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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows Canadians aren’t listening. He knows his defence against Conservative attacks over his signature climate policy isn’t working, at least not yet. But he plans to keep trying. And while he’s at it,…
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, the Liberal MP who made a name for himself as…
The President of Poland says his country would “of course” be interested in…
Corporate boardrooms. Military barracks. Federal government offices. They’re…
Health Minister Mark Holland says while he is “deeply appreciative” of the work…
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Nanos was retained by the Globe and Mail to conduct research among Canadians to gauge…
New spark*insights polling shows support for some key budget policies, but low recall…
Susan Delacourt: The political chattering class is obsessed this spring with how…
Political careers often end in failure — a cliché that exists because it too…
Quebec is “going on the offensive” to protect and promote French, Minister…
Ontario’s education minister says new policies limiting cellphone use in…
Across Canada, a silent battle is raging against auto theft, a national…
Talking to Americans got a lot of laughs when comedian Rick Mercer was doing…
Three party insiders join Power & Politics to help unpack how the…
There is a good argument for increasing the tax on capital gains, and it goes…
Mark Carney might be setting the stage to run for the Liberal leadership after the…
The good news about the recent budget is that it at least talks about per capita GDP,…
In the fall of 2021, the editors of the Canadian Tax Journal devoted several dozen…
Perhaps Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was feeling too comfortable. After…
Russian democratic opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza’s health is failing. As…
Every interview with Justin Trudeau now includes some variation on the question, why…
Millennials do not seem to have forgiven or forgotten what Trudeau failed to…
Take a moment to think of Emmanuella Lambropoulos today. In 2020, the Liberal…
Late in the afternoon on Saturday, April 13, massive street parties popped up in…
Young Canadians can be forgiven for being a bit confused by the latest…
In its well-meaning effort to encourage the migration of international students to…
So what’s next? Removing books from university libraries because they challenge…
Canada used to be a nation of peace, order, and good government. Not anymore.…
Danielle Smith has long promised to be the most combative of Premiers. She has lived…
Perhaps slowing sales of electric vehicles in Canada, industry caution, and…
Spring has sprung and with it the Liberal government is clearly waking up from…
Over the past year, pundits in the business press have characterized Canada’s…
In marketing as in politics, a brand’s voice can make or break its ability to…
The panel unpacks the 2024 federal budget as well as more political highlights of…
We are partway through the mandate of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference…
Politics doesn’t feel like too much of a party these days, which is more bad luck…
Governments often use budgets to change the channel from what their opponents want…
One day fourteen years ago, after speaking to what was then called Ryerson…
This year’s federal budget was presented against a challenging background.…
What can be said about Canada’s health care system that hasn’t been said countless…
As part of its weeks-long pre-budget rollout, the Liberal government has sent…
The goal of Budget 2024(opens in a new tab) was simple enough: Put out the raging…
Chrystia Freeland is so averse to private enterprise, she’s now trying to put…
Polish President Andrzej Duda says while no decision has been made around whether…
A visit from the prime minister to the province this week put federal policies and…
On a Tuesday afternoon this month, an alarmingly familiar scene played out in…
The issue of temporary foreign workers being used to build the NextStar Energy…
Pierre Poilievre ends up with a group of F‑Trudeau flag wavers in the Maritimes.…
Ottawa has plans to finally stop blocking Canadian development aid to Afghanistan…
The Government of Canada has announced multiple rounds of sanctions against…
Ontario will introduce tough new limits on cellphones in schools amid increased…
The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the…
Premier Doug Ford’s message to Progressive Conservative MPPs was clear. Behind…
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reviewing the actions of one of their officers who…
After the Assembly of First Nations’ national chief said her headdress was taken from…
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s federal budget, released on April 16, promised…
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau says there is “still so much love” between her and Prime…
The NDP’s new whip wants to take on misogyny in the House of Commons, and thinks some…
Former Calgary mayor and current NDP leadership candidate Naheed Nenshi says the…
American troops will be spending more time training in the Far North, the new…
The federal government’s latest budget sets aside $1.5 billion to implement…
The RCMP’s federal wing is at a “critical juncture” and its ability to police…
It was evident to the federal government as early as last fall that Loblaw and…
Air Canada says it is reviewing its policies as a result of a “regrettable…
The war of words over the price on pollution reached a new level this week with…
The timeline and funding for pharmacare laid out in last week’s federal budget…
Canada’s auto industry is experiencing a renaissance as it transitions from…
The Alberta government introduced a bill Thursday that would grant it sweeping…
MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House…
The federal government did not put an adequate focus on fostering economic…
Canadian electricity companies are warning that an impending change to federal…
Honda is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont.,…
Conservative member of Parliament Colin Carrie, who represents Oshawa, Ont.,…
According to 343Canada, a poll aggregator that weighs the soundings of several…
ATLANTA (AP) — As Donald Trump campaigns for a return to the White House, he often…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party on Saturday selected Trent Staggs…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists,…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his…
NEW YORK (AP) — After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of…
In its 2021 federal budget, the Liberal government introduced its national child…
The federal government outlined a number of small steps in pandemic…
A document imbued with incrementalism offered at least one big energy policy…
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Pro-Palestine encampments are springing up on campuses across the United States.…
With the new electoral map now in force and the numbers of months before the next…
“Bring us more targets!” the Israel Defence Force (IDF) commanders shouted at…
After an announcement at a Honda plant in Alliston, Ontario that will bring…
There’s a lot of garbage talk happening in the nation’s capital, as…
Kathleen Ross, a family doctor and the president of the Canadian Medical…
At Issue this week: Early polling suggests the Liberals didn’t get the bump from the…
More than a week after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented her…
On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan…
One of my favourite things about this gig, is the panel conversations we put…
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