Opinion

Natan Obed: After the PM’s emotional address, reporters cast Inuit aside to ask questions about SNC-Lavalin. This is where reconciliation falls short.

Scott Gilmore: We tell ourselves that this is a meritocracy, but we are constantly boosting our child up on our shoulders, and jostling aside others as we do so.

Andrew MacDougall: What’s needed is a calm and systematic destruction of Trudeau’s arguments. The Conservative leader is just now catching on.

Our editorial: A subtle shift appears to be taking place, in which perceptions of the application of political power are changing

David J. Bercuson and Barry Cooper imagine a future where western territories have split from Canada to escape the bureaucratic despotism of Ottawa

Jen Gerson: Twitter fights about pipeline politics, carbon taxes and culture wars are fashionable. But Alberta needs to think long-term—and not just hope for another boom.

Matt Gurney: The PM is taking fire from some unusual places, from the OECD to the NYT. These attacks will not be brushed off so easily.

Stephen Maher: The SNC-Lavalin affair raises more corrosive questions about the Prime Minister’s competence than his ethics 

Tabatha Southey: Planning on boycotting Captain Marvel because of its vocal star Brie Larson? No problem—here’s a review just for you.

Letters to the editor, March 8, 2019: Readers weigh in on the SNC-Lavalin scandal consuming Ottawa, and they disagree completely about who’s right and who’s wrong