Justin Trudeau

Tom Parkin: By delaying a by-election call for months, the Liberals are sidelining their opponent, and denying thousands of Canadians a voice in Parliament

As the PM and the premiers prepare to talk interprovincial trade, our latest poll finds opinion solidly for scrapping barriers—with politically tricky regional differences

Andrew MacDougall: Supporting French is part of being Canadian, but it’s hard to get behind an organization that accomplishes nothing

Paul Wells: At the end of 2016, the feds and every province but Saskatchewan agreed to a national carbon plan. Then things started happening.

Opinion: Free trade agreements have long been fuelled by grand visions of a better tomorrow. But by keeping managed trade—which isn’t truly free—the USMCA fails

Opinion: Whether British Columbia’s approved LNG Canada project will increase or lower global greenhouse-gas emissions depends on one important factor

The deal is done but it’s not official. Approval in each country could take many months, and given the state of U.S. politics, it’s not guaranteed.

Paul Wells: The first-day Conservative reaction to the new NAFTA—or USMCA, as we’re apparently calling it—had a few layers

Opinion: The ’new NAFTA’ solves a serious crisis in the short term. But Canada made significant concessions—it was always going to have to—and that’s a big long-term problem

It began with some warm handshakes and kind words. A year later, a trade war loomed and greetings had turned downright frosty.