Sep 29 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — It’s been another grim week for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Nazi-gate continued to dominate the headlines and another poll came out showing the Liberals 12 points behind the Conservatives. As Trudeau flails, speculation mounts about his potential departure, and about possible alternatives. One name on a lot of people’s lips this week was that of […]
Sep 27 2023 — John Ivison — National Post — David Dodge was like the grown-up handing out black coffee and aspirins the morning after a night of teenage bacchanalian excess. The former Bank of Canada governor was testifying before the House of Commons finance committee on Monday and his message was unequivocal: The party’s over. Article content The Liberal government has rarely encountered a […]
Sep 26 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — Putin’s propaganda about “denazifying Ukraine” thus got a major boost, complete with slo-mo video footage of our MPs rising to their feet to applaud a beaming Yaroslav Hunka, who served in the SS 14th Waffen Division, which committed numerous atrocities against Poles during the Second World War. Article content Meanwhile, our Five Eyes allies are […]
Sep 21 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — On Wednesday, thousands of parents and supporters took to the streets across Canada for the 1 Million March 4 Children protest, chanting “leave the kids alone.” They were protesting the teaching of “gender ideology” in schools, including lessons about gender identity, transgenderism and schools’ refusal to inform parents of their children’s use of preferred pronouns.
Sep 19 2023 — John Ivison — National Post — So, there goes Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy, the much-vaunted plan to counter an increasingly quarrelsome China by improving relations with democracies in the region like… India. Not much is clear after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s stunning speech in the House of Commons that linked agents of the government of India with the June murder in B.C. […]
Sep 19 2023 — Christopher Nardi — National Post — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “come clean” with more information about allegations that Indian government agents were involved in the murder of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil.
Sep 19 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — The House of Commons is back — and with it, a crisis no one saw coming. On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that “Over the past number of weeks, Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of a […]
Sep 18 2023 — John Ivison — National Post — To err is human; to blame someone else is politics. The House of Commons is back and the prime minister had barely cleared his throat before he turned the Opposition leader’s questions on housing and grocery affordability into a response about the Conservative party’s plan to “restrict access to abortion, deny the impact of climate […]
Sep 18 2023 — Ryan Tumilty — National Post — A joint report into Chinese interference in Canada drawn from an RCMP and Canadian Security Intelligence Service investigation found evidence of foreign agents working in this country to “influence…important leaders” and “neutralize” criticism of China. The report was written 25 years ago.
Sep 12 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — The Conservative policy convention has come and gone amid a hail of plaudits, photo-ops, and favourable polls. Leader Pierre Poilievre has managed to unite the party faithful and win over Canadian voters, by tapping into their economic angst and fatigue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is increasingly seen as out of touch, and out […]
Sep 12 2023 — John Ivison — National Post — One of the arguments put forward by advocates of supply management is that its production and import controls result in price stability. Yet the costs of poultry, milk and eggs have soared, often beyond the rate of general food inflation.
Sep 8 2023 — John Ivison — National Post — The respect and a broad policy consensus that existed has been replaced by loathing and partisan hostility. Illiberalism is the dominant strain on both the left and the right.
Sep 6 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Retired Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve and his wife, retired Maj. Barbara Maisonneuve, are hoping for another standing ovation when they take the stage during the Conservative party convention in Quebec City on Thursday night. In an interview, the military couple, lifelong Conservatives and supporters of leader Pierre Poilievre, said they were already expecting to attend the […]
Sep 6 2023 — John Ivison — National Post — It would be appropriate if Canada’s Got Talent winner Jeanick Fournier serenades the faithful at the close of the Conservative convention in Quebec City on Saturday afternoon with her barnstorming version of Queen’s The Show Must Go On. Party leader Pierre Poilievre will be hoping that by the time Fournier leaves the stage, his relentless […]
Sep 5 2023 — National Post — Hello, September. Labour Day’s done, the kids are back in school, parents are back at work, as the sweet indolence of summer fades into the chilly reality of fall. Our federal politicians are also back in the saddle, though they get an extra-long break: Parliament returns in two weeks. But in the meantime, a couple […]