Kelly McParland

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Poilievre Conservatives remain a house divided - Conservatives have a leadership problem just weeks after their Calgary convention

Three weeks after a convention in Calgary seemed to put their leadership issues to rest, Conservatives again find themselves with a problem, and its name is still Pierre Poilievre. The Tory boss sailed through the required review of his performance with an overwhelming 87 per cent vote of approval. One would think so solid an endorsement would ensure Poilievre’s command...

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Zelenskyy's "truth bombs" echo Carney's call for unity

Politicians rarely say anything very interesting in speeches. At most, there might be a kernel of news slipped in between the banalities and outpourings of self-congratulation.

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Trump is about to find out toppling Maduro was the easy part

The United States has a really bad record when it comes to regime change. Time and again it’s sought to oust foreign leaders and replace them with more favoured replacements. The success rate isn’t great. It was a disaster in Vietnam, at a horrendous cost in life. Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, … defeat, disappointment, debacle, take your pick. Again and...

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Can Poilievre steal back his agenda?

He will have to face the fact that his opponent has been selling Tory policies better than he did — and do something about it. A year ago, Justin Trudeau was still determined to hang on as prime minister, still professing to believe he could win the next election against all odds and public evidence. If he’d held on, he’d...

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Poilievre needs to earn an extension as leader - He should face a leadership review if he wants to stay in the job

Canada’s federal Conservatives are stuck with a dilemma as they consider whether to do anything different in the next two years than they did in the last two. At the centre of the dilemma are a host of riddles. As in, did they actually lose the last election? Sure, they didn’t win, but did they lose lose? Like, did Canadians...

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Carney's change agenda should start with fixing up 24 Sussex Drive

Every prime minister since Pierre Trudeau has failed to rehabilitate the official residence. Carney has a chance to show us he's different.

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Monday's election was a wake-up call for the Conservatives

Poilievre failed to adapt as the campaign unfolded, which cost him the election

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Carney, Poilievre talk fiscal prudence, but offer the opposite - Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be

Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be

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Danielle Smith's election help isn't helping

Pierre Poilievre must wake up in the morning and wonder what it will take to get Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to quit trying to help him. The Conservative leader has his hands full right now. He’s got an election to win at a time his once-substantial lead has dwindled away into a neck-and-neck race. A Liberal party that seemed to...

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Trudeau skis while his party unites in calls for his resignation

The chorus of Liberals demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation has swollen to the point that it’s now fair to ask just who the prime minister thinks he’s still leading. Days after the Ontario caucus — the country’s biggest by far, with 75 members — concluded it was time for Trudeau to step aside, Atlantic Liberals sent a letter to...

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Trudeau Liberals have a Biden problem, but lack a Pelosi to press the case

A month after kicking him down the White House stairs, Democrats welcomed Joe Biden to the stage of their Chicago convention, the better to profess how much they well and truly love him. “We started out … with President Biden, who we all love, we all adore, we look forward to seeing him tonight,” convention chairperson Minyon Moore burbled Monday...