Trump looks at Canada and sees America’s unfinished business
In the two elections to come — the Liberal leadership race, which ends March 9, and the federal election that...
Stephen Maher
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Something irked me as I wrote Justin Trudeau’s biography. I now know that thing was his fatal flaw
This time last year, when I was doing final edits on my book about Justin Trudeau, I asked my editors...
Chrystia Freeland just exposed ‘proud feminist’ Justin Trudeau for who he really is
In a speech to a feminist political charity in Ottawa Tuesday night, Justin Trudeau lamented the election of Donald Trump...
Canada’s Pierre Poilievre Era Will Begin in 2025
It’s all but certain that, by the end of 2025, Pierre Poilievre will become our new prime minister. We don’t...
To survive Donald Trump, Canada must do these four things. Justin Trudeau is going to hate them all
In January 2017, the day after Donald Trump signed what he called a “Muslim ban,” limiting travel from some Middle...
The clock is ticking on Trudeau
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plane touched down in Honolulu on his way back from a summit in Laos last...
Adjusting the Sails - 2024 Atlantic Canada Momentum Index
This year’s Atlantic Canada Momentum Index offers evidence of a region at a critical juncture. The strong momentum outlined in...
I found out what really happened between Pierre Poilievre and CTV. The real story was even more depressing than the lie
The facts in the brief and dispiriting feud between CTV and the Conservative Party of Canada over a mangled clip...
CTV wasn’t out to get Pierre Poilievre. The truth is more alarming
Somehow during the production of a two-minute news item for CTV National News last Sunday, the weekend crew mangled a...
Canadian parties choose to see, hear no foreign mischief
When about 200 foreign students arrived by bus at the Liberal nomination meeting in the leafy suburban Toronto community of...
Conservative leader fights with broadcaster
While Trudeau was enjoying a New York broadcast, his opponent, Pierre Poilievre, was getting deeper into a fight with a...
Justin Trudeau is leading the Liberals toward generational collapse. Here’s why he still hasn’t walked away
Back in 2012, when Justin Trudeau was training for a charity boxing match that few people thought he was going...
It’s not just Trudeau: The Liberals’ days as the natural governing party are done
Canada is likely on track for a significant milestone. If there were a federal election tomorrow, and Canadians vote as...
By slamming experts, Pierre Poilievre and his staff are degrading political debate
On Tuesday, when Doris Grinspun, the CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, told CBC that Ontario’s decision to...
Harris heads into convention on a high note
Speaking of good news for Kamala Harris, a Cook Political Report swing state poll released Wednesday shows her leading Donald...
Justin Trudeau’s on the back foot, the opposition and media are no better. No wonder ruthless authoritarians are treating Canadians like a bunch of dim-witted lumberjacks
On Feb. 21, 2021, 800 days after the Chinese government locked up Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, Don Valley North...
Alberta oil flowing, but that won’t help Trudeau
A pipeline that gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a huge headache is finally delivering benefits — to oil companies, at...
The foreign interference revelations show that Trudeau’s security committee is fulfilling its mandate
One of the bitter ironies in the dismal, long-running foreign interference saga is that Justin Trudeau – whose lack of...
Ottawa’s Response to the Trucker Protest Was Doomed from the Start
THE STORY OF how Ottawa failed to deal effectively with the three-week “Freedom Convoy” protest in January 2022 is a...
Trudeau's blackface crisis: What Butts and Telford knew about the photos before news broke
Book excerpt: How the Liberal campaign team helped Justin Trudeau survive arguably his worst scandal of his political career
Prepare for the Meanest Election in Canadian History
IERRE POILIEVRE first came to my attention in 2004, when we were both new to Ottawa and I used to...
Trudeau needs to read the writing on the wall
In October of 2022, when I started working on my book about Justin Trudeau’s government, I told my interview subjects...
Poilievre refuses to be pinned down
Canadian Finance Minister Chystia Freelandsaid this week that she will put forward legislation to increase capital gains taxes before Parliament...
Who’s afraid of Mark Carney?
Mark Carney set the cat among the pigeons last week with a speech that gently criticized the government of Prime...
Biden and Trudeau face headwinds … from Gaza
Last Thursday, after Joe Biden promised during his State of the Union to build a pier to deliver aid to...
Before Liberals can replace Trudeau, they would have to reckon with Gaza
If the race to succeed Trudeau takes place while Israel is bombing Gaza, would-be leaders would be under intense pressure...
Poilievre can dish it out, but can he take it?
Many voters may be glad to see him treat journalists with disdain — that is for them to decide —...