The budget is a roadmap for the next election campaign
Within minutes of the federal budget being tabled on Monday, the opposition Conservatives were referring to it as an election platform, rather than a dry accounting of the nation’s finances.…
Economics
Sean Speer: The budget is a sign that progressives are winning the battle of ideas
A combination of new generations, new challenges and unexpected events are bound to threaten previous intellectual advances.
Clemens & Palacios: Positive economic news masks underlying weaknesses
While Canadians should welcome good news, these latest numbers should not mask the underlying weaknesses of the Canadian economy
Sean Speer: What is all this spending going to get us?
We know the sticker price, but we rarely know what we’re actually getting or what we might have gotten instead.
Sean Speer: The four spectacular elite failures shaping modern politics
Back in the immediacy of the populist moment in 2016, there was a brief window when academic, business, media and political elites seemed to recognize that they had drifted too far from ordinary citizens in their societies. These early developments, however, failed to sustain themselves
Ginny Roth: A conservative feminism would go beyond the labour force
Conservatives have the opportunity to articulate their own feminism informed by choice, dignity and the pursuit of a good life
Rudyard Griffiths: The pandemic is tearing up our social contract
It is becoming starkly evident that we have failed every major test of the pandemic
Janet Bufton: Populism rages around the globe, while Canada waits
The beliefs of voters haven’t changed. They’re just facing a new calculation
