, and now Jamal Khashoggi, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Time magazine

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