‘It’s pretty astonishing’: Ginny Roth on the close of Canada’s unexpected campaign period and what to expect on election night
28 April 2025
‘A celebration of the spirit of Alberta’: Ryan Hastman on the political, economic, and cultural importance of the Calgary Stampede
Brace for impact: something big is about to happen to the news in Canada
Sean Speer: Pierre Poilievre is right to favour pro-worker policies over increasing immigration
Christopher Snook: Is Canada sleepwalking into dystopia?
Chris Spoke and Peter Copeland: Ontario is missing millions of homes. Here’s where the government is failling—and how it can actually make a meaningful difference
‘A celebration of the spirit of Alberta’: Ryan Hastman on the political, economic, and cultural importance of the Calgary Stampede
Brace for impact: something big is about to happen to the news in Canada
Sean Speer: Pierre Poilievre is right to favour pro-worker policies over increasing immigration
Christopher Snook: Is Canada sleepwalking into dystopia?
Chris Spoke and Peter Copeland: Ontario is missing millions of homes. Here’s where the government is failling—and how it can actually make a meaningful difference
Policy
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‘The race is tightening up’: Darrell Bricker on what the polls are showing heading into the final weekend of the election campaign
25 April 2025
‘Crooks, crackpots, cowards’: David Frum on the Trump administration chaos consuming American foreign and economic policy
24 April 2025
‘It will make for an exciting election day’: Ginny Roth on the Conservative campaign strategy heading into the final days of the election
24 April 2025
‘The era of a free, independent, trusted media in Canada is finished’: Peter Menzies on Liberal and Conservative support for continuing media subsidies
23 April 2025
‘There’s still a lot to be played for here’: Darrell Bricker on why there’s still plenty of uncertainty around the election’s outcome
23 April 2025
‘Older demographics are far more accessible to reach’: Joseph Lavoie on how the digital campaigns are impacting the election
22 April 2025
‘The debate hasn’t fundamentally altered the race’: David Coletto on where the polling sits heading into the final week of the campaign
22 April 2025
‘We’re seeing about an 80 percent chance of a Liberal government’: Zachary Siewert on trying to predict the Canadian election and the differences between forecasting and polling
21 April 2025
‘This is about two parties with very different visions’: Ginny Roth on the Liberal platform and why it’s a doubling down of the Trudeau approach to government
21 April 2025
‘I haven’t forgotten about you’: Ten key quotes from the English-language leaders’ debate
18 April 2025
‘There was no knockout punch’: Jean Philippe Fournier on a lacklustre French-language leaders’ debate
17 April 2025
‘The power to impose tariffs at will needs to be removed from Trump’: David Frum on Trump’s disregard of the courts and how the trade war tremors will affect the U.S. economy
17 April 2025
‘There’s so much uncertainty out there’: Theo Argitis on the Bank of Canada’s interest rate announcement and the possibility of a recession
16 April 2025
‘There’s a signal that this race is tightening up’: David Coletto on polls showing a drop in the Liberal lead
16 April 2025
‘The first time we’ll see Carney and Poilievre up against each other’: Amanda Galbraith on what to expect from the upcoming leaders’ debates
16 April 2025
‘He’s not changing capes’: Philippe Lagassé on the caretaker convention and Carney’s dual role as Liberal leader and prime minister
16 April 2025
‘Now all the chickens have come home to roost’: Ron Butler on why the GTA condo market collapse is the biggest overlooked issue of the federal election
15 April 2025
‘Totally inappropriate and uncalled for’: Ginny Roth on Doug Ford’s untimely criticisms of the federal Conservative campaign
15 April 2025
‘The Liberals have had a wobble over the last week’: Darrell Bricker on what’s behind the tightening polls
14 April 2025
