Richard Shimooka: Switching from the American to the European defence market sounds good—but it’s a terrible idea in practice
11 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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‘This was a crisis that was coming’: Janice Gross-Stein on the continued U.S.-China trade war and the practical issues of de-globalization
11 April 2025
‘The longer this campaign goes on, Mark Carney’s favourables keep improving’: David Coletto on how Canadians’ attitudes towards the leaders are crystallizing as the campaign continues
11 April 2025
Fred DeLorey: Why are so many troublesome candidates being dropped? How political parties protect themselves from these ‘million-dollar mistakes’
11 April 2025
Royce Koop: Don’t expect the debates to save you, Conservatives
11 April 2025
Are the Liberals’ on track to win big? Here’s what the betting markets and forecasting platforms are predicting
11 April 2025
‘The tariffs are probably going to trigger a recession’: Ian Lee on the continued fallout from Trump’s tariff uncertainty
10 April 2025
‘They resent the fact that their money is being taken and in return they get abused’: The Full Press on the CBC’s budget being nearly doubled by a potential Carney government
10 April 2025
‘If things are going to shift they have to shift in the next seven days’: Amanda Galbraith on the state of the NDP campaign and how the Conservatives can turn their fortunes around
10 April 2025
Need to Know: Canada still doesn’t care about foreign policy
10 April 2025
Need to Know: Mark Carney owes Canadians some answers
10 April 2025
Luke Smith: How seriously should we be taking Pierre Poilievre’s rallies?
10 April 2025
‘One of the most self-defeating tactical moves in history’: David Frum on Donald Trump’s obsession with tariffs and America’s increasing isolation on the world stage
9 April 2025
‘This has moved from a campaign of change to a campaign of leadership’: Darrell Bricker on where things stand at the mid-point of the election and why the Conservatives are behind
9 April 2025
‘The moment the Chinese-American relationship broke apart’: Janice Gross-Stein on the significant trade war escalations between the U.S. and China
8 April 2025
‘Trump’s threats should not be ‘another excuse for Liberal failure’: Eight key quotes from Stephen Harper’s speech at Pierre Poilievre’s massive Edmonton rally
8 April 2025
‘The West doesn’t feel included’: Kirk LaPointe on how B.C. and Western Canada are feeling about the federal election
8 April 2025
‘If the race doesn’t shift, we’re getting a Liberal government on election day’: Ginny Roth on Carney’s steady polling lead
8 April 2025
Need to Know: Don’t take the polls too seriously
8 April 2025
Peter Menzies: Mark Carney’s plan for the CBC would be a disaster for Canadian media
8 April 2025
