What my dissident dad taught me about privilege
A young woman and her father clash over what it means to fight the powers that be—and correct injustice
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Left vs Right
Why it’s dangerous to equate the Left and the Right
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.
The political terms ’right’ and ’left’ are simplistic, damaging, and need to be retired
Anne Kingston: The binary labels have lost their way with blurred definitions, centrism and crumbling ideology
Why we’re calling out the left and the right of Canadian politics
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.
This is what’s wrong with Canada’s Right
As its support base shifts and hardens, the Conservatives increasingly have a new measure: are you with us or against us?
This is what’s wrong with Canada’s Left
The Liberals are losing their hold on the centre, increasingly willing to alienate and inflame.
Canada’s angry, divisive politics are as old as Canada itself
Paul Wells: Canadian politics has always been polarized. If there’s a difference today, it’s that democracy itself is waning.
One in four Canadians hate their political opponents
Polarized voters are ‘fearful and frustrated,’ and more likely to think the world is getting worse over time
The one question Conservatives need to answer before they say anything
Andrew MacDougall: The Tories can only win the next election if they woo the voters who abandoned them in 2015
How to harness the volatility of the populist Right
Jen Gerson: Growing anger, fear, frustration and disappointment are very real in liberal democracies. What’s a Conservative to do?