As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to welcome members elected in by-elections, and the opposition MPs who joined his parade as it marched by, it stands in stark contrast to any majority government in Canada’s history. For the first time, our parliamentary democracy will attain a majority from floor-crossing MPs who ignored the banner under […]

Canadians are repeatedly being told by our politicians in Ottawa that Canada’s economy is strong, that we are leading the G-7 nations. François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s finance minister, gushed to a Liberal Party audience last weekend, “… the prime minister mentioned that this country would meet the moment. That we would move at a speed and […]

What do Marilyn Gladu, Matt Jeneroux, Lori Idlout, Michael Ma, and Chris d’Entremont have in common? Depending on your political stripes, they are either opportunists undermining Canadian democracy or pragmatic actors doing what politics has always allowed. For the Liberals, they are a path to the majority government they have long sought. For critics, they […]

Of all the defections to the Carney government, Marilyn Gladu’s is the hardest to reconcile. She was elected as a Conservative for Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong four times. She was a blue Tory, not a red one, espousing both fiscal and social conservative values. She rightly criticized the Carney government pretty much until she joined it. Principle is […]

The Ford and Carney governments are going back to the drawing board to try to spur more housing activity after previous policies fell short of the mark and housing starts remain far short of previous expectations. Late last year, both governments announced that they would rebate the HST on new homes worth up to $1 […]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has taken his fair share of flack over the years for his purported populist rhetoric. From sloganeering to offering up policies intended to limit the size and influence of government in the lives of Canadians, media and pundits have cried foul over his choice of words and delivery of messaging. That […]

From his Davos speech to his non-stop globetrotting, Prime Minister Mark Carney is on a mission to realign Canada’s foreign affairs and trade relations within the international community, expressly apart from the United States. Canada’s prime minister has forged a new strategic partnership with China to lay the foundation for his envisioned New World Order […]

Our current global instability, most recently driven by the Iran war and what it has done to energy markets, has again cast the entire issue of “Net Zero” into question. For the last few years, there have been many countries and organizations backing off on net zero goals they established in the past. Most of […]

The selection of Avi Lewis as federal NDP leader does little to resolve the party’s existential crisis. In fact, it might have exacerbated it. The party has drifted so far from its roots and the mainstream that it can barely hold together, let alone rally support. When Jagmeet Singh resigned as leader almost a year […]

Newly released data from Statistics Canada shows a continued drop in cross-border travel, with Canadian residents making 22 per cent fewer return trips from the United States in January 2026 compared to the same month last year. The figures mark the 13th straight month of year-over-year decline, adding pressure to businesses that rely heavily on […]