Scoffield: Politics matters – cars, Carr and Quebec
Any hope the Liberals had of a quiet Thanksgiving break melted away quickly this week, even with MPs back in their ridings and the party leaders politicking in distant places. The hullabaloo over the...
View ArticleKennedy: So … what has Trudeau accomplished? (Hint: very little)
Two years ago, I did something wacky. I voted aspirationally. Two years ago, I was delighted by the victory of the Justin Trudeau Liberals I helped elect. Their parade to Rideau Hall for the...
View ArticleShaver: Morneau's tax plan poses risks for doctors and dentists
In the interest of perceived “fairness,” the Liberals have proposed corporate tax changes. Sadly, these may adversely affect the availability of physician care, as well as certain dental and legal...
View ArticleDawson: So, once pot's legal, where are people going to smoke it?
“Sittin’ downtown in a railway station,” sing Brewer and Shipley, “one toke over the line.” Well, you can’t smoke in a railway station these days (not in Canada, anyway). Or an office, a parkade or a...
View ArticlePolitics matter: Bombardier, bigotry and Bill Morneau
After months spent fanning the embers of class warfare with their proposed tax reforms, this was the week the brushfire blew back on the federal Liberals. Fresh accusations of questionable decisions...
View ArticleToday's letters: What's going on with the Liberals?
Morneau’s capitulation an ugly scene Re: Morneau agrees to blind trust, Oct. 20. When I watched Finance Minister Bill Morneau attempt to explain his ethical dilemma, it reminded me of the one and only...
View ArticleEditorial: Still awaiting Morneau's apology
When Finance Minister Bill Morneau failed to disclose his French villa or put his assets in a blind trust, and when he continued owning shares in his family firm through a numbered company, what did he...
View ArticlePolitics matters: Children, fossil fuels and, of course, ethics
Political cynics had plenty of fodder this week, with the curious timing of multibillion-dollar-spending announcements and morphing Liberal views on veils. Parliament Hill was caught up in the twists...
View ArticleToday's letters: Get rid of Morneau, and excellent care at LTC home
A writer weighs in on the long-term care experience, while Bill Morneau’s villa continues to be up for debate and writers suggest a guest columnist missed the point. Write to us at...
View ArticleMandate letters: Optimism turns to realism as Liberals mark two years in power
OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau abandoned his promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections, he quietly changed some words in a mandate letter to the new minister in charge...
View ArticleDenley: Here's how Patrick Brown must build a policy platform
After two years of drifting without a policy rudder, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives might finally set a new course this weekend. The party’s policy convention will be a real test for leader...
View ArticlePellerin: When the 'leftie' label doesn't quite fit
This is the third in a series we’re calling “Politics for the rest of us,” an attempt to see if Canadians can find common ground, without rancour, between differing political views. Today, a young...
View ArticleKurl: Pharmacare may be good medicine for the Trudeau government
There are headaches, and there are brain tumours. While pollsters’ steady drip of bad headlines are surely causing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his government and advisers no end of cranial pain,...
View ArticleCohen: Justin Trudeau needs to prove that he's actually a serious guy
The federal election was in the autumn. The Liberals, having won a resounding majority four years earlier, were seeking another mandate. They were led by a swaggering intellectual named Pierre Trudeau....
View ArticleCohen: Philpott, Wilson-Raybould have put their achievements at risk
What was Jody Wilson-Raybould thinking when she left cabinet? Read More
View ArticleCohen: Wilson-Raybould and Philpott are finished as Liberals
What do Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott want? Where does this all go, now that they’re gone from cabinet? Read More
View ArticleEditorial: Trudeau and the Liberals should be ashamed
In her unsuccessful written plea to remain a member of the federal Liberal caucus, Jody Wilson-Raybould wrote to her fellow MPs: “Ultimately the choice that is before you is about what kind of party...
View ArticleToday's letters: On the ousting of Wilson-Raybould and Philpott
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View ArticleMacDougall: Headwinds, headaches on the road to Trudeau’s re-election
Six months out from an election is usually when an incumbent party at the helm of a first-term majority government is setting the table for its re-election. Read More
View ArticleGalloway: A few tips for Canada's federal leaders in this election
So here is the goal-setting advice I would humbly offer the leaders of the four main national parties as they start down their respective election trails. Read More
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