The federal Liberals were in high spirits at their caucus holiday party last Wednesday as they celebrated their victory in the Mississauga-Lakeshore by-election two days earlier. The opinion polls haven’t done Liberals many favours of late, but they had just […]

The Emergencies Act could prove to be a turning point for Justin Trudeau, much as the War Measures Act was for his father five decades earlier. Let’s start with the first Trudeau. Pierre was a middle-aged academic and lawyer, not […]

“The responsibility of the prime minister is to make the tough calls to keep people safe.” – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testifying at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Nov. 25, 2022. No one, surely, would dispute that statement. And no […]

By Simon J. Kiss, Jason Roy and Matthew R. Arp One of the more important dynamics of modern elections is the phenomenon of the “ballot question”. Parties, journalists and voters wrangle over what an election is “about”. The reason so […]

While negotiators for the province and the Canadian Union of Public Employees were still struggling on Sunday to patch together an agreement to head off an Ontario-wide closure of elementary schools this morning, a question needed to be asked: Why? […]

Moderate voters, the folks who inhabit the broad middle of the political spectrum, have not had a lot to cheer about recently. In Europe, they have watched as political influence has shifted from the centre to the right and far-right […]

As voters across the United States go to the polls in tomorrow’s midterm elections, attention will be focused on two politicians whose names are not on ballots in any of the 50 states. They are Donald Trump and Joe Biden. […]

The daily hearings of the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa are offering the country a fascinating look at the challenges and perils of decision-making in a time of perceived crisis, as Judge Paul Rouleau and his staff peel away […]