- Women thinking of joining the leadership race face a glass cliff: the phenomenon where they’re likely to be promoted in times of crisis, and often scapegoated for failure.
- Women thinking of joining the leadership race face a glass cliff: the phenomenon where they’re likely to be promoted in times of crisis, and often scapegoated for failure.
- What if we've all let this happen by allowing the staggering growth of the shadow cabinet of political insiders in the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as their control of ministers’ offices?
- What if we've all let this happen by allowing the staggering growth of the shadow cabinet of political insiders in the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as their control of ministers’ offices?
- Reconciliation demands legitimacy in our national Indigenous organizations.
- Stop the ever-expanding shadow civil service called the minister’s office staff, and please stop fighting in court against the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset button.
- DND needs to stop the exodus from the ranks, and the answer to stopping short-term retirements is retention bonuses.
- DND needs to stop the exodus from the ranks, and the answer to stopping short-term retirements is retention bonuses.
- With a Canadian Foreign Legion deployed, the regular combat arms units could begin the healing process of bringing themselves back to full operational readiness
- Whoever is running Canada in the months to come should be able to convince Donald Trump that an investment in Arctic infrastructure counts towards our defence budget.
- Karina Gould may not have the same Bay Street credibility as Mark Carney, but she resonates big with Main Street.
- Karina Gould may not have the same Bay Street credibility as Mark Carney, but she resonates big with Main Street.
- Trump must be taken seriously. It is time to fight a bully by destroying his bully pulpit.
- With zero prime ministerial strategy, Chrystia Freeland seized the narrative, and dealt a deadly blow to Trudeau’s future. The Prime Minister’s Office is solely responsible for this crisis.
- Did Freeland's firing expose Trudeau as a fake feminist? To some, this is an irrefutable fact, but Trudeau has also humiliated male ministers, including
- Economic gears have been grinding in unsettling ways since the pandemic, there are no quick fixes, and the first responsibility of any government should be to protect the vulnerable. Everyone else will survive—and may even find something to celebrate.
- The big question will be how much pain we are ready to endure before acceding to Trump's demands, and how much we are prepared to do to build a new economy.
- The big question will be how much pain we are ready to endure before acceding to Trump's demands, and how much we are prepared to do to build a new economy.
- Given the huge threats to our future—of which Donald Trump is just one—Canada needs a leader with extensive economic experience, something which both Justin
- It’s time our existing government to act like a real one until the next election so that more can be done over the coming months to put urgently needed policies in place for long-term change.
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- Panama’s president met Trump’s threats with defiance, declaring 'we will all unite under our Panamanian flag.' That’s the way of politics: nationalism on one side triggers nationalism on the other.
- Panama’s president met Trump’s threats with defiance, declaring 'we will all unite under our Panamanian flag.' That’s the way of politics: nationalism on one side triggers nationalism on the other.
- When anxiety is the population’s dominant emotion, voters want leaders who show strength instead of empathy, toughness instead of sensitivity. Trudeau’s political fragility is
- My Christmas conspiracy theory is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided—long before his dramatic split with former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland—to resign his position, and that he also has a successor in mind: Mélanie Joly.
- Justin Trudeau's graceless dithering in the face of the obvious that his time is up sets up two possibilities. The possibility of an ugly
- No real leader sneers at another country’s sovereignty or its elected leader, poses on mountain tops with a Canadian flag with all that that implies, or accuses a best friend of ripping them off.
- Is Donald Trump really going to maintain the U.S. sanctions on Russian oil sales when he’s in power? Meanwhile, Russia’s ‘shadow fleet' of second-hand oil tankers is in limbo.
- Is Donald Trump really going to maintain the U.S. sanctions on Russian oil sales when he’s in power? Meanwhile, Russia’s ‘shadow fleet' of second-hand oil tankers is in limbo.
- In any coup attempt, there's a point at which mere talk crosses the line into irrevocable action, and it's a bright red line.
- Justin Trudeau’s resignation is the delayed consequence of a row with then-deputy Chrystia Freeland over the weak response to Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States.
- Trump’s expansionist approach may turn out to be highly counterproductive.
- Trump’s expansionist approach may turn out to be highly counterproductive.
- The current uncertainty and lack of a well-anchored, unifying voice will put Canada at a severe disadvantage in the onrushing showdown with Donald Trump.
- Chrystia Freeland’s dramatic move has thrown the ruling Liberals into disarray, and raised new questions about the stability of Trudeau’s minority government.
- The Liberals have mistaken their party as too ‘woke’ instead of realizing the problem is their policies aren’t enough for the working class.
- The Liberals have mistaken their party as too ‘woke’ instead of realizing the problem is their policies aren’t enough for the working class.
- A system of exploitation results in anger and a rejection of democracy and capitalism.
- In the great social-media migration, Bluesky is offering a respite to users sick of hate.
- Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.
- Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.
- Liberal Party members have much to consider after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to resign as party leader and then as prime minister
- Chrystia Freeland ought to be reminded that she's held the finance portfolio since 2020. Not one of her budgets was ever balanced.