Canada5 ways Trump has already poisoned Canadian politicsSuddenly Canadian politicians are making claims of vote rigging, calling others ’losers’ and complaining about ’fake news’. Sound familiar?
OttawaMichael Chong handles the hecklers: Ottawa Power RankingsWho’s up in the nation’s capital? A pair of leadership hopefuls in two parties. Who’s down? Liberals looking to become MPs.
OttawaKellie Leitch’s video is a masterwork of Trumpian distractionIt’s so cringe-inducing, it begs to be shared. For Leitch’s purposes, that’s all that matters.
OttawaThe subtext of Kellie Leitch’s bizarro videoAt minimum, Kellie Leitch is going to come out of this race with a recurring role on The Young and the Restless
PoliticsThe death of free speech? Come on.The people who claim free speech is under attack? The loudest voices in the room, speaking from protected perches, writes Rachel Giese
OttawaWhat made sparks fly at the Conservative leaders’ debateAt the Conservative debate, friction came over carbon taxes, values screening, farmers and trade, and the value of being an MP
OttawaThe race to the political bottomConservatives are in full Trumpian seizures about M-103. But the party doesn’t have a monopoly on toxic rhetoric.
OttawaThe Tories approach a point of no returnThis week’s debate over ’Islamophobia’ highlights the need for the Tories to root out the fringe forces rapidly dumbing down their party
OttawaMichelle Rempel demands more from politics—on the left and rightConservative MP Michelle Rempel takes off her partisan hat at a McGill Institute for the Study of Canada conference
WashingtonCanada’s two tiny Trumps to call our ownThe two Tory leadership frontrunners took a page from The Donald: she’s shameless, he’s politically clueless