Canada’s House of Commons doesn’t need to be modernizedEvery time we insist on modernizing our democratic processes to make them “more democratic,” we just wind up making things worse
Bill Morneau serves up a sleeper: Ottawa Power RankingsWho’s up in the nation’s capital? A Liberal backbencher wins big. Who’s down? The finance minister misses his big moment.
On First Nations issues, ’sunny ways’ was just a phaseThe Trudeau government had a rare opportunity to finally ensure Indigenous peoples receive the same basic services as other Canadians, but that moment is at risk
A budget for make benefit glorious economy of CanadaBudget 2017 shows how deeply the Trudeau government believes there are levers and buttons it can push to direct the economy
Bill Morneau’s budget speech for two CanadasAs populists and globalists face off around the world, the Liberals don’t want to pick a side
After Budget 2017, a road map to what matteredFamily matters, the Trump factor, big-ticket items, gender, shell games—and more
The unmasking of Bill Morneau, caped budget crusaderThis was not a blockbuster, super-hero budget, but more like the forgettable sequel, like the 1997 George Clooney version of the Dark Knight
The hope and hype of a ’gender-based’ budgetBudget 2017 highlighted inequities Canada’s self-styled ’feminist’ prime minister has yet to change
The control freak budgetIt’s as if Canadians were four-year-olds in need of training wheels on almost every choice, financial and social alike
Infrastructure spending: It’s about the evidence, stupid!The budget includes measures that should help governments make informed, evidence-based infrastructure investments