Jul 29 2021 — Lawrence Martin — Globe and Mail — For the coming federal election there’s a lot of foregone-conclusion talk. To hear the pollsters and pundits, Justin Trudeau is headed for an easy win, his third in a row. If the forecasts are correct, he will ditto his dad, repeating Pierre Trudeau’s three-peat feat in much the same way. His father won a majority […]
Jul 28 2021 — Andrew Coyne — Globe and Mail — There was something ersatz about the controversy over the new governor-general’s lack of bilingualism – or rather, since Mary Simon is fluent in both English and Inuktitut, her lack of proficiency in French. Francophone commentators who had never previously disclosed a belief that there should even be a representative of the Queen in Canada were […]
Jul 28 2021 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — A senior foreign ministry official in Lithuania, which has drawn China’s ire in recent months for strengthening ties with Taiwan and helping Hong Kong dissidents, says Beijing’s arrest of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor was a “wake-up call” for democratic countries in their dealings with the Chinese Communist Party. Mantas Adomenas is vice-minister of foreign […]
Jul 27 2021 — Gary Mason — Globe and Mail — To his supporters, it all sounded so right, so promising. An Alberta Premier who was going to stick up for his province against those wanting to tear it down. Shortly after winning power in the spring of 2019, Jason Kenney announced a public inquiry to look into the Canadian environmental organizations behind what he branded […]
Jul 27 2021 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — The federal government last year approved a deal with Canadian business connections for the sale of nearly $74-million of weapons to Saudi Arabia, even as there were calls for Canada to stop arms transactions with the Saudis, one of the main combatants fuelling the war in Yemen. Global Affairs said in a report that Ottawa […]
Jul 27 2021 — Globe and Mail — New cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia have more than doubled since the province relaxed most of its health measures, a surge driven by an alarming rise in infections among unvaccinated people in the Interior. During the past weekend, the Interior Health Authority added 155 new cases. The authority, which encompasses Kelowna and Kamloops, has […]
Jul 23 2021 — Globe and Mail — Former correctional investigator Howard Sapers will chair a federal advisory panel looking into prisoner isolation in Canada for the next two years. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair will announce the move on Friday and renew the advisory panel of experts on the matter that was originally established in September, 2019. The purpose of the panel […]
Jul 23 2021 — Andrew Coyne — Globe and Mail — Like all political parties, the Liberal Party is a coalition of ideologues and opportunists: those who enter politics to get something done, and those who are in it for something to do. It has ever been thus. What has changed is the correspondence between the two. In previous generations, the ideologues made use of the […]
Jul 22 2021 — Global News, Globe and Mail — Ahead of the 41st general election, Nova Scotia’s Liberal Party is being accused of misogyny and double standards after a female candidate says she was forced out of the race over “boudoir photos.” Robyn Ingraham was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in the district of Dartmouth South. But on Saturday, she said in a statement […]
Jul 22 2021 — Lawrence Martin — Globe and Mail — For the past few months, President Joe Biden’s administration has pressured Canada to open its border. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer went so far as to threaten unilateral action, saying that if Ottawa kept stalling, the U.S. would go ahead and allow vaccinated Canadians entry. The pressure appears to have worked. Canada will open its […]
Jul 22 2021 — Andrew Coyne — Globe and Mail — Around the world, COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing again, thanks to the emergence of the highly contagious Delta variant. Among the hardest hit, surprisingly, are the countries that famously had the fastest rates of vaccination in the early going. Just a month ago Israel seemed to have beaten the virus, with an average of fewer than […]
Jul 21 2021 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — The organizers of the annual Halifax defence and security forum that drew the ire of Beijing for lauding Taiwan’s President are staging a similar gathering in Taipei in January – just weeks before the controversial 2022 Winter Olympics in China. It’s being billed as a show of support for the self-governing democracy of Taiwan, which […]
Jul 21 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Former Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she is not involved in the turmoil that has been a challenge for her successor, Annamie Paul. “Rumours have prompted media to continue to ask for clarification if I am playing some role in party matters,” Ms. May said in a statement on Tuesday. “I have no role […]
Jul 20 2021 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Some polls have Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole doing poorly, others have him doing worse. But all agree on one thing: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in a political sweet spot. If Justin Trudeau fails to win a majority government in an election that could be called as early as next month, it might not be […]
Jul 19 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Green Party Leader Annamie Paul will not face a non-confidence vote this week that could have led to her being ousted from her role as a federal election looms. The party’s 13-member governing party had been scheduled to make their vote on Tuesday; however, former leadership contender Dimitri Lascaris said it is his understanding that […]