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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

Canada needs to move much closer to Europe and Mexico, our future depends on it

  • It’s also time we dropped our anti-China bias. With a financially stressed America retreating into self-centred protectionism, it is time for Canada to assert
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 10, 2025. It is pretty much a political platitude these days to say that Canada must diversify its trading partners, rather than continue with a dangerous economic reliance on the United States, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs to move much closer to Europe and Mexico, our future depends on it

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 20, 2025
  • It’s also time we dropped our anti-China bias. With a financially stressed America retreating into self-centred protectionism, it is time for Canada to assert

Canada needs to move much closer to Europe and Mexico, our future depends on it

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 20, 2025
  • It’s also time we dropped our anti-China bias. With a financially stressed America retreating into self-centred protectionism, it is time for Canada to assert
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 10, 2025. It is pretty much a political platitude these days to say that Canada must diversify its trading partners, rather than continue with a dangerous economic reliance on the United States, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump’s peace plan still has to fly

  • If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 13, 2025
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Sept. 29, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographs

Trump’s peace plan still has to fly

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 13, 2025
  • If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There

Trump’s peace plan still has to fly

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 13, 2025
  • If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Sept. 29, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographs

Canada’s federal politics boils down to a pair of intense competitions

  • It may all come down to what issue will prevail: the preferred prime minister or the price of eggs.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 6, 2025
Despite Canadians’ grave, enduring doubts about Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Mark Carney's upcoming budget could work to his advantage. The pre-budget speculation has focused on two politically volatile issues: the nature of cuts the government will impose, and the size of the federal deficit, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada’s federal politics boils down to a pair of intense competitions

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 6, 2025
  • It may all come down to what issue will prevail: the preferred prime minister or the price of eggs.

Canada’s federal politics boils down to a pair of intense competitions

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 6, 2025
  • It may all come down to what issue will prevail: the preferred prime minister or the price of eggs.
Despite Canadians’ grave, enduring doubts about Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Mark Carney's upcoming budget could work to his advantage. The pre-budget speculation has focused on two politically volatile issues: the nature of cuts the government will impose, and the size of the federal deficit, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Maybe it’s time to take a look at Trump’s mental health

  • The examination should be conducted by a team of mental health experts interested in medical facts, not facetious glad-handing for the president.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on May 6, 2025. It's possible that Trump’s lies, eccentricities, and dubious policies stem from a malignant narcissist’s ego. But there's another possibility and it was raised by health-care professionals in a letter to The New York Times, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok, official White House photographer

Maybe it’s time to take a look at Trump’s mental health

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 29, 2025
  • The examination should be conducted by a team of mental health experts interested in medical facts, not facetious glad-handing for the president.

Maybe it’s time to take a look at Trump’s mental health

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 29, 2025
  • The examination should be conducted by a team of mental health experts interested in medical facts, not facetious glad-handing for the president.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on May 6, 2025. It's possible that Trump’s lies, eccentricities, and dubious policies stem from a malignant narcissist’s ego. But there's another possibility and it was raised by health-care professionals in a letter to The New York Times, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok, official White House photographer

Trump goes after late-night comedy, and it’s not funny

  • One by one, individual by individual, and institution by institution, the man who once promised to protect free speech is systematically burning it down.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 22, 2025
Late-night American comedians Stephen Colbert, left, and Jimmy Kimmel each have been cancelled. Colbert was dumped by CBS because of costs, it said, and Kimmel was cut by ABC last week after making comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk. Donald Trump is now going after Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers, USA Today reported last week. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump goes after late-night comedy, and it’s not funny

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 22, 2025
  • One by one, individual by individual, and institution by institution, the man who once promised to protect free speech is systematically burning it down.

Trump goes after late-night comedy, and it’s not funny

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 22, 2025
  • One by one, individual by individual, and institution by institution, the man who once promised to protect free speech is systematically burning it down.
Late-night American comedians Stephen Colbert, left, and Jimmy Kimmel each have been cancelled. Colbert was dumped by CBS because of costs, it said, and Kimmel was cut by ABC last week after making comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk. Donald Trump is now going after Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers, USA Today reported last week. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Charlie Kirk’s murder: what has gone wrong in America?

  • The rash of more recent shootings is partially explained by a deadly change in U.S. politics. There was a time when political opponents were just
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 15, 2025
Even when he was lamenting Charlie Kirk’s murder and posthumously singing his praises, U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured addressing the nation on Sept. 11, 2025, couldn’t help turning it into a bitter, partisan moment, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of the White House

Charlie Kirk’s murder: what has gone wrong in America?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 15, 2025
  • The rash of more recent shootings is partially explained by a deadly change in U.S. politics. There was a time when political opponents were just

Charlie Kirk’s murder: what has gone wrong in America?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 15, 2025
  • The rash of more recent shootings is partially explained by a deadly change in U.S. politics. There was a time when political opponents were just
Even when he was lamenting Charlie Kirk’s murder and posthumously singing his praises, U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured addressing the nation on Sept. 11, 2025, couldn’t help turning it into a bitter, partisan moment, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of the White House

Will Canadians ever thank U.S. President Donald Trump?

  • If Trumpism proves to be a once-in-a-century aberration, the reliable friendship between Canada and the United States could come back stronger than ever.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 8, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
There is mounting evidence that the MAGA movement, encouraged by U.S. President Donald Trump, is "headed to hell in a handbasket," writes Michael Harris. Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Will Canadians ever thank U.S. President Donald Trump?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 8, 2025
  • If Trumpism proves to be a once-in-a-century aberration, the reliable friendship between Canada and the United States could come back stronger than ever.

Will Canadians ever thank U.S. President Donald Trump?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 8, 2025
  • If Trumpism proves to be a once-in-a-century aberration, the reliable friendship between Canada and the United States could come back stronger than ever.
Donald Trump
There is mounting evidence that the MAGA movement, encouraged by U.S. President Donald Trump, is "headed to hell in a handbasket," writes Michael Harris. Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

The never-ending new lows of Donald Trump

  • There is a hero shortage in America. A deadly silence combined with an aversion to the facts has enabled the worst of the U.S.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 1, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is a hypocrite who has abused the authority of his office—and even authority he doesn't actually have—to increase his own wealth and power, writes Michael Harris. Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Flickr

The never-ending new lows of Donald Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 1, 2025
  • There is a hero shortage in America. A deadly silence combined with an aversion to the facts has enabled the worst of the U.S.

The never-ending new lows of Donald Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 1, 2025
  • There is a hero shortage in America. A deadly silence combined with an aversion to the facts has enabled the worst of the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump is a hypocrite who has abused the authority of his office—and even authority he doesn't actually have—to increase his own wealth and power, writes Michael Harris. Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Flickr

No one appears able to stop Benjamin Netanyahu from uprooting one million people from Gaza City

  • With both the Israeli PM and the U.S. president ignoring public opinion, it’s time for a political leader in the West to tell Benjamin Netanyahu you can’t
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 18, 2025
Should Benjamin Netanyahu proceed with his takeover of Gaza, there is a diplomatic card that could be played. At the minimum, ambassadors to Israel could be recalled. At the maximum, countries could suspend diplomatic relations, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

No one appears able to stop Benjamin Netanyahu from uprooting one million people from Gaza City

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 18, 2025
  • With both the Israeli PM and the U.S. president ignoring public opinion, it’s time for a political leader in the West to tell Benjamin Netanyahu you can’t

No one appears able to stop Benjamin Netanyahu from uprooting one million people from Gaza City

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 18, 2025
  • With both the Israeli PM and the U.S. president ignoring public opinion, it’s time for a political leader in the West to tell Benjamin Netanyahu you can’t
Should Benjamin Netanyahu proceed with his takeover of Gaza, there is a diplomatic card that could be played. At the minimum, ambassadors to Israel could be recalled. At the maximum, countries could suspend diplomatic relations, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump has the tools to treat his baseless conspiracy theories as if they were real, and that’s a problem

  • Trump’s serial lying and reflexive confabulating may entertain his MAGA base, but they are far from harmless fodder for the faithful. The obvious losers
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 11, 2025
President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the West Wing entrance of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the West Wing entrance of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the West Wing entrance of the White House on May 6, 2025. Trump not only lies with frightening regularity, but he also never shows the remorse that other presidential liars have exhibited, Michael Harris writes. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House photograph

Trump has the tools to treat his baseless conspiracy theories as if they were real, and that’s a problem

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 11, 2025
  • Trump’s serial lying and reflexive confabulating may entertain his MAGA base, but they are far from harmless fodder for the faithful. The obvious losers

Trump has the tools to treat his baseless conspiracy theories as if they were real, and that’s a problem

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 11, 2025
  • Trump’s serial lying and reflexive confabulating may entertain his MAGA base, but they are far from harmless fodder for the faithful. The obvious losers
President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the West Wing entrance of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the West Wing entrance of the White House on May 6, 2025. Trump not only lies with frightening regularity, but he also never shows the remorse that other presidential liars have exhibited, Michael Harris writes. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House photograph

Carney’s on the right side of history on Palestine

  • A total of 147 countries out of the UN’s 193-member states have all arrived at the same conclusion: something has to be done about
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 4, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, holds a press conference in the National Press Theatre on July 30, 2025, where he announced that Canada plans to recognize the Palestinian state in September if the Palestinian Authority agrees to certain conditions, including holding an election in 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s on the right side of history on Palestine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 4, 2025
  • A total of 147 countries out of the UN’s 193-member states have all arrived at the same conclusion: something has to be done about

Carney’s on the right side of history on Palestine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 4, 2025
  • A total of 147 countries out of the UN’s 193-member states have all arrived at the same conclusion: something has to be done about
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, holds a press conference in the National Press Theatre on July 30, 2025, where he announced that Canada plans to recognize the Palestinian state in September if the Palestinian Authority agrees to certain conditions, including holding an election in 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump named in Epstein files, lies his way into a corner again

  • CNN just published a poll that found Trump is 'under water' on every file, including immigration, the economy, tariffs, foreign affairs and, yes, the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 28, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured July 18, 2025, after signing The Genius Act, in the White House. The Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal is rocking not just the presidency, it has opened an unprecedented  split in the MAGA movement itself, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer by Daniel Torok

Trump named in Epstein files, lies his way into a corner again

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 28, 2025
  • CNN just published a poll that found Trump is 'under water' on every file, including immigration, the economy, tariffs, foreign affairs and, yes, the

Trump named in Epstein files, lies his way into a corner again

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 28, 2025
  • CNN just published a poll that found Trump is 'under water' on every file, including immigration, the economy, tariffs, foreign affairs and, yes, the
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured July 18, 2025, after signing The Genius Act, in the White House. The Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal is rocking not just the presidency, it has opened an unprecedented  split in the MAGA movement itself, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer by Daniel Torok

Americans need to wake up, wise up, and stand up to Trump

  • In his recently passed and so-called Big Beautiful Bill, Trump gave ICE a whopping $75-billion in new funding. That will enable the force to hire
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured signing an executive order in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025, has built a modern-day American concentration camp, Alligator Alcatraz, in the Florida Everglades, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer Molly Riley via Flickr

Americans need to wake up, wise up, and stand up to Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 21, 2025
  • In his recently passed and so-called Big Beautiful Bill, Trump gave ICE a whopping $75-billion in new funding. That will enable the force to hire

Americans need to wake up, wise up, and stand up to Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 21, 2025
  • In his recently passed and so-called Big Beautiful Bill, Trump gave ICE a whopping $75-billion in new funding. That will enable the force to hire
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured signing an executive order in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025, has built a modern-day American concentration camp, Alligator Alcatraz, in the Florida Everglades, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer Molly Riley via Flickr

How Canadians feel about Carney will rely on trade talk success with a mercurial Trump

  • Will the public accept half a loaf, or blame the prime minister for coming away with less than we had before? In the pitiless
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 16, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada

How Canadians feel about Carney will rely on trade talk success with a mercurial Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 14, 2025
  • Will the public accept half a loaf, or blame the prime minister for coming away with less than we had before? In the pitiless

How Canadians feel about Carney will rely on trade talk success with a mercurial Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 14, 2025
  • Will the public accept half a loaf, or blame the prime minister for coming away with less than we had before? In the pitiless
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 16, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada

It’s Trump’s world. Other world leaders are just living in it.

  • Donald Trump hates Canada’s supply-management policies. What if he next says either you drop supply management as a policy of your country, or the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 7, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House's Oval Office, on May 6, 2025. Official White House photograph by Emily J. Higgins

It’s Trump’s world. Other world leaders are just living in it.

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 7, 2025
  • Donald Trump hates Canada’s supply-management policies. What if he next says either you drop supply management as a policy of your country, or the

It’s Trump’s world. Other world leaders are just living in it.

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 7, 2025
  • Donald Trump hates Canada’s supply-management policies. What if he next says either you drop supply management as a policy of your country, or the
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House's Oval Office, on May 6, 2025. Official White House photograph by Emily J. Higgins

Canadians would go to the wall for this beautiful country, no matter how tawdry Trump’s trash talk and tariffs get

  • Just because Canada is a kinder and gentler place than the U.S., and just because we mediate our differences with civil words not civil
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 30, 2025
If tolerance of others sets Canadians apart from Americans like U.S. President Donald Trump, this country’s national priorities also have a story to tell, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canadians would go to the wall for this beautiful country, no matter how tawdry Trump’s trash talk and tariffs get

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 30, 2025
  • Just because Canada is a kinder and gentler place than the U.S., and just because we mediate our differences with civil words not civil

Canadians would go to the wall for this beautiful country, no matter how tawdry Trump’s trash talk and tariffs get

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 30, 2025
  • Just because Canada is a kinder and gentler place than the U.S., and just because we mediate our differences with civil words not civil
If tolerance of others sets Canadians apart from Americans like U.S. President Donald Trump, this country’s national priorities also have a story to tell, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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
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Time for Conservatives to swear off phony attacks on Trudeau

  • HALIFAX—Canada’s Hard Right understands that anger is the new mother’s milk of politics—well-financed anger. An angry person is a person you can enlist and
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 2, 2019
Hamish Marshall, left, a former Rebel Media director, has been tapped by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to head the party's 2019 election campaign efforts. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's leadership campaign, The Hill Times photography by Andrew Meade

Time for Conservatives to swear off phony attacks on Trudeau

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 2, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Canada’s Hard Right understands that anger is the new mother’s milk of politics—well-financed anger. An angry person is a person you can enlist and

Time for Conservatives to swear off phony attacks on Trudeau

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | September 2, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Canada’s Hard Right understands that anger is the new mother’s milk of politics—well-financed anger. An angry person is a person you can enlist and
Hamish Marshall, left, a former Rebel Media director, has been tapped by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to head the party's 2019 election campaign efforts. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's leadership campaign, The Hill Times photography by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s ethical incoherence could be a stepping stool for May

  • HALIFAX—Perhaps Justin Trudeau is just whistling past the political graveyard—where his opponents have already reserved a plot for him. The PM is rolling the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 26, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is best positioned to gain from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ethical and environmental lapses, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s ethical incoherence could be a stepping stool for May

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 26, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Perhaps Justin Trudeau is just whistling past the political graveyard—where his opponents have already reserved a plot for him. The PM is rolling the

Trudeau’s ethical incoherence could be a stepping stool for May

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 26, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Perhaps Justin Trudeau is just whistling past the political graveyard—where his opponents have already reserved a plot for him. The PM is rolling the
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is best positioned to gain from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ethical and environmental lapses, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Ethics report puts onus on Canadians to punish abuse of power

  • There is an old saying that great books read you, you don’t read them. So when someone says Finnegan’s Wake is a crummy book,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 19, 2019
Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, and former Treasury Board president Jane Philpott speak with reporters before Question Period on Apr. 3, 2019. Both are running to recapture their seats in Parliament as Independents after being expelled from the Liberal caucus.

Ethics report puts onus on Canadians to punish abuse of power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 19, 2019
  • There is an old saying that great books read you, you don’t read them. So when someone says Finnegan’s Wake is a crummy book,

Ethics report puts onus on Canadians to punish abuse of power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 19, 2019
  • There is an old saying that great books read you, you don’t read them. So when someone says Finnegan’s Wake is a crummy book,
Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, and former Treasury Board president Jane Philpott speak with reporters before Question Period on Apr. 3, 2019. Both are running to recapture their seats in Parliament as Independents after being expelled from the Liberal caucus.

Downloading ideology works efficiently in banana republics, juntas, and dictatorships, but not so well in democracies, as the Conservatives should have learned in 2015

  • HALIFAX—Like death and taxes, I suppose it was inevitable. In not so subtle fashion, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is trying its best
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 12, 2019
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives have a lot in common with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, from the parades they attend or don’t attend, to a dangerous myopia on issues like climate change. But one of the most telling similarities is that the party continues to confound marketing with communication. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Downloading ideology works efficiently in banana republics, juntas, and dictatorships, but not so well in democracies, as the Conservatives should have learned in 2015

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 12, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Like death and taxes, I suppose it was inevitable. In not so subtle fashion, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is trying its best

Downloading ideology works efficiently in banana republics, juntas, and dictatorships, but not so well in democracies, as the Conservatives should have learned in 2015

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 12, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Like death and taxes, I suppose it was inevitable. In not so subtle fashion, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is trying its best
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives have a lot in common with Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, from the parades they attend or don’t attend, to a dangerous myopia on issues like climate change. But one of the most telling similarities is that the party continues to confound marketing with communication. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau once stood for values-based governance

  • HALIFAX—If Justin Trudeau loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 5, 2019
If Justin Trudeau, pictured July 31, 2019, in Ottawa, loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international reputation that has occasionally led to guffaws. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau once stood for values-based governance

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 5, 2019
  • HALIFAX—If Justin Trudeau loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international

Trudeau once stood for values-based governance

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 5, 2019
  • HALIFAX—If Justin Trudeau loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international
If Justin Trudeau, pictured July 31, 2019, in Ottawa, loses the next election, it will not be about broken promises, a dubious trip to a billionaire’s island, or an international reputation that has occasionally led to guffaws. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

This is an existential moment for a democracy in peril

  • HALIFAX—Is the United States caving to fascism, or merely getting fatally lazy about what it takes to live in a democracy? After watching former
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 29, 2019
Former special counsel Robert Mueller, pictured July 24, 2019, before Congress. If the truth matters anymore (and I am not sure that it does in the Kardashian Crazy House that America has become), there is no way to deny that Donald Trump is the Bernie Madoff of politics. He has turned the U.S. government into a giant Ponzi scheme. There’s a sucker born with every Fox newscast, writes Michael Harris. Screen capture image courtesy of The New Yorker

This is an existential moment for a democracy in peril

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 29, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Is the United States caving to fascism, or merely getting fatally lazy about what it takes to live in a democracy? After watching former

This is an existential moment for a democracy in peril

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 29, 2019
  • HALIFAX—Is the United States caving to fascism, or merely getting fatally lazy about what it takes to live in a democracy? After watching former
Former special counsel Robert Mueller, pictured July 24, 2019, before Congress. If the truth matters anymore (and I am not sure that it does in the Kardashian Crazy House that America has become), there is no way to deny that Donald Trump is the Bernie Madoff of politics. He has turned the U.S. government into a giant Ponzi scheme. There’s a sucker born with every Fox newscast, writes Michael Harris. Screen capture image courtesy of The New Yorker

If Scheer’s elected in October, it will be another sign politics has taken a radical turn, and not for the best

  • HALIFAX—According to some of the polling, Andrew Scheer may be the next prime minister of Canada after this October’s election. If that happens, it
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 22, 2019
According to some of the polling, federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer may be the next prime minister of Canada after this October’s election and that's not good for the country's future challenges, argues Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If Scheer’s elected in October, it will be another sign politics has taken a radical turn, and not for the best

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 22, 2019
  • HALIFAX—According to some of the polling, Andrew Scheer may be the next prime minister of Canada after this October’s election. If that happens, it

If Scheer’s elected in October, it will be another sign politics has taken a radical turn, and not for the best

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 22, 2019
  • HALIFAX—According to some of the polling, Andrew Scheer may be the next prime minister of Canada after this October’s election. If that happens, it
According to some of the polling, federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer may be the next prime minister of Canada after this October’s election and that's not good for the country's future challenges, argues Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

So campaign 2019, the ‘Low Blows Election’ has begun

  • HALIFAX—So campaign 2019, the “Low Blows Election” has begun. Recently, a widely viewed news clip showed the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, rebuffing Justin
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 15, 2019
Recently, a widely viewed news clip showed the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, rebuffing Justin Trudeau’s proffered handshake at the G20. But when the full clip of the incident was played, a very different impression emerged. Mr. Bolsonaro was approached by another leader just as Mr. Trudeau offered his handshake. After dealing with the other man, the Brazilian president turned back to Mr. Trudeau and they shared a hearty handshake. Screen capture image courtesy Global News

So campaign 2019, the ‘Low Blows Election’ has begun

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 15, 2019
  • HALIFAX—So campaign 2019, the “Low Blows Election” has begun. Recently, a widely viewed news clip showed the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, rebuffing Justin

So campaign 2019, the ‘Low Blows Election’ has begun

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 15, 2019
  • HALIFAX—So campaign 2019, the “Low Blows Election” has begun. Recently, a widely viewed news clip showed the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, rebuffing Justin
Recently, a widely viewed news clip showed the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, rebuffing Justin Trudeau’s proffered handshake at the G20. But when the full clip of the incident was played, a very different impression emerged. Mr. Bolsonaro was approached by another leader just as Mr. Trudeau offered his handshake. After dealing with the other man, the Brazilian president turned back to Mr. Trudeau and they shared a hearty handshake. Screen capture image courtesy Global News

Despite obligatory show of disapproval, Canada’s now a bystander when it comes to Saudi Arabia

  • HALIFAX—So Canada is back, eh Justin? You would never know it from the Trudeau government’s tepid stand on one of the worst human rights
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 8, 2019
Faced with audio recordings of Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder and dismemberment obtained by Turkish authorities, Riyadh next claimed that the dissident journalist died accidentally in a physical confrontation. You know, the usual fatal beating a citizen gets at his consulate when he goes to pick up his marriage papers. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Despite obligatory show of disapproval, Canada’s now a bystander when it comes to Saudi Arabia

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 8, 2019
  • HALIFAX—So Canada is back, eh Justin? You would never know it from the Trudeau government’s tepid stand on one of the worst human rights

Despite obligatory show of disapproval, Canada’s now a bystander when it comes to Saudi Arabia

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 8, 2019
  • HALIFAX—So Canada is back, eh Justin? You would never know it from the Trudeau government’s tepid stand on one of the worst human rights
Faced with audio recordings of Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder and dismemberment obtained by Turkish authorities, Riyadh next claimed that the dissident journalist died accidentally in a physical confrontation. You know, the usual fatal beating a citizen gets at his consulate when he goes to pick up his marriage papers. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Don’t be surprised if Canadians try something different this time around

  • HALIFAX—And so it begins, that traditional steeple chase towards nothing called a federal election. Some pundits see a horse race developing—two big parties in
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 1, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. With the perennial power parties looking like twins separated at birth, both flogging 'plans' to fight climate change with one arm around the oil industry and their heads buried firmly in the ground on real action to fight climate change, would it be so surprising if Canadians try something different this time around, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photo editing by Marie-Louise Meunier

Don’t be surprised if Canadians try something different this time around

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 1, 2019
  • HALIFAX—And so it begins, that traditional steeple chase towards nothing called a federal election. Some pundits see a horse race developing—two big parties in

Don’t be surprised if Canadians try something different this time around

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 1, 2019
  • HALIFAX—And so it begins, that traditional steeple chase towards nothing called a federal election. Some pundits see a horse race developing—two big parties in
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. With the perennial power parties looking like twins separated at birth, both flogging 'plans' to fight climate change with one arm around the oil industry and their heads buried firmly in the ground on real action to fight climate change, would it be so surprising if Canadians try something different this time around, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photo editing by Marie-Louise Meunier

Politicians should keep their promises to fight climate change, or face lawsuits

  • HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, David Suzuki made what to me was a stunning statement. “Environmentalists can’t save the environment.” After all, if they couldn’t,
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 24, 2019
A few weeks ago, David Suzuki, pictured on June 14, 2019, on the Hill, made what to me was a stunning statement. 'Environmentalists can’t save the environment.' After all, if they couldn't who could? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politicians should keep their promises to fight climate change, or face lawsuits

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 24, 2019
  • HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, David Suzuki made what to me was a stunning statement. “Environmentalists can’t save the environment.” After all, if they couldn’t,

Politicians should keep their promises to fight climate change, or face lawsuits

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 24, 2019
  • HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, David Suzuki made what to me was a stunning statement. “Environmentalists can’t save the environment.” After all, if they couldn’t,
A few weeks ago, David Suzuki, pictured on June 14, 2019, on the Hill, made what to me was a stunning statement. 'Environmentalists can’t save the environment.' After all, if they couldn't who could? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ cheeky fan dance over F-35 fighter jets getting a little tiresome

  • HALIFAX—The Liberals’ cheeky fan dance over the F-35 fighter jet is getting a little tiresome. It is also playing with political fire. One upon
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 17, 2019
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ cheeky fan dance over F-35 fighter jets getting a little tiresome

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 17, 2019
  • HALIFAX—The Liberals’ cheeky fan dance over the F-35 fighter jet is getting a little tiresome. It is also playing with political fire. One upon

Liberals’ cheeky fan dance over F-35 fighter jets getting a little tiresome

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 17, 2019
  • HALIFAX—The Liberals’ cheeky fan dance over the F-35 fighter jet is getting a little tiresome. It is also playing with political fire. One upon
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Study as a form of action is no longer marketable on this immense and shameful problem

  • HALIFAX—When it comes to the federal government, the lesson for Indigenous peoples in Canada is surely this: the more heated the rhetoric, the more
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 10, 2019
Though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 3, 2019, at the release of the final report on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, has rhetorically bested the Conservatives on the Indigenous file, his actions have belied his claim that there is 'no relationship more important' to Canada than this one, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Study as a form of action is no longer marketable on this immense and shameful problem

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 10, 2019
  • HALIFAX—When it comes to the federal government, the lesson for Indigenous peoples in Canada is surely this: the more heated the rhetoric, the more

Study as a form of action is no longer marketable on this immense and shameful problem

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 10, 2019
  • HALIFAX—When it comes to the federal government, the lesson for Indigenous peoples in Canada is surely this: the more heated the rhetoric, the more
Though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 3, 2019, at the release of the final report on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, has rhetorically bested the Conservatives on the Indigenous file, his actions have belied his claim that there is 'no relationship more important' to Canada than this one, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mandatory minimum sentences are about politics, not justice

  • HALIFAX—On the face of it, it is political eye candy. Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says that if he becomes prime minister, he will
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 3, 2019
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer pledged on May 23 to impose new mandatory minimum sentences of five years for anyone convicted of abusing children if he becomes prime minister after the fall election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mandatory minimum sentences are about politics, not justice

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 3, 2019
  • HALIFAX—On the face of it, it is political eye candy. Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says that if he becomes prime minister, he will

Mandatory minimum sentences are about politics, not justice

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 3, 2019
  • HALIFAX—On the face of it, it is political eye candy. Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says that if he becomes prime minister, he will
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer pledged on May 23 to impose new mandatory minimum sentences of five years for anyone convicted of abusing children if he becomes prime minister after the fall election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Kenney, Ford to spend $60-million on PR war against Trudeau’s carbon tax, and that ain’t right

  • HALIFAX—So now premiers Jason Kenney and Doug Ford plan to actively campaign in the 2019 federal election. Kenney, whose head has gone up several
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 27, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, pictured on May 2, 2019, scrumming after the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on Bill C-69. Mr. Kenney, whose head has gone up several hat sizes since crushing Rachel Notley in the recent Alberta election, will be travelling to Ontario to woo immigrant voters back to the Tory fold on Andrew Scheer’s behalf, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Kenney, Ford to spend $60-million on PR war against Trudeau’s carbon tax, and that ain’t right

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 27, 2019
  • HALIFAX—So now premiers Jason Kenney and Doug Ford plan to actively campaign in the 2019 federal election. Kenney, whose head has gone up several

Kenney, Ford to spend $60-million on PR war against Trudeau’s carbon tax, and that ain’t right

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 27, 2019
  • HALIFAX—So now premiers Jason Kenney and Doug Ford plan to actively campaign in the 2019 federal election. Kenney, whose head has gone up several
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, pictured on May 2, 2019, scrumming after the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on Bill C-69. Mr. Kenney, whose head has gone up several hat sizes since crushing Rachel Notley in the recent Alberta election, will be travelling to Ontario to woo immigrant voters back to the Tory fold on Andrew Scheer’s behalf, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Whales are calling, but no one’s answering, including the federal government

  • HALIFAX—The whales are calling but no one has answered—including the federal government. In a small theatre in the Nova Scotia Art Gallery in downtown
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 20, 2019
Ethan Hawke, is the narrator of The Vanishing Call of the Right Whale. Image courtesy of The Vanishing Call of the Right Whale

Whales are calling, but no one’s answering, including the federal government

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 20, 2019
  • HALIFAX—The whales are calling but no one has answered—including the federal government. In a small theatre in the Nova Scotia Art Gallery in downtown

Whales are calling, but no one’s answering, including the federal government

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 20, 2019
  • HALIFAX—The whales are calling but no one has answered—including the federal government. In a small theatre in the Nova Scotia Art Gallery in downtown
Ethan Hawke, is the narrator of The Vanishing Call of the Right Whale. Image courtesy of The Vanishing Call of the Right Whale

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

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