OttawaWhen it comes to NAFTA, deadlines are meaninglessSince the renegotiation began, red circles on the calendar have repeatedly come and gone. The reality: ’It will take as long as it takes.’
OpinionSo you want to betray your boss in the New York Times? Here’s what you should knowOpinion: A former senior political staffer on the four questions you should ask yourself before you end-run your boss with, say, an anonymous op-ed
OpinionColin Kaepernick, Nike and the politics of brandsAnne Kingston: The NFL player’s provocative deal with Nike shows how consumption can be conflated with political action
WashingtonDon’t worry, the adults are in the room at the White House. So is Kim Kardashian.Allen Abel: Donald Trump’s Washington woke up to fear, loathing and name-calling—and that was the good part of the day
OpinionThe daily humiliations of Donald TrumpScott Gilmore: The American president faces a barrage of daily embarrassments and insults that would undo most of us. How does he do it?
WashingtonWhy ’shadow president’ Mike Pence badly wants the Oval OfficeMichael D’Antonio and Peter Eisner argue Pence yearns for ’a vision of a white-washed past’—and has ’methodically pursued’ the presidency
EconomyWhy did Donald Trump bring up the Chevrolet Impala?The car he brought up amid high-stakes NAFTA negotiations has a long assembly history in Canada
EconomyHow soon can Donald Trump hit Canada with car tariffs?He has a few hoops to jump through first. But if he goes ahead, Trump will tear a gaping hole in the Canada-U.S. trading relationship
EconomyWhat will happen if Trump slaps a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian-made cars?It would be ’pretty disastrous’ for this country, say experts. But Americans would pay a steep price, too.
WorldWhy the American empire has lost control—and its failure is imminentPretending the world isn’t bleak feeds the mania for unreal hope that exists within American culture, argues Chris Hedges