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 […]

Anticipating what happens in the future decides the fate of nations. Leaders who identify problems or events before they happen serve the people under them well. Churchill knew Germany and Hitler were up to no good in the 1930s, long before many were willing to acknowledge this. Roosevelt understood the demand for radical change in […]

Bankers are usually thought of as skinflints, pinching every penny with a constant eye on the bottom line. The release of the federal Liberal platform last weekend showed that party leader Mark Carney – known as a banker therefore presumed to be careful with money – is nothing of the sort. Considering that most Canadians […]

This has truly been a strange federal election in many ways. For starters, one of the key players, Mark Carney, was parachuted into the Liberal leadership virtually overnight and subsequently became prime minister without a national vote. This has never happened before in Canada’s history. Then the Liberals called a federal election in the shortest […]

The major party candidates are honing closing messages as the campaign heads into the last week before voters return a verdict. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will try to stay on track and emphasize his fitness and temperament for the job of prime minister. Most of the polls leading up to the decisive day indicate that […]

The federal Liberals recently stated with much fanfare that they eliminated the consumer carbon tax. While Canadians were expected to be grateful for Liberal largesse, most sensible people wondered why these same Liberals ever inflicted the tax on Canadians in the first place if it was so problematic, and why it had for many years […]

Has Liberal Leader Mark Carney seen the light, having cut the consumer carbon tax to zero? Should Canadians find inspiration in his weighty resume as a Goldman Sachs banker, a Department of Finance bureaucrat, a central banker in Canada and England, and his prominent role in a multinational investment firm? Unfortunately, no. Carney has been […]

There has been much talk about how important the upcoming federal election is to Canada’s future. This has been especially true for Alberta and Saskatchewan, provinces which have been treated terribly by the Trudeau Liberal government for almost a decade. Trudeau’s suppression of the natural resource sector and intrusion on provincial jurisdiction not only hit […]

When trying to forecast the results of the 2025 federal election, different voices speak to Canadians, some providing contrasting information and others based on poor polling. After two plus weeks of campaigning, the Liberals, according to many polls, have established a clear and enduring lead. Unless something happens to change things dramatically, the Liberals will […]

It’s becoming increasingly clear why the Liberals limited the election campaign to the shortest time legally permissible. The more time goes on, the more Liberal Leader Mark Carney makes unfortunate remarks at various media appearances. For starters, Carney takes many days off from campaigning as compared to the other leaders who are largely on the […]