Jul 16 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Sometimes Liberals act for the best possible reason and the worst possible reason at the same time. Their move to criminalize conversion therapy is a case in point. Conversion therapy, which is not therapy and converts no one, can be so harmful to LGBTQ patients that some provinces and municipalities have moved to restrict the […]
Jun 12 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — The Canadian Senate should be credible, independent but subordinate. Thanks to Justin Trudeau’s reforms, the Red Chamber today is closer to that ideal than at any time in its past. If Andrew Scheer becomes prime minister, the Conservative Leader should build on these improvements rather than scuttling them, as he has threatened to do. For […]
Jun 10 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — A bond has been broken between Justin Trudeau and the voters of Mississauga Centre. If he is to remain prime minister after Oct. 21, Mr. Trudeau must reforge that bond. Mississauga Centre is a typical 905 riding, which is why I spent time here before the last election and returned to it recently. The suburban […]
May 22 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will campaign in Ontario during this fall’s general election in an effort to convince new Canadians living in suburban ridings that Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives are a safe choice for their votes. Mr. Kenney’s journey to the Ontario heartland is a remarkable intervention by a premier in a federal campaign, a move […]
May 13 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Justin Trudeau was not present for Question Period on Monday, delaying by another day questions from the opposition about the Mark Norman case. Mr. Trudeau’s sudden shyness reinforces suspicions of political meddling that the Conservatives are exploiting to the hilt. “Why did the Prime Minister try to weigh in on the scales of justice and […]
May 7 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — An important eve-of-the-general-election-by-election has delivered the Greens a powerful victory, while shaking both Liberals and New Democrats to the core. And the result offers further proof that Canada continues to resist the tide of intolerance sweeping the rest of the democratic world. Paul Manly will join Elizabeth May as Canada’s second Green Member of Parliament, […]
May 1 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Love and Courage is a political memoir like no other. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has written a harrowing tale of growing up in a world blighted by physical and sexual abuse, blatant racism and his father’s addiction to alcohol. But there was also love: for family members struggling to navigate chaos, for friends who rescued […]
Apr 9 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — On its face, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to threaten Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer with a defamation lawsuit is needs-to-have-his-head-examined foolish. The threat adds fresh fuel to the SNC-Lavalin bonfire. The only question seems to be: What on earth were the Liberals thinking? To understand that thinking, it may help to go back to June […]
Mar 26 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — The core question in the SNC-Lavalin affair is whether Justin Trudeau and his advisers respect the rule of law. The answer appears to be that they have no respect for it at all, after an unnamed source, in an effort to smear former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould, fed reporters a story about a dispute over choosing […]
Mar 6 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — At one level, Gerald Butts’s testimony before the House justice committee Wednesday was irrelevant. You either believe Jody Wilson-Raybould’s allegation that, as attorney-general, she was improperly pressed to intervene in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, or you believe the government’s defence that she’s wrong. At another level, the testimony of the former principal secretary to Justin […]
Mar 5 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail —