EconomyDonald Trump is starting a trade war. Here’s why it will go dangerously wrong.The consequences of the president’s enthusiasm for economic conflict could be widespread and severe. In trade wars, no one wins.
Facebook Instant ArticlesHas Trudeau reached a tipping point? A new poll shows his support slipping.An Abacus Data survey finds the PM’s popularity and Liberal support dipping, with the blame falling squarely on the disastrous trip to India
CanadaThe Phoenix pay system’s days are numbered. Here’s why it has to go.The federal government revealed plans to move on to a new setup in the 2018 budget
BusinessBig money for innovation, but questions about the strategy behind it allThe 2018 federal budget includes new funding for research, commercialization and support for exporters
Facebook Instant ArticlesIs Ottawa studying pharmacare to death?A new advisory council is set to study national pharmacare. The NDP’s health critic says it’s redundant and ’kicking the can down the road.’
OttawaJustin Trudeau may have lost the foreign press (and not just Fox News)It’s hard to miss the change in tone over just the last week, amidst a disastrous visit to India: the Prime Minister’s glow has faded
Facebook Instant ArticlesCanada and India can’t seem to make a trade deal. Here’s why.The Trudeau government’s championing of ’progressive trade’ may further gum up complex negotiations that have dragged on for years
Facebook Instant ArticlesThe NDP knows what it stands for. Now begins the work of policymaking.Inequality, pharmacare and intraparty democracy were on the agenda at the NDP’s Ottawa convention. ’The time for timid is over’, said Singh.
Facebook Instant ArticlesThe troubles facing Justin Trudeau on his first state visit to IndiaThe prime minister needs to grow a stalled trade relationship and also assuage India’s security concerns about its diaspora in Canada
OttawaJagmeet Singh tries not to pick sides on the Alberta and B.C. pipeline fightWith B.C. and Alberta feuding over the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, the new federal NDP leader faces a party unity challenge