Opinion

Jason Lietaer: The PM gave his opponents a gift today when he could easily have turned the page on the SNC-Lavalin crisis. Here’s what he should have done.

Andrew MacDougall: It’s not just the PM, politicians and staffers who are wearing the SNC-Lavalin affair. The PCO’s judgement is also on the hook.

Tom Parkin: The response to the SNC-Lavalin scandal presents some risks for the Tories and a possible opening for Jagmeet Singh’s NDP

Shannon Proudfoot: Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are driving the action and dictating events. It’s a radical departure from the regular boys’ club.

David Moscrop: It’s an insanely hard country to govern. The Liberals were foolish to pretend otherwise.

Before You Go: Dan Zaiontz says pop culture gives in-laws a bad rap—his continue to provide essential help in the raising of his three small kids

The former attorney general has extensive political skills. As an Indigenous woman she is also navigating a system that’s still stacked against her.

Stephen Maher: Ontario’s premier seems determined to put his friend in charge of the OPP, which is much more worrying than L’affair SNC-Lavalin

Andrew MacDougall: The Liberals are frantically trying to normalize what their 2015 selves would never have tolerated, and their talking points are terrible

Paul Wells: The phoniness of the Prime Minister’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin file is a trait he shows the Canadian people all too often