Building a consensus on climate change? Not so easy, after all.
When the premiers balked at a pan-Canadian tax on carbon, the Prime Minister was left to speak vaguely. Is a cohesive national plan even possible?
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.
The art of the climate change deal
At their Vancouver meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers put off a clear decision on the hardest part of a national climate change plan.
Off to a tense start: Justin Trudeau meets the premiers
Pipelines, pricing carbon, and profiting during the ’transition’ off fossil fuels: The quotes to know from the First Ministers’ meeting
Murray Rankin on assisted dying’s trickier questions
Murray Rankin discusses a new report from a special committee of MPs and senators on physician-assisted dying
Grappling with the hardest questions on assisted dying
An interview with Sen. Kelvin Ogilvie, co-chair of Parliament’s committee on physician-assisted dying
How Trudeau’s first national inquiry could become a quagmire
The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women delivers big questions, even before it begins
Lloyd Axworthy: A politician who thinks globally, and acts locally
Our profile of Lloyd Axworthy, who we’re honouring with Maclean’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
Lloyd Axworthy on politics, Winnipeg and the world
John Geddes in conversation with Lloyd Axworthy, the Maclean’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner about his long, winding career
The Liberals’ meeting madness: Trudeau builds a consultation nation
Liberals are consulting on everything from defence to trade. They’re even consulting on consulting. Will true openness continue to reign?
On fighting Islamic State, Trudeau’s message is muddled
The Prime Minister’s top soldier upstaged him in justifying Canada’s transition plan, writes John Geddes