As it has evolved, this federal election is the most consequential vote for the country’s future that Canadians have had to cast since the Canada-U.S. Free Trade election of 1988. Like that election, the Liberals and Conservatives are offering Canadians opposing visions for the nation. The outcome Monday night will not only determine how the […]

The country’s immigration trends have been a growing concern for Canadians, yet during this federal election campaign immigration policy has been fully eclipsed by anxieties relating to U.S. President Donald Trump and the threats posed by American tariffs. Political rhetoric stirring up a mix of fear and loathing about Trump politics has squelched any discussion […]

There is perhaps no greater contrast that can be drawn between the Liberals and Conservatives than their respective approaches to developing Canada’s natural resources, and specifically the country’s oil and gas sector. The Liberals are charting a course for Canadians that would have the country exit the oil and gas sector in the next few […]

The vote on April 28 for who will lead Canada is perhaps the most consequential vote Canadians will have had since the 1988 federal election when we decided the fate of a Canada – U.S. Free Trade Agreement. This month’s vote will decide the country’s energy and immigration policies, factor large in national unity issues, […]

For those who closely follow the political scene in Ottawa, what has been most striking with the Liberals’ changing of the guard is how little things have actually changed. With his international roles, Prime Minister Mark Carney introduces new circles of influence to the position of prime minister, but he is being supported by the […]

Exactly two weeks from his coronation at the Liberal convention, newly-crowned Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call the much-anticipated federal general election to send Canadians to the polls on April 28 or May 5. During the course of the leadership campaign, and in his flurry of activities since assuming office, Carney and his […]

In these past few days Canadians witnessed the Liberal Party of Canada passing the baton from the beleaguered Justin Trudeau to the unknown-yet-charmed Mark Carney. In being sworn in as Canada’s prime minister today, the newly crowned Liberal leader is expected to not take much time before calling a federal election. If Ottawa rumours prove […]

Canada is unrecognizable from what it once was prior to 2015.  Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X On the eve of the Liberal Party convention that is to select a new leader – and Canada’s next prime minister, it is an appropriate time to reflect on the 2015-25 chapter in the country’s political history – a chapter […]

Hundreds of billions of dollars of investment and economic activity have been forsaken – intentionally. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Since 2015, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a cadre of environmental ideologs took office, the federal government has pursued a climate change agenda at the expense of the country’s resource […]

Canada has experienced an economic Lost Decade. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Through the last 10 years, the Trudeau government’s mismanagement of the fiscal budgets and national economy has done irreparable damage to the country’s ability to grow and prosper. Justin “the budget will balance itself” Trudeau, finance ministers Bill Morneau […]