‘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
Get ready—a potential $12 billion plunge in federal revenues may mean a soaring budget deficit
‘The first test’: Hub Politics on what to expect from Carney and Poilievre as a fall budget looms
Trevor Tombe: Is Canada already in a recession?
Stephen Staley: Charlie Kirk and the price of speech
‘The most important issue facing the country’: Did the Carney government miss a Canada-U.S. trade deal?
Get ready—a potential $12 billion plunge in federal revenues may mean a soaring budget deficit
‘The first test’: Hub Politics on what to expect from Carney and Poilievre as a fall budget looms
Trevor Tombe: Is Canada already in a recession?
Stephen Staley: Charlie Kirk and the price of speech
‘The most important issue facing the country’: Did the Carney government miss a Canada-U.S. trade deal?
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Breaking down the big numbers in the Conservative Party policy platform
22 April 2025
‘These are dramatic increases in projected deficits’: Trevor Tombe on the Liberal platform and the risk of unsustainable fiscal policy
22 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
Sean Speer: The good (and the bad) in the Conservative Party platform
22 April 2025
Need to Know: The Liberals’ haven’t changed—the copy-and-paste platform proves it
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
The Notebook with Theo Argitis: The top three economic challenges facing Canada’s next government
19 April 2025
The Week in Polling: Canadians split on debate winner; Carney’s lead begins to shrink; Conservative voters motivated by hope, Liberals by fear
19 April 2025
‘I haven’t forgotten about you’: Ten key quotes from the English-language leaders’ debate
18 April 2025
Poilievre and Blanchet stood tall, Carney and Singh fell flat: The Hub community reacts to the English-language leaders’ debate
18 April 2025
The Weekly Wrap: Pierre Poilievre finally finds his stride—was his strong debate showing enough to turn the tide?
18 April 2025
John Ibbitson: Pierre Poilievre didn’t decisively win the leaders’ debate—but Mark Carney likely lost it
17 April 2025
Élie Cantin-Nantel: Poilievre was poised and Carney lacked charisma: A francophone’s take on the French-language leaders’ debate
17 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
Need to Know: Carney tried to distance himself from Trudeau during the French-language debate. It’s a hard case to make
17 April 2025
Harrison Lowman: It’s time for Conservatives to grow up and show up at local debates
17 April 2025
