Opinion

Tom Parkin: The PM has warned the next election will be nasty. So why has he said nothing—not even a tweet—about a Liberal candidate’s race-based attack?

Rick Smith: The two sides don’t share equal blame for the sad state of politics. Only the Left is seeking answers to the big challenges of the day.

Anne Kingston: The binary labels have lost their way with blurred definitions, centrism and crumbling ideology

Both sides of the Canadian political spectrum are spoiling for a fight and reasoned debate is at risk. With an election looming, it’s time to raise the alarm.

Paul Wells: Canadian politics has always been polarized. If there’s a difference today, it’s that democracy itself is waning.

Andrew MacDougall: The Tories can only win the next election if they woo the voters who abandoned them in 2015

Jen Gerson: Growing anger, fear, frustration and disappointment are very real in liberal democracies. What’s a Conservative to do?

Andray Domise: Always competing in the woke Olympics, the political left, too often, does not make it easy for newcomers (or Oprah Winfrey) to join the ranks and stay there.

Terry Glavin: Where the Left isn’t wholly irrelevant, it is increasingly indistinguishable from the populist right

Scott Gilmore: Still fighting for his border wall, the president droned through an unconvincing speech. Like his presidency, it didn’t accomplish much.