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Campbell Clark: Ottawa’s defence spending plan has ambition, but half of equation is missing
Campbell Clark/The Globe and Mail: Certainly, the Canadian public isn’t worrying about deficits right now. But the Prime…
March 27, 2026
Andrew Coyne: MAGA’s plan for Canada: not annexation, but dismemberment
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: Annexation may not be on the table. But the idea that Canada must…
March 27, 2026
Althia Raj: Inspiring or alienating? It’s time for New Democrats to decide how they feel about Avi Lewis
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: Just as the membership turfed Thomas Mulcair as leader for his centrist stances after the…
March 27, 2026
Canada’s Xinjiang controversy
The Wire China: A Canadian lawmaker’s comments on Xinjiang has put a spotlight on the country’s shaky commitment…
March 27, 2026
‘Extreme’ hypothetical scenarios won’t decide notwithstanding clause appeal, chief justice says
National Post: Chief Justice Richard Wagner said the Supreme Court’s decision on the appeal of Quebec’s Bill 21…
March 26, 2026
Parliamentary budget officer caught again in partisan conflict. Should MPs pick their own watchdog?
Aaron Wherry/CBC: But there might still be something to be said for turning over the full responsibility to…
March 26, 2026
‘Have you witnessed forced labour?’ Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma challenges former senior Canadian official and China expert
The Bureau: The exchange on Thursday struck some online observers as extraordinary, in part due to the standing…
March 26, 2026
Michael Ignatieff: Trump’s foreign policy is all fury, no strategy
Michael Ignatieff/The Walrus: Even the most powerful predator has to understand that there are limits to how far…
March 25, 2026
‘Not a PMO incubator’: Young Liberals push national chair candidates to reject govt jobs
The Hill Times: “If we want to pretend this is a serious organization, an actual political movement, then…
March 25, 2026
Bell: Not yet but Danielle Smith prepares Alberta for worst from Carney
Rick Bell/Calgary Herald: On April 1, April Fools’ Day, there was to be a deal with the Carney…
March 25, 2026
Campbell Clark: NDP ponders leap with Avi Lewis
Campbell Clark/The Globe and Mail: At a time when Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving the governing Liberals…
March 25, 2026
Tim Powers: Conservatives warming up to political marathon
Tim Powers/The Hill Times: The Conservative leader—at least in the last weeks—has been logging those hard, patient miles…
March 25, 2026
Althia Raj: Who will hold Mark Carney’s Liberals accountable, if not New Democrats?
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: A year into Prime Minister Mark Carney’s tenure, pressure from the left is noticeably lacking.…
March 25, 2026
Chris Selley: It’s insane to focus on the French of Air Canada’s CEO
Chris Selley: As of the 2021 Census, less than 30 per cent of the Canadian population claims to…
March 25, 2026
John Ivison: Supply management set to spoil another huge trade opportunity
John Ivison/National Post: An interesting test case came before the House of Commons international trade committee on Tuesday,…
March 25, 2026
Canadian Senator’s advocacy group classified as Chinese Communist Party United Front-linked
The Bureau: Woo responded to the report under the banner of a new advocacy group he co-founded in…
March 24, 2026
Canada’s political food fight is about to get even messier
National Observer: Voters will be looking for someone (or something) to blame for the inevitable surge in food…
March 24, 2026
Axworthy: Canada slowly getting pulled into Trump’s incoherent mid-east conflict. This is the role we should play
Lloyd Axworthy/Toronto Star: Still, difficulty is not a reason to stand still. The window for diplomacy narrows with…
March 24, 2026
How RCMP spies infiltrated 1970s Indigenous rights movement
CBC: In fact, newly declassified RCMP Security Service files confirm Canada’s Cold War-era domestic intelligence agency infiltrated and…
March 24, 2026
‘From disaster to dominance’: Carney Liberals enjoy decade-high polling, but unpredictable events could undermine electoral fortunes, say political players
The Hill Times: Pollsters point to affordability challenges and the potential for rising unemployment rates as circumstances that…
March 23, 2026