OttawaFriends! Welcome to Justin Trudeau’s ethical islandThe general rule is that public officeholders should not receive anything they could not ordinarily buy, but the details allow for all kinds of room to dodge or distract
OttawaHow Canada fits into Rex Tillerson’s plan for North KoreaPaul Wells parses diplomatic history as the U.S. secretary of state arrives in Ottawa to talk North Korea
CanadaBonjour! Hi! Let us discuss language politicsPaul Wells on the Quebec National Assembly’s farcical motion about how merchants should greet their customers
OttawaTrudeau tries to thread the China needlePaul Wells : The Liberals held public consultations on free trade with China. Will the message they got inform the latest mission to Beijing?
OttawaA peacekeeping force on the Russia-Ukraine border?Paul Wells on how a long shot mission hinging on a retreat by Vladimir Putin is taking shape, and how Canada is playing a role
OttawaWhy Trudeau will be his best advertisement—and worst enemy—in 2018Ahead of the 2019 election, it’s hard to imagine Trudeau’s opponents doing damage to him approaching what he routinely does to himself
CanadaQuebec without equalization?François Legault’s promise to wean Quebec off equalization payment isn’t realistic, but it’s good politics
PoliticsJoe Biden: Hope, unchangedPaul Wells on the launch of the former vice president’s ’American Promise Tour’—an exercise in grieving and the start of a presidential run
PoliticsGarnett Genuis: The 2017 Parliamentarian of the YearOf the 10 recipients of the prize since its inception, Genuis is, by more than a decade, the youngest
OttawaStephen Harper’s NAFTA memo shows how little the former PM has changedPaul Wells pokes holes in Harper’s flawed, albeit very familiar NAFTA memo attacking the Trudeau government for its approach to Donald Trump