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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

Americans unwittingly elected their first anti-Canadian president in history

  • But it should be remembered that U.S. President Donald Trump is an aberration. With a change at the White House, Canada and the United
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 2, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a May 6, 2025, meeting in the Oval Office. Not long ago, the question of whether the U.S. is a friend or foe to Canada would have seemed preposterous, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Americans unwittingly elected their first anti-Canadian president in history

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 2, 2026
  • But it should be remembered that U.S. President Donald Trump is an aberration. With a change at the White House, Canada and the United

Americans unwittingly elected their first anti-Canadian president in history

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 2, 2026
  • But it should be remembered that U.S. President Donald Trump is an aberration. With a change at the White House, Canada and the United
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a May 6, 2025, meeting in the Oval Office. Not long ago, the question of whether the U.S. is a friend or foe to Canada would have seemed preposterous, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Carney did in Davos what other world leaders should be doing: rebuking the U.S. bully

  • U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t like what Mark Carney said in his speech in Davos. You can be sure that payback is coming. The
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

Carney did in Davos what other world leaders should be doing: rebuking the U.S. bully

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 26, 2026
  • U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t like what Mark Carney said in his speech in Davos. You can be sure that payback is coming. The

Carney did in Davos what other world leaders should be doing: rebuking the U.S. bully

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 26, 2026
  • U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t like what Mark Carney said in his speech in Davos. You can be sure that payback is coming. The
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

America lost justice when Renee Nicole Good was killed

  • U.S. President Donald Trump needs to disband ICE and hand over its obscene budget to local authorities. He needs to stop illegally sending the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026
Renee Nicole Good, pictured seconds before she was shot three times by an ICE agent in Minnesota, Minneapolis, on Jan. 7, 2026. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

America lost justice when Renee Nicole Good was killed

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026
  • U.S. President Donald Trump needs to disband ICE and hand over its obscene budget to local authorities. He needs to stop illegally sending the

America lost justice when Renee Nicole Good was killed

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026
  • U.S. President Donald Trump needs to disband ICE and hand over its obscene budget to local authorities. He needs to stop illegally sending the
Renee Nicole Good, pictured seconds before she was shot three times by an ICE agent in Minnesota, Minneapolis, on Jan. 7, 2026. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

  • For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. This is the year that Trump and the GOP face a reckoning—the November mid-term elections. After a year of chaotic and calamitous governing, judgment day is fast approaching, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026
  • For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026
  • For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. This is the year that Trump and the GOP face a reckoning—the November mid-term elections. After a year of chaotic and calamitous governing, judgment day is fast approaching, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

One of the best things about Canada is we’ll never elect a Donald Trump

  • There's another difference between our two nations that would never empower a Trump, or an operation as corrupt as Fox News. Unlike far too many
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, for a rally on the economy on Dec. 9, 2025. Official White House photograph by Molly Riley

One of the best things about Canada is we’ll never elect a Donald Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2025
  • There's another difference between our two nations that would never empower a Trump, or an operation as corrupt as Fox News. Unlike far too many

One of the best things about Canada is we’ll never elect a Donald Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2025
  • There's another difference between our two nations that would never empower a Trump, or an operation as corrupt as Fox News. Unlike far too many
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, for a rally on the economy on Dec. 9, 2025. Official White House photograph by Molly Riley

Michael Harris: my personal wish list to Donald Trump

  • Donald Trump could very easily go down as the president who was the undisputed champion grifter in U.S. history, with him and his family adding billions
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 15, 2025
If U.S. President Donald Trump were Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', then he should pay close attention to the three ghosts of Christmas, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Tiburi

Michael Harris: my personal wish list to Donald Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 15, 2025
  • Donald Trump could very easily go down as the president who was the undisputed champion grifter in U.S. history, with him and his family adding billions

Michael Harris: my personal wish list to Donald Trump

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 15, 2025
  • Donald Trump could very easily go down as the president who was the undisputed champion grifter in U.S. history, with him and his family adding billions
If U.S. President Donald Trump were Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', then he should pay close attention to the three ghosts of Christmas, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Tiburi

From Reagan’s ‘shining city,’ there’s now an ominous darkness in America under Trump’s lawless abuse of power

  • The current U.S. president likes to present himself as a champion of fighting crime, but his record paints a very different picture. This president
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 8, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. What America is offering the world under Trump’s administration is neither admirable, inspirational, nor defensible, writes Michael Harris. Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

From Reagan’s ‘shining city,’ there’s now an ominous darkness in America under Trump’s lawless abuse of power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 8, 2025
  • The current U.S. president likes to present himself as a champion of fighting crime, but his record paints a very different picture. This president

From Reagan’s ‘shining city,’ there’s now an ominous darkness in America under Trump’s lawless abuse of power

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 8, 2025
  • The current U.S. president likes to present himself as a champion of fighting crime, but his record paints a very different picture. This president
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. What America is offering the world under Trump’s administration is neither admirable, inspirational, nor defensible, writes Michael Harris. Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Despite unimaginable losses, Putin continues his relentless push into eastern Ukraine, town by town, village by village, body by body

  • In the event that Ukraine falls and Russian President Vladimir Putin wins this ugly and illegal war, U.S. President Donald Trump and his country
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 1, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Despite unimaginable losses, Putin continues his relentless push into eastern Ukraine, town by town, village by village, body by body

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 1, 2025
  • In the event that Ukraine falls and Russian President Vladimir Putin wins this ugly and illegal war, U.S. President Donald Trump and his country

Despite unimaginable losses, Putin continues his relentless push into eastern Ukraine, town by town, village by village, body by body

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 1, 2025
  • In the event that Ukraine falls and Russian President Vladimir Putin wins this ugly and illegal war, U.S. President Donald Trump and his country
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Never have 10 words so disgraced the United States

  • Despite U.S. intelligence reports, Donald Trump claims Mohammed bin Salman didn’t know about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and that the journalist was an 'extremely controversial'
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, hosted talks with Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, and defended the prince over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

Never have 10 words so disgraced the United States

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 24, 2025
  • Despite U.S. intelligence reports, Donald Trump claims Mohammed bin Salman didn’t know about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and that the journalist was an 'extremely controversial'

Never have 10 words so disgraced the United States

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 24, 2025
  • Despite U.S. intelligence reports, Donald Trump claims Mohammed bin Salman didn’t know about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and that the journalist was an 'extremely controversial'
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, hosted talks with Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, and defended the prince over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

America is getting to be a strange country

  • If Donald Trump has nothing to hide, if, in fact, he wanted to back up his claim that he neither participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 17, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

America is getting to be a strange country

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 17, 2025
  • If Donald Trump has nothing to hide, if, in fact, he wanted to back up his claim that he neither participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s

America is getting to be a strange country

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 17, 2025
  • If Donald Trump has nothing to hide, if, in fact, he wanted to back up his claim that he neither participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s
Jeffrey Epstein, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

D’Entremont’s defection, Jeneroux’s resignation cast a shadow over Poilievre’s leadership review in January

  • It's one thing that Pierre Poilievre continues to lag behind Mark Carney as the preferred choice for prime minister. But when a member of your own
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 10, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Chris d'Entremont, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals on Nov. 4, the same day the budget was released in Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Stuart Benson

D’Entremont’s defection, Jeneroux’s resignation cast a shadow over Poilievre’s leadership review in January

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 10, 2025
  • It's one thing that Pierre Poilievre continues to lag behind Mark Carney as the preferred choice for prime minister. But when a member of your own

D’Entremont’s defection, Jeneroux’s resignation cast a shadow over Poilievre’s leadership review in January

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 10, 2025
  • It's one thing that Pierre Poilievre continues to lag behind Mark Carney as the preferred choice for prime minister. But when a member of your own
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Chris d'Entremont, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals on Nov. 4, the same day the budget was released in Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Stuart Benson

Canada shouldn’t obsess so much about caving to a despot, especially when he’s clearly wrong

  • Much better to support leaders like Doug Ford when they are right—and stand up to the bully.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured in 1987 in his anti-tariff address which was used in Doug Ford's ad, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen images courtesy NBC News

Canada shouldn’t obsess so much about caving to a despot, especially when he’s clearly wrong

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
  • Much better to support leaders like Doug Ford when they are right—and stand up to the bully.

Canada shouldn’t obsess so much about caving to a despot, especially when he’s clearly wrong

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
  • Much better to support leaders like Doug Ford when they are right—and stand up to the bully.
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured in 1987 in his anti-tariff address which was used in Doug Ford's ad, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen images courtesy NBC News

Poilievre still isn’t selling hope, just nastiness

  • It may be true that Stephen Harper still supports the current Conservative leader. But his denials to one side, if Harper is having doubts about
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 27, 2025
Others have opined that there is somehow a constituency for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s policies. How does yours truly see it? Nastiness is not policy, nor will Canadians buy it, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre still isn’t selling hope, just nastiness

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 27, 2025
  • It may be true that Stephen Harper still supports the current Conservative leader. But his denials to one side, if Harper is having doubts about

Poilievre still isn’t selling hope, just nastiness

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 27, 2025
  • It may be true that Stephen Harper still supports the current Conservative leader. But his denials to one side, if Harper is having doubts about
Others have opined that there is somehow a constituency for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s policies. How does yours truly see it? Nastiness is not policy, nor will Canadians buy it, 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

  • 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
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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.
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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
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The planet is turning into a gigantic tinder box

  • HALIFAX—Bob Dylan once wrote that you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Although he was not talking about meteorologists
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 25, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, pictured on July 15, 2022, with Saudi Prince Mohamed bin Salman. So much for U.S. moral authority in the world, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The planet is turning into a gigantic tinder box

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 25, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Bob Dylan once wrote that you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Although he was not talking about meteorologists

The planet is turning into a gigantic tinder box

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 25, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Bob Dylan once wrote that you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Although he was not talking about meteorologists
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, pictured on July 15, 2022, with Saudi Prince Mohamed bin Salman. So much for U.S. moral authority in the world, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Beware of anger politics

  • HALIFAX—No wonder a lot of people think anger-merchant Pierre Poilievre has a shot at becoming prime minister. No wonder the CPC has managed to
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 18, 2022
Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre, pictured Dec. 1, 2021, on the Hill. The Conservatives will likely choose the not-so-fabulous Poilievre in September, but they should remember that Poilievre’s idea of peace, order and good government was the Truckers' Convoy, writes Michael Harris. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

Beware of anger politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 18, 2022
  • HALIFAX—No wonder a lot of people think anger-merchant Pierre Poilievre has a shot at becoming prime minister. No wonder the CPC has managed to

Beware of anger politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 18, 2022
  • HALIFAX—No wonder a lot of people think anger-merchant Pierre Poilievre has a shot at becoming prime minister. No wonder the CPC has managed to
Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre, pictured Dec. 1, 2021, on the Hill. The Conservatives will likely choose the not-so-fabulous Poilievre in September, but they should remember that Poilievre’s idea of peace, order and good government was the Truckers' Convoy, writes Michael Harris. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

Disqualification of Patrick Brown from leadership race comes with more questions than answers

  • HALIFAX—Long-time Conservative, Brian Mulroney loyalist, and former Senator Marjorie LeBreton is beginning to look like someone with extra-sensory perception. In recent weeks, LeBreton has
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 11, 2022
Conservative leadership frontrunner Pierre Poilievre, right, has viciously attacked his recently disqualified opponent Patrick Brown, left, from the beginning of the race, questioning his ideological credentials and repeatedly calling him a liar. The Hill Times file photographs

Disqualification of Patrick Brown from leadership race comes with more questions than answers

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 11, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Long-time Conservative, Brian Mulroney loyalist, and former Senator Marjorie LeBreton is beginning to look like someone with extra-sensory perception. In recent weeks, LeBreton has

Disqualification of Patrick Brown from leadership race comes with more questions than answers

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 11, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Long-time Conservative, Brian Mulroney loyalist, and former Senator Marjorie LeBreton is beginning to look like someone with extra-sensory perception. In recent weeks, LeBreton has
Conservative leadership frontrunner Pierre Poilievre, right, has viciously attacked his recently disqualified opponent Patrick Brown, left, from the beginning of the race, questioning his ideological credentials and repeatedly calling him a liar. The Hill Times file photographs

War in Ukraine latest victim of the West’s attention span

  • HALIFAX—Every morning, I look out into the backyard at the Ukrainian flag hanging from the clothesline. It has been there since Russia invaded the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 4, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pictured with British Prime Minster Boris Johnson on April 9, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. True, you can still catch Zelenskyy on the occasional TV clip. And, yes, European leaders like Johnson and Olaf Scholz occasionally make the trip to Kyiv for the obligatory photo op with him. And yes, NATO and the G-7 still have the rhetoric right, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

War in Ukraine latest victim of the West’s attention span

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 4, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Every morning, I look out into the backyard at the Ukrainian flag hanging from the clothesline. It has been there since Russia invaded the

War in Ukraine latest victim of the West’s attention span

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 4, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Every morning, I look out into the backyard at the Ukrainian flag hanging from the clothesline. It has been there since Russia invaded the
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pictured with British Prime Minster Boris Johnson on April 9, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. True, you can still catch Zelenskyy on the occasional TV clip. And, yes, European leaders like Johnson and Olaf Scholz occasionally make the trip to Kyiv for the obligatory photo op with him. And yes, NATO and the G-7 still have the rhetoric right, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Do the Conservatives want to keep pretending this is America, or be relevant again in this country?

  • HALIFAX—The Conservative Party of Canada has never really been a new party that came together in a merger. It has always been a dysfunctional
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 27, 2022
Conservative leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, left, and Conservative MP Andrew Scheer, pictured April 28, 2022, in Ottawa. Poilievre’s candidacy is an extension of the brand of conservatism currently on display in the United States—a fact-denying populism that has room for every conspiracy theory and grievance, where every authority and institution is painted as the enemy, and guys pissing in the Capitol and wearing Viking horns are lionized—until they’re sent to jail, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph Sam Garcia

Do the Conservatives want to keep pretending this is America, or be relevant again in this country?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 27, 2022
  • HALIFAX—The Conservative Party of Canada has never really been a new party that came together in a merger. It has always been a dysfunctional

Do the Conservatives want to keep pretending this is America, or be relevant again in this country?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 27, 2022
  • HALIFAX—The Conservative Party of Canada has never really been a new party that came together in a merger. It has always been a dysfunctional
Conservative leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, left, and Conservative MP Andrew Scheer, pictured April 28, 2022, in Ottawa. Poilievre’s candidacy is an extension of the brand of conservatism currently on display in the United States—a fact-denying populism that has room for every conspiracy theory and grievance, where every authority and institution is painted as the enemy, and guys pissing in the Capitol and wearing Viking horns are lionized—until they’re sent to jail, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph Sam Garcia

Poilievre should stop pissing inside the tent

  • HALIFAX—One wonders if the Conservative Party of Canada will ever hold a leadership race without turning it into a master class of mud-wrestling, hanky-panky, and mutual denunciation.
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 20, 2022
Conservative leadership candidates, pictured from top left and clockwise: Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, Jean Charest, Scott Aitchison, Patrick Brown, and Roman Baber. One wonders if the Conservative Party of Canada will ever hold a leadership race without turning it into a master class of mud-wrestling, hanky-panky, and mutual denunciation, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

Poilievre should stop pissing inside the tent

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 20, 2022
  • HALIFAX—One wonders if the Conservative Party of Canada will ever hold a leadership race without turning it into a master class of mud-wrestling, hanky-panky, and mutual denunciation.

Poilievre should stop pissing inside the tent

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 20, 2022
  • HALIFAX—One wonders if the Conservative Party of Canada will ever hold a leadership race without turning it into a master class of mud-wrestling, hanky-panky, and mutual denunciation.
Conservative leadership candidates, pictured from top left and clockwise: Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, Jean Charest, Scott Aitchison, Patrick Brown, and Roman Baber. One wonders if the Conservative Party of Canada will ever hold a leadership race without turning it into a master class of mud-wrestling, hanky-panky, and mutual denunciation, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

Canada should not be adding to the overkill

  • HALIFAX—In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pressure is on for Canada to spend more on military hardware. In fact, it started
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 6, 2022
Justin Trudeau would be wise to pursue an independent foreign policy for Canada, just as his father did. That needn’t mean antagonizing the Americans, just reminding them that we blaze our own trail when it comes to foundational values. Books, not belligerence; roses, not guns, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should not be adding to the overkill

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 6, 2022
  • HALIFAX—In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pressure is on for Canada to spend more on military hardware. In fact, it started

Canada should not be adding to the overkill

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | June 6, 2022
  • HALIFAX—In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pressure is on for Canada to spend more on military hardware. In fact, it started
Justin Trudeau would be wise to pursue an independent foreign policy for Canada, just as his father did. That needn’t mean antagonizing the Americans, just reminding them that we blaze our own trail when it comes to foundational values. Books, not belligerence; roses, not guns, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Political plague of populism sweeping across the United States is rolling our way

  • HALIFAX—The political plague of populism is sweeping across the United States at an alarming rate. Who could have imagined a traditional political party like
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 23, 2022
A Freedom Convoy protester, pictured Feb. 12, 2022, in downtown Ottawa. Why did they keep everyone awake all night for over three weeks? They didn’t want to follow any mandates during a pandemic that has killed more than 40,000 Canadians and more than six million people worldwide. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Political plague of populism sweeping across the United States is rolling our way

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 23, 2022
  • HALIFAX—The political plague of populism is sweeping across the United States at an alarming rate. Who could have imagined a traditional political party like

Political plague of populism sweeping across the United States is rolling our way

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 23, 2022
  • HALIFAX—The political plague of populism is sweeping across the United States at an alarming rate. Who could have imagined a traditional political party like
A Freedom Convoy protester, pictured Feb. 12, 2022, in downtown Ottawa. Why did they keep everyone awake all night for over three weeks? They didn’t want to follow any mandates during a pandemic that has killed more than 40,000 Canadians and more than six million people worldwide. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre gives Trudeau a reason to stick around

  • HALIFAX—By any normal measure, Justin Trudeau ought to be planning for a career path change.   Not many people in federal politics win the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 16, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured attending the Yom HaShoah Commemoration Service at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa on April 28. Trudeau may have hit his best-before date in politics, writes Michael Harris, unless he faces another opponent who plays into his hands. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Poilievre gives Trudeau a reason to stick around

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 16, 2022
  • HALIFAX—By any normal measure, Justin Trudeau ought to be planning for a career path change.   Not many people in federal politics win the

Poilievre gives Trudeau a reason to stick around

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 16, 2022
  • HALIFAX—By any normal measure, Justin Trudeau ought to be planning for a career path change.   Not many people in federal politics win the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured attending the Yom HaShoah Commemoration Service at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa on April 28. Trudeau may have hit his best-before date in politics, writes Michael Harris, unless he faces another opponent who plays into his hands. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Conservative leadership debate shows the party is not aging well

  • HALIFAX—If you’ve ever wondered what a dinosaur looked like in its death throes, you can always count on the Conservative Party of Canada and
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 9, 2022
At last Thursday's first, but unofficial, Conservative Party leadership debate, Pierre Poilievre, pictured, went in on running mate Jean Charest, who is seen to be his chief rival, attacking him for being a 'Liberal.' Poilievre might grasp the checkers of federal conservative politics, but Charest understands the chess of the country’s federal system, writes Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative leadership debate shows the party is not aging well

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 9, 2022
  • HALIFAX—If you’ve ever wondered what a dinosaur looked like in its death throes, you can always count on the Conservative Party of Canada and

Conservative leadership debate shows the party is not aging well

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 9, 2022
  • HALIFAX—If you’ve ever wondered what a dinosaur looked like in its death throes, you can always count on the Conservative Party of Canada and
At last Thursday's first, but unofficial, Conservative Party leadership debate, Pierre Poilievre, pictured, went in on running mate Jean Charest, who is seen to be his chief rival, attacking him for being a 'Liberal.' Poilievre might grasp the checkers of federal conservative politics, but Charest understands the chess of the country’s federal system, writes Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Red light flashing over the whole world, not just over Ukraine

  • HALIFAX—It is getting clearer by the day, that a red flashing light is flashing not only over Ukraine, but the whole world. The West
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 2, 2022
While American generals talk about how badly the war is going for the Russians, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to savage Ukraine with a war that has triggered skyrocketing energy prices and rampant inflation in every Western economy. He has become a one-man global wrecking ball. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Red light flashing over the whole world, not just over Ukraine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 2, 2022
  • HALIFAX—It is getting clearer by the day, that a red flashing light is flashing not only over Ukraine, but the whole world. The West

Red light flashing over the whole world, not just over Ukraine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 2, 2022
  • HALIFAX—It is getting clearer by the day, that a red flashing light is flashing not only over Ukraine, but the whole world. The West
While American generals talk about how badly the war is going for the Russians, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to savage Ukraine with a war that has triggered skyrocketing energy prices and rampant inflation in every Western economy. He has become a one-man global wrecking ball. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Does the monarchy have any relevance in 2022?

  • There can’t be many more birthdays for Queen Elizabeth. When the sad arithmetic of age catches up to this sturdy figurehead, the burning question
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 25, 2022
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, pictured in Ottawa in 2010. No British monarch has ever ruled as long as the young woman who became Queen in 1952—70 trips around the sun as monarch. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Does the monarchy have any relevance in 2022?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 25, 2022
  • There can’t be many more birthdays for Queen Elizabeth. When the sad arithmetic of age catches up to this sturdy figurehead, the burning question

Does the monarchy have any relevance in 2022?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 25, 2022
  • There can’t be many more birthdays for Queen Elizabeth. When the sad arithmetic of age catches up to this sturdy figurehead, the burning question
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, pictured in Ottawa in 2010. No British monarch has ever ruled as long as the young woman who became Queen in 1952—70 trips around the sun as monarch. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

It’s still the Harper Party, a fact Poilievre is banking on

  • HALIFAX—Despite fawning praise from the usual suspects, the only thing Pierre Poilievre has going for him is the political death wish of the hard
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 18, 2022
Conservative MP and leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, pictured Feb. 14, 2022, in the Commons foyer. Poilievre is not without political insight. He knows that the shortest route to winning the leadership is to pass the Conservative purity test—in other words, to sanctify everything his former boss Stephen Harper ever did. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s still the Harper Party, a fact Poilievre is banking on

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 18, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Despite fawning praise from the usual suspects, the only thing Pierre Poilievre has going for him is the political death wish of the hard

It’s still the Harper Party, a fact Poilievre is banking on

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 18, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Despite fawning praise from the usual suspects, the only thing Pierre Poilievre has going for him is the political death wish of the hard
Conservative MP and leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, pictured Feb. 14, 2022, in the Commons foyer. Poilievre is not without political insight. He knows that the shortest route to winning the leadership is to pass the Conservative purity test—in other words, to sanctify everything his former boss Stephen Harper ever did. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bay du Nord is either a triumph or an act of immoral madness

  • HALIFAX—Depending on who you believe, Ottawa’s approval of the Bay du Nord oil development off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is either a
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 11, 2022
Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault, pictured Oct. 27, 2021, even peered into the future and concluded the project 'is not likely to cause significant environmental effects.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bay du Nord is either a triumph or an act of immoral madness

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 11, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Depending on who you believe, Ottawa’s approval of the Bay du Nord oil development off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is either a

Bay du Nord is either a triumph or an act of immoral madness

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 11, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Depending on who you believe, Ottawa’s approval of the Bay du Nord oil development off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is either a
Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault, pictured Oct. 27, 2021, even peered into the future and concluded the project 'is not likely to cause significant environmental effects.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Biden faces perfect political storm

  • HALIFAX—Joe Biden is facing his 80th birthday this year, and the perfect political storm. It takes what used to be a mortgage payment to
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 4, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured. If, after grand jury testimony, which is ongoing, Hunter Biden is indicted, the Trump conspiracy machine will be jump-started into overdrive, which will be a problem for Joe Biden. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Biden faces perfect political storm

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 4, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Joe Biden is facing his 80th birthday this year, and the perfect political storm. It takes what used to be a mortgage payment to

Biden faces perfect political storm

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 4, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Joe Biden is facing his 80th birthday this year, and the perfect political storm. It takes what used to be a mortgage payment to
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured. If, after grand jury testimony, which is ongoing, Hunter Biden is indicted, the Trump conspiracy machine will be jump-started into overdrive, which will be a problem for Joe Biden. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

What red line could Putin cross that would result in a forceful response from NATO or the United States?

  • HALIFAX—There is something hollow and terrible about the leader of the Western World calling Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and then watching from the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 28, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pictured March 3, 2022. Screen capture image courtesy of France 24

What red line could Putin cross that would result in a forceful response from NATO or the United States?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 28, 2022
  • HALIFAX—There is something hollow and terrible about the leader of the Western World calling Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and then watching from the

What red line could Putin cross that would result in a forceful response from NATO or the United States?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 28, 2022
  • HALIFAX—There is something hollow and terrible about the leader of the Western World calling Vladimir Putin a war criminal, and then watching from the
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, pictured March 3, 2022. Screen capture image courtesy of France 24

If the West won’t war with Russia now, then when?

  • HALIFAX—Don’t poke the bear. In a nutshell, that has been the West’s ostensible approach to Russia’s sad and sickening invasion of Ukraine, now entering
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 21, 2022
The West claims to take a cautious approach towards engaging with Russia. 'Don't poke the bear.' But how is the U.S. President Joe Biden calling Vladimir Putin a 'war criminal' not poking the bear? That same message is pictured here, at a pro-Ukraine protest outside of the Russian embassy in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

If the West won’t war with Russia now, then when?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 21, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Don’t poke the bear. In a nutshell, that has been the West’s ostensible approach to Russia’s sad and sickening invasion of Ukraine, now entering

If the West won’t war with Russia now, then when?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 21, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Don’t poke the bear. In a nutshell, that has been the West’s ostensible approach to Russia’s sad and sickening invasion of Ukraine, now entering
The West claims to take a cautious approach towards engaging with Russia. 'Don't poke the bear.' But how is the U.S. President Joe Biden calling Vladimir Putin a 'war criminal' not poking the bear? That same message is pictured here, at a pro-Ukraine protest outside of the Russian embassy in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Charest’s the adult version of a leadership candidate

  • HALIFAX—Has the Conservative Party of Canada learned anything from three consecutive defeats at the hands of Justin Trudeau? That is the question. If it
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 14, 2022
Former Quebec premier Jean Charest, pictured May 8, 2018, already chosen a nice slogan for a party inured to losing: 'Built to win,' writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Charest’s the adult version of a leadership candidate

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 14, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Has the Conservative Party of Canada learned anything from three consecutive defeats at the hands of Justin Trudeau? That is the question. If it

Charest’s the adult version of a leadership candidate

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 14, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Has the Conservative Party of Canada learned anything from three consecutive defeats at the hands of Justin Trudeau? That is the question. If it
Former Quebec premier Jean Charest, pictured May 8, 2018, already chosen a nice slogan for a party inured to losing: 'Built to win,' writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The soul of the West hangs in the balance, as Russia bombs Ukraine

  • HALIFAX—Ukraine’s pop-star president, the guy in the T-shirt, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 7, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, pictured March 3, 2022, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the end of the world. It is true that war leaders deal in hyperbole, but Zelensky has a point. As he said, Ukraine is the border between the civilized world, and what used to be known as the evil empire; between democracy and brutal dictatorship. Screen capture image courtesy of France24

The soul of the West hangs in the balance, as Russia bombs Ukraine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 7, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Ukraine’s pop-star president, the guy in the T-shirt, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the

The soul of the West hangs in the balance, as Russia bombs Ukraine

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 7, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Ukraine’s pop-star president, the guy in the T-shirt, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, pictured March 3, 2022, says if Ukraine goes down, it’s not just the end of one country. It is the end of the world. It is true that war leaders deal in hyperbole, but Zelensky has a point. As he said, Ukraine is the border between the civilized world, and what used to be known as the evil empire; between democracy and brutal dictatorship. Screen capture image courtesy of France24

The United States is not coming to Ukraine’s rescue

  • HALIFAX—Former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has described Vladimir Putin in a nutshell. “He’s just simply mad. He’s just simply crazy. He’s just simply evil
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 28, 2022
Vladimir Putin, right, has been watching the U.S. closely in order to time his invasion of Ukraine while America is divided and distracted, argues Michael Harris. The two leaders are pictured here at a 2021 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The United States is not coming to Ukraine’s rescue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 28, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has described Vladimir Putin in a nutshell. “He’s just simply mad. He’s just simply crazy. He’s just simply evil

The United States is not coming to Ukraine’s rescue

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 28, 2022
  • HALIFAX—Former Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has described Vladimir Putin in a nutshell. “He’s just simply mad. He’s just simply crazy. He’s just simply evil
Vladimir Putin, right, has been watching the U.S. closely in order to time his invasion of Ukraine while America is divided and distracted, argues Michael Harris. The two leaders are pictured here at a 2021 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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