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Rattled by Trump's tariff threat, Canada's leaders point fingers at each other
Canadian political leaders cannot stop Donald Trump from making threats. But Canadian political leaders can control how they respond to those threats and actions. And Canadians can judge how serious those responses are.
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Who is muzzling Conservative MPs — the Speaker or Pierre Poilievre?
In a fundraising appeal this week, the Conservative Party told supporters that the Speaker was silencing Conservative MPs. Hours earlier, Radio-Canada had reported about the close control and scrutiny that Pierre Poilievre and his office impose over what Conservative MPs say and do.
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Justin Trudeau tries to find a cure for 'inflationitis'
If the challenges posed by inflation were easy to overcome, more governments would have done so by now. Instead, a succession of elections have shown the current moment to be brutal for incumbent parties and politicians around the world.
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After a brief retreat, politicians are again clamouring for the notwithstanding clause
When Ontario Premier Doug Ford was compelled to abandon his attempt to use the notwithstanding clause to end a labour dispute in 2022, it was possible to believe the tide had turned against the Charter’s escape clause. But the political temptation to override legal rights is apparently still strong.
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With Trump's return, another wave of uncertainty washes over Canadian politics
The United States is both our loud neighbour and — by orders of magnitude — our most valuable trading partner. But living beside (and under the umbrella of) the world’s most powerful democracy also has brought with it a certain peace of mind. At least, it did until recently.
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Trudeau hopes a 'silent majority' is still willing to listen
He surely would reject any such comparison but, in a recent interview, Justin Trudeau briefly sounded just a little bit like Richard Nixon.
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Trudeau's Liberals are trying to save the Canadian consensus on immigration — and their legacy
Reports about the death of Canada’s immigration consensus arguably have been exaggerated. But there are warning signs — both for the public’s attitude toward immigration and for the Trudeau government’s legacy.
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Trudeau and the Liberals are burning time on themselves that they can't afford to waste
The lesson of the 2011 federal election was that nothing about the Liberal Party’s success, or even survival, is assured. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself attributed that fall directly to the party’s turn inward, toward its own squabbles, disagreements and intramural competitions.
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After a week of jaw-dropping accusations, the quaint world of 2015 seems far away
The remarkable revelations and accusations of the past week — from the expulsion of six Indian diplomats on Monday to the prime minister’s challenge to the Conservatives at the foreign interference inquiry on Wednesday — underline how the world has become a more dangerous and difficult place for Canada.
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Caught in an aggressive hunt for documents, Parliament is getting nowhere fast
Some amount of parliamentary gamesmanship is to be expected whenever and wherever MPs gather. But some days it is hard to look at the games being played and see how anyone — least of all Canadians — could be said to be winning.