May 24 2023 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — “Democracy is built on trust,” reads the first line of special rapporteur David Johnston’s report on foreign interference. He’s right about that, which is why it’s a travesty that, 55 pages and one rambling news conference later, Johnston failed to take the one action that could begin to restore public trust in Canada’s system. Johnston, […]
Feb 14 2023 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s tagline “everything feels broken” elicits indignant eyerolls and denials from Liberals, but scathing new testimony from Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux adds credibility to the claim. On Tuesday, Giroux spoke to the Senate Finance Committee, delivering a series of what Politico called “sick burns” to paint a picture of a […]
Feb 12 2023 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — In 1991, Japan began its lost decade — in 2014, Toronto entered one of its own. This is when John Tory’s election as mayor initiated a yawning stretch of undeniable decline. Perhaps, with his resignation, the city still has a chance. On Friday night, shockwaves reverberated across the country as the Toronto Star first reported […]
Feb 1 2023 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Fifteen-billion dollars — that’s how much money the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) may have paid out to ineligible employers. The sum is mind-boggling enough on its own — even more so is the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) admission that it won’t bother to try to get any of it back. Not “worth the effort,” […]
Jan 12 2023 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Over the past few years, Canadian police have had some trouble telling victims of crime and criminals apart. This is because self-defence is treated less like a right in this country and more like a wishy-washy theory subject to the emotional, moral and even political leanings of law enforcement. The bottom line: if you ever […]
Jan 5 2023 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — The federal Liberals are well on their way to meeting at least one of their marquee goals: 500,000 new immigrants per year by 2025. The stats for 2022 just came in, and last year saw a record 431,645 new permanent residents. That’s a 6.4 per cent increase over 2021 — and this year aims to […]
Dec 30 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — The winter travel debacle that began last week, and continues to unfold, exposes the federal Liberals’ toothless governance one last time before the calendar turns. While last week’s winter storm, which hit most of the country, can’t be blamed on the government, the absurd levels of systemic collapse that followed in its wake absolutely can […]
Dec 16 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — There’s little Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to enjoy more than a properly dramatic speech. So, at the first in-person national Liberal Party holiday party since COVID-19, he gave himself the gift of delivering one to over 2,000 party members. But, like a box-in-a-box gag gift wrapped in pretty paper, Trudeau’s rhetoric lacked substance. At […]
Dec 7 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Over the last year, in Ontario alone, 52 women and girls were murdered by men, often ones who were well known to them. That’s one woman per week. On the 33rd anniversary of 14 female students being shot simply because they were women (an act that’s come to be known as “femicide”) at École Polytechnique […]
Nov 17 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Xi Jinping’s public dressing down of Justin Trudeau was a bully tactic, meant to intimidate and humiliate. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dressing down of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G20 summit was as close to Real Housewives-style table flipping as intergovernmental forums get — at least publicly, anyway. The decision to confront Trudeau in […]
Nov 11 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — While writing this column, my finger slipped, and I accidentally typed “mad mandates” instead of “mask mandates.” It so happens my mistake was apt for the situation at hand. Nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s positively mad that some people still advocate for mask mandates as a go-to public health tool. In Ontario, […]
Nov 10 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — In person, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is relaxed and even cheery. But get him talking about the Bank of Canada (BoC), and he suddenly seems to vibrate on a higher intensity level. “When I’m prime minister, we’ll have sound money. The Bank of Canada will have one job, and that’s to keep inflation at […]
Nov 8 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — On Friday, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre sat down with me for his first in-depth mainstream media interview since February. We talked about a wide range of subjects from housing to immigration, taxes, the Bank of Canada (BoC), whether we’re headed toward a constitutional crisis and more. Watch the video below. Will he bailout homeowners? […]
Oct 26 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — To say no one is coming off particularly well in the ongoing Emergencies Act inquiry is a gross understatement. Each day of hearings brings new revelations about just how discombobulated and, in many cases, downright incompetent various levels of government and law enforcement were back in February. Unfortunately, there’s also little reason to believe much […]
Oct 19 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — If you google “Canadian characteristics,” you’ll find the internet believes us to be respectful, polite, tactful and peace-loving. But what about alienated and bitter –– particularly when it comes to each other? A new Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) poll finds Canada’s “Resentment Index” is soaring in regards to federalism and interprovincial attitudes. […]