The U.S. Democrats aren’t the strongest opposition to Trump right now. Canada is
If there’s anything to be said beyond vindictiveness, caprice and outright insanity about the first 30 days of the Trump...
Jaime Watt
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It looks like we’re going to have a Poilievre-Carney race. Here’s what it will come down to
A few assumptions to start. Mark Carney will handily win the federal Liberal party’s nomination, become Prime Minister, and march...
The real play behind Karina Gould’s Liberal leadership bid
Liberal party leadership candidate Karina Gould may well lose this battle. But she’s playing a much longer game — and...
Doug Ford has to convince Ontarians he is their protector
My editor has asked me to answer a simple question: How can Doug Ford’s PCs win—and win bigger?
The age of the oligarch has arrived in Washington and Canada needs to target these new powerbrokers who have Trumps ear
It happened in the blink of an eye. Seemingly overnight, the rules of the game — how decisions are reached...
Who among our best and brightest will step up in this Canada’s hour of greatest need?
In the aftermath of a major historical event, the causative chain that produced it is often shrouded in mystery. The...
Advice to progressives: public rage is real and the politics of joy is dead
More than 200 years ago, Edmund Burke penned the definitive defence of tradition. In it, he denounced the revolution still...
Three moves our next Prime Minister should make to win over Donald Trump
Often in romantic comedies there’s a moment where the protagonist realizes, “he’s just not that into you.” For Canada, that...
The border wake-up call is ringing — bring on the drones, helicopters and patrols
If you’re out walking after a bad storm, you’re liable to come across a few trees with limbs that are...
This is the difference between the political moment that swept Justin Trudeau into leadership and the one that will push him out
People have good reason to doubt the veracity of campaign promises because they have good, abundant evidence that politicians hardly...
Donald Trump is going to win the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Here are three reasons why
If there is one thing I’ve learned in my time writing this column, it’s that readers, especially those who read...
If Justin Trudeau steps down this is what it will look like
“A tough but strong decision.”“Put our country first.”
These are the four tactics that make Pete Buttigieg one of the finest communicators in America
Communication is measured in impact not minutes. But your words will always miss the mark if you don’t watch the...
Tim Walz has something you can’t buy or fake
There’s a moment in every drugstore novel or Hallmark movie where one character whispers tenderly to another, “Don’t change a...
JD Vance may lose Republicans the White House
“One day you’re cock of the walk, the next a feather duster.” A politician must have cooked up this brutally...
The best replacement for Joe Biden is the most obvious
Just prior to the implosion that rocked global financial markets, Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld assured investors his bank’s liquidity...
Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden should both leave. That’s harder for advisers to say than you might think
Dr. Martin Luther King said the true measure of an individual is not how they behave in moments of comfort...
Olivia Chow’s greatest vulnerability? Her friends
Imagine the confusion. Toronto’s most labour friendly mayor in recent memory and still — a major strike that would have...
Canada needs to become a world leader in the AI economy but first we need to build public support
It’s a politico’s axiom that perception is reality. Call it a rudimentary observation in a “post-truth world,” but if it...
Democrats are running out of time as Donald Trump’s troubles are only making him stronger
If there has even been such a thing as the world’s greatest circus, this is surely it: the trial of...
We are not having enough babies and that’s a problem for all us
It’s not rocket science. Ensure families have access to affordable, high-quality child care and guess what? You get drastically better...
Low polls give Trudeau’s Liberals the freedom to make gutsy moves that will help the country
Spring has sprung and with it the Liberal government is clearly waking up from a long period of hibernation. The...
Government bans on social media will only make them more desirable
Will Rogers has an old joke about Prohibition: “Why don’t they pass a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything...
After weeks of mean-spirited speculation, Kate Middleton shows she has her priorities straight — and the humility of the late Queen
It’s said that revision sits at the very heart of great writing. And right now, I feel every beat of...
What Brian Mulroney knew about politics and Canada that is missing today
As much as victory’s highs are as ephemeral as a shooting star, defeat’s bitter sting lingers in a way never...
Joe Biden has a clear path to victory: abortion rights
The battle lines of the 2024 U.S. presidential election are drawn, the ideologies entrenched. To say the electorate's divisions are...
To compete with Donald Trump, Canada needs a new political tool box
My last column discussed how our abysmal productivity will likely grow problematically acute under a new Trump administration. It really...
How Canadian politicians should prepare for a second Trump presidency
Part cliché. Mostly truism. It is said that there are no sure things in politics. But, after his unprecedented victories...
Without a seat at Queen's Park, Ontario is Bonnie Crombie's to discover — and conquer
So, which will it be: door No. 1 or door No. 2? The question, of course, is one of the...
In the face of gloom, here are three reasons to be hopeful
All doom and gloom. Or is it? It’s beyond cliché to say that the world – and our country along...
Pierre Poilievre's wake-up call to Canadian media
This past week, two developments attracted the nation’s attention. Pierre Poilievre released a 15-minute video on Canada’s “housing hell” that...
Nothing grand about Grand Old Party’s Speaker standoff
My granny, who was the wisest person I knew, always said that if you lived long enough anything can happen...
