OttawaThoughtful, or just slow? Justin Trudeau is taking the long view.Behind all the apparent inaction of late, there’s a plan to get re-elected
OttawaThe Liberals’ defence policy: So much, and too littleChrystia Freeland set out a bold vision for Canada’s foreign policy. But the Liberals’ defence policy seems to offer few ways to meet it.
OttawaIt’s time to talk about terror in CanadaJustin Trudeau vowed that a Liberal government would amend the Tories’ Bill C-51. As terror attacks continue in Europe, are reforms still coming?
PoliticsTories to Liberals: pay up, or don’t come to our conventionThe Conservatives are doing their best to make Grit observers feel unwelcome at their leadership confab
CanadaIn defence of youth councilsSpending on youth councils benefits everyone, argues the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada’s National Youth Council
OttawaWhat happens when politicians have to grapple with ’survivability’As Harjit Sajjan faces demands for his resignation, a former Harper PMO insider offers a look inside a political defence
PoliticsJustin Trudeau takes questions—all of themPaul Wells on Trudeau’s efforts at political theatre, which aimed to highlight the merits of a weekly PM’s Questions session
PoliticsA budget that hopes Canadians look past the numbersJohn Geddes on the message behind a not-so-spectacular federal budget, and how Bill Morneau and the Liberals hope to sell it
CanadaThis is Canada’s real refugee problemIt’s not Canada’s willingness to take in large numbers of them. It’s our woeful lack of preparation.
CanadaFor Tory and Liberal MPs, the puck stops hereWhen MPs faced-off in Ottawa for a ’spirited’ game of hockey, things got a bit chippy—and the Tories crushed the Liberals