While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Geoff Norquay.
On the day last May when Mark Carney and his newly elected cabinet were sworn in, the Prime Minister promised, “Our government will deliver its mandate for change with urgency and determination. We’ve been elected to do a job. We intend to do it quickly and forcefully.” At the time, that sounded like a solid recipe for governing, but it’s...
The unprecedented events leading to Canada’s 45th federal election defined two different ballot questions for the principal parties. In the first three months of 2025, the political landscape of the country transformed in ways no one could have predicted. The resignation of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister and the subsequent election of Mark Carney as Liberal leader were the first...
The most important task of a party leader in the run-up to a national election is defining the ballot question. It’s each leader’s key differentiator from the others; it seeks to match the policy alternatives the party has on offer with what the voters want. It’s also the strategic phrase that features the “big issue” of the campaign and frames...
Based on statements from the White House on Friday, we will know Saturday the details of President Trump’s threats of a 25% tariff on all Canadian products coming into the United States. The potential impacts on Canada are dire. A Deloitte study estimates that a 25% tariff on Canadian exports to the United States could cost our economy $275 billion...
During his resignation announcement on January 6th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “It has become obvious to me, with the internal battles, that I cannot be the one to carry the Liberal standard into the next election.” That he was arguably the last Canadian to come to this realization is a tribute to the lack of personal awareness that afflicts...
At the start of 2024, with a possible 22 months until the next federal election, the Conservatives find themselves in an enviable position. Courtesy of the Liberals’ mid-summer freefall in public support, the Conservatives are leading in the polls by an average of 12 per cent over a tired and becalmed government, and largely in control of the national political...
For many, the Alberta government’s proposal to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and create its own Alberta Pension Plan (APP) may seem like a solution to a non-existent problem. In fact, the idea stems from a narrative shared by many Albertans that Alberta contributes a lot more money to the Canadian federation than it gets back. In the...
