Can Trump shut out Canada and cut a trade deal with just Mexico?
Chrystia Freeland insists Canada has to sign, and a top trade lawyer says the White House lacks the authority—but Trump is blustering ahead
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
How should Andrew Scheer talk to Canadians?
John Geddes in Halifax: The Tory leader faces two routes: Fight ideological battles or focus on deliverables. He might be best telling his own story.
Why Scheer values unity, and Bernier plays the loner
John Geddes: The Tory leader’s formative years, and the exiting MP’s rise to prominence, foreshadowed today’s acrimonious split
Fact check: Diversity doesn’t make Canadians feel less Canadian
Response to Maxime Bernier has been heated, but a cooler look at research offers better grounds for not fretting about multiculturalism
Canada serves as convenient example for Saudi Arabia’s rising ruler
Two leading Middle East experts on what this week’s Canada-Saudi diplomatic clash reveals about the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Why a federal #MeToo law won’t be enforced any time soon
Ottawa made a big show of taking on workplace harassment. But its new legislation is full of blanks and a year and a half from coming into force.
Canada’s most expensive House
After years of work costing $900 million, Parliament Hill’s neglected West Block gets its star turn—eventually
What Justin Trudeau had to say at the NATO summit
At an unscripted question-and-answer session, the PM opened up on his view of Canada in the world, from defence spending to populist nationalism
Canadians to Trump: Don’t mess with us
From Parliament Hill to city councils to grocery stores, Canadians are embracing a volatile anti-Trump movement
Jane Philpott: On Canada’s own crisis of separating kids from parents
Trudeau’s Indigenous services minister talks about how to address the alarming rates of Indigenous children being taken by child welfare services