Premiers meeting: battle or bondPolitics Insider for July 8: Pro-oil groups vs. environmentalists, legitimizing Ivanka, and keeping the premiers focussed
Actually, foreign funding flows to both sides of Alberta’s oil sands battleStephen Maher: Fear-mongering about U.S.-backed environmental groups is a symptom of strain on the oil industry. Next will come demands for government support.
Margaret Trudeau on her solo show: ’It was just such an adventure’Trudeau’s latest turn at mental-health advocacy took to the stage—with a sense of humour, and a harnessing of her ’gift of the gab’
History lessons for Donald Trump after his Fourth of July speechMaybe the U.S. president fell victim to a Teleprompter malfunction. Or maybe he didn’t know what he was talking about. Either way, we’ve got his back.
The ’Ivanka Show’—and Canada’s role in itAnne Kingston: Canada can take a bow for enabling the president’s daughter’s rise under the vague, feel-good mantle of ’women’s empowerment.’
Thanking the family next doorBefore You Go: Hilary Faktor pays tribute to her neighbours, as they prepare to move away, for 15 years of Harry Potter, tree forts and warm muffins
Trump’s bad, sad Independence Day showmanshipAnne Kingston: And we’re about to relive the Inauguration attendance lies again, too.
The social media battle to beat TrudeauAdvocacy groups with pro-oil messages are scrambling to counter the union-backed groups that thrived in 2015
Donald Trump’s ’Salute to America’ celebration: Live videoThe president’s Fourth of July celebration at the Lincoln Memorial will feature tanks, fighter jets and fireworks. Watch it here.