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The recent defection of longtime Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal caucus — followed swiftly by a string of federal byelection wins that secured a governing majority — has reignited a familiar debate in Canadian politics: the merits and risks of “big tent” political parties.
There are always moments in politics when the conditions align for a breakthrough. When public frustration, economic uncertainty and political realignment create an opening for a party to redefine itself and capture the national mood. Since Prime Minister Mark Carney took over the helm of the federal Liberal Party more than a year ago, we’ve witnessed a sweeping transformation of...
Mark Carney confronts innumerable challenges here at home and globally as he enters his second year as prime minister. But rising economic anxieties fueled by an international trading order turned on its head aren’t likely to be the prime minister’s most daunting challenge in 2026. Instead, Carney’s biggest political threat is likely to emerge from within his own party...
For all the noise that has accompanied Mark Carney’s first seven months as prime minister, one fact is now impossible to deny: the prime minister is rebuilding the federal Liberal Party into a modern, centrist, pro-growth political coalition — one that Canada has not seen in a generation. Donald Trump’s protectionism and the changing global trading order have no doubt...
It doesn’t take an expert to know that Canadians are struggling right now. Unemployment remains stubborn at multi-year highs, food bank usage is surging nationwide and poverty continues to climb as tariff and trade war tensions weigh on the economy. In Toronto alone, the number of identified homeless doubled from 2021 to 2024.
In the aftermath of the Mark Carney Liberals’ stunning win on Monday evening, pundits and party strategists haven’t been shy about weighing in on what went so wrong for a party that seemed destined to win a massive victory mere months ago. While the Conservative Party measurably improved both its seat count and popular vote on April 28, the election...
In my 20 years in politics as a Liberal partisan, I’ve heard my share of platitudes recited like articles of faith by pundits, media and party strategists alike. But the one that has consistently stood out is the cliché that governments defeat themselves as they near a decade in power. Yet, there are several exceptions to this rule in the...
The field of likely candidates in the federal Liberal Party’s imminent leadership race has narrowed considerably since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his widely anticipated resignation 10 days ago. Senior cabinet ministers highly rumoured to be mounting leadership bids have bowed out of the contest, citing the importance of staying the course in their current posts amid the largest threat...
In a recent campaign-style video announcing he was pulling out of the supply-and-confidence agreement, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh engaged in some all-too-familiar political rhetoric. While failing to cite specific policy differences with Justin Trudeau's government, Singh said, “the Liberals govern in the interests of the wealthy and will always cave to corporate greed.”
The stunning Conservative by-election win in Toronto-St. Paul’s last month has plunged Trudeau’s Liberal Party into a nadir and resulting leadership vacuum. The perilous state of the party is only exacerbated by several high-profile Liberals calling on Trudeau to resign and make way for a new leader and prime minister.
I joined the federal Liberal Party 20 years ago this spring because I deeply admired the party’s commitment to fiscal discipline, human rights and national unity as exemplified by the governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin.
The Ontario Liberal Party is at an inflection point. After two devastating election losses and a failure to secure party status, Ontario’s Liberals are once again rising from the ashes of electoral oblivion. But this time is different: the party has a spring in its step and reason to feel buoyant about a rebuilding process that could ultimately see it...