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After a historic agreement between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney, one that ended years of federal-provincial animosity and sent a clear signal to industry that Canada is open for business, 14 MPs appeared to choose ideology over nation building.
Alberta and Ottawa just did something nobody expected, and it actually matters. For years, the story of Canadian climate policy has been a familiar one: Ottawa sets ambitious targets, Alberta pushes back, and the country lurches forward with neither the unity nor the urgency the moment demands. Today, that story finally has a new chapter.
For years, the dismal state of 24 Sussex Drive has been a recurring punchline, a symbol of political paralysis, and a quiet national embarrassment. I spent years inside the machinery of government, close enough to watch good policy die, not from bad ideas, but from political timidness. The file on 24 Sussex is one I know well. It remains, after...
In the world of global diplomacy, the distance between a targeted mission and a regional conflict is often measured in days. For those of us who have lived and worked in the Middle East, watching the current escalation is not just a matter of tracking headlines. It is a visceral experience. My stomach is in knots because I know what...
The walls of Parliament shook this week with yet another floor-crossing of Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal caucus. This wasn’t just a procedural shift in the halls of Parliament, it is a stark symbol of a new, unsettling reality in Conservative politics. While floor-crossing is a historical reality and, let’s be honest, Liberals have...
For months, Mark Carney’s critics have dismissed him as bloodless; a central banker fluent in basis points but deaf to the anxieties of the average Canadian; a technocrat who lives in spreadsheets rather than the hearts of voters. But on Tuesday, on the world stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Carney demonstrated that what his opposition views as...
The predictable chorus of disappointment following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement to lower trade barriers with China has already begun. But it is time for a wake-up call. For too long, Canada’s foreign policy has been an exercise in moral futility, fixated on critiquing the conduct of others while conveniently ignoring the decay of our own strategic options. In the...
In the calculus of modern-day populism, there is no greater currency than the decisive act. In an unprecedented moment this past week, the world watched as U.S. President Donald Trump cashed in, deploying American special forces to snatch illegitimate self-proclaimed leader of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro from Caracas and deliver him to a New York jail cell. In the immediate aftermath...
At the stroke of midnight, in a decommissioned subway station beneath the streets of Manhattan, the old world finally flickered out. Standing under the vaulted Guastavino arches of the abandoned City Hall stop, Zohran Mamdani took his oath of office on a Quran. Mr. Mamdani’s election victory was a cinematic heist of the political status quo. A 34-year-old, South Asian...
As we close the book on 2025, the Canadian political landscape is not just altered, it is unrecognizable. For those of us within the “bubble,” this year served as a reminder that the old playbooks are obsolete. In 12 months, we witnessed the fall of a populist juggernaut, the erasure of a major party’s official status, and a pivot toward...
Let’s set the record straight: Mark Carney is not Justin Trudeau; and that is a good thing. The continued fixation of former Trudeau-era loyalists in insisting that Carney is pandering to the ‘bros’ because of his “rejection” of the word ‘feminist’ in Canada’s foreign policy reeks of nostalgia for a government that often mistook optics for substance. It’s time for...
Canadian politics has never been for the faint of heart. Every party has its fractures, leadership wars, and moments of chaos. But what’s happening inside the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre isn’t normal turbulence. It’s institutional decay disguised as discipline. Let’s be clear: what’s unfolding inside the halls of Ottawa isn’t strategy — it’s rot. When an MP from Atlantic...
In a shocking spectacle of political theater, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unleashed a torrent of explosive accusations against the RCMP, alleging collusion to cover up scandals from the Trudeau era that he claims should have led to criminal charges. This incendiary rhetoric is sending shockwaves through the moderate conservative ranks and raises a critical question for the CPC: Is...
For the past two decades, Canada has been a polite bystander in the global digital economy. We have allowed foreign technology companies to build empires on our soil, extracting value from our intellectual property and our data, while giving little back beyond sales offices and public relations campaigns. We have signed trade deals that tied our own hands, applauded when...
Pierre Poilievre recently proposed cancelling Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Why? His rationale: Young Canadians are struggling to find stable employment, and their chances are being further compromised by the ongoing influx of foreign workers. It’s a clear-cut attempt to swing more youthful voters to the Conservative Party, pick up secondary support from the friends and family members of...
Mark Carney takes office in a world that looks nothing like the one Justin Trudeau governed in. The Trudeau era, for all its ambitions, was rooted in the politics of the 2010s: climate-first mandates, progressive policy, and a deep faith in multilateralism. But in 2025, the global stage has shifted. Tariffs are back, industrial policy is in vogue, and economic...
Wildfires are currently raging across Canada, from the Pacific shores of Vancouver Island to the eastern expanses of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. So stark is the threat in Atlantic Canada that governments there have temporarily banned many outdoor activities due to the heightened risk — prompting some to claim this represents an encroachment on Canadians’ freedom.
The recent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan struck a deep chord within me. The history of that region casts a long shadow over the identities that intertwine both nations. As violence erupted in Kashmir and leaders exchanged incendiary rhetoric, I was reminded of the harrowing legacy of Partition, when the subcontinent was divided into India and Pakistan. It...
Monday morning began with truly shocking news, and what may be the final nail in the Liberal coffin: the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland as deputy prime minister and minister of finance. It is eerily similar to certain previous resignations and shows an ongoing pattern of disrespect for cabinet ministers (and women) within the current Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)...