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John Ibbitson

John Ibbitson

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For the good the Liberal party, Trudeau needs to think about his future

Justin Trudeau was hoping his housing budget would reverse the government’s slide in popularity. Instead, things have gotten worse. For the good of...

29.04.2024 20

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The Liberal’s immigration policies have accomplished the opposite of what was intended

In its well-meaning effort to encourage the migration of international students to Canada, the Trudeau government is turning swaths of our...

23.04.2024 20

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Housing plans’ impact on Canada’s fertility rate would strain economy, increase social tensions

An employee works on a modular home component at NRB Modular Solutions in Calgary on April 5. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press The federal...

19.04.2024 20

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Budget 2024 lacks defence spending needed to meet NATO commitments

Budget 2024 reveals that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is serious about increasing spending on defence. This is good news. The bad news is...

17.04.2024 10

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The carbon tax is almost dead, and NDP leaders are helping to kill it

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks during the annual Press Gallery Dinner in Ottawa, on April 13. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press The carbon price is a...

15.04.2024 20

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NDP, Liberals’ low popularity creates a unique opportunity to unite the federal left

The federal political landscape is shifting in ways never seen before. The Liberals and the NDP are in a race to the bottom. The Conservatives are...

12.04.2024 6

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Sham defence review shows Canada will never meet its commitments to NATO allies

The Liberal government’s defence policy update document, released Monday, confirms that Canada will remain NATO’s worst laggard, a national...

09.04.2024 10

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Trudeau courageously sticks to the carbon tax

Anti-carbon tax protesters wave signs and chant slogans as they block a westbound lane of the Trans Canada Highway near Cochrane, Alta., on April 1....

08.04.2024 9

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Trudeau’s Liberals are full of promises on everything except Canada’s highest priority: defence

The federal government has become strangely surreal. Each day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new initiatives that are some combination of...

03.04.2024 10

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Canada’s foreign policy and its domestic politics on Israel’s war against Hamas are shifting

The vote in the House of Commons last week on Israel’s war against Hamas represents a shift in both Canada’s foreign policy and its domestic...

28.03.2024 10

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In his eulogy to Brian Mulroney, Justin Trudeau may have reflected the legacy he hopes for

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks from the pulpit during the funeral of late former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, in Montreal,...

23.03.2024 5

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A divide is growing between the Conservatives, Liberals on issue of Israeli and Palestinian rights

Protesters hold Palestinian flags during a rally to call for a ceasefire, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on March 9. Ismail Shakil/Reuters Canada’s...

19.03.2024 10

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House motion on Israel-Hamas war adds to Canada’s divided views

On Monday, the House of Commons will vote on an NDP motion to recognize the state of Palestine and to prohibit the sale of arms to Israel. The motion...

13.03.2024 10

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Saskatachewan’s response to carbon tax reveals how Liberals botched national unity

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks during a press conference in Regina, on Oct. 25, 2023. Heywood Yu/The Canadian Press The Saskatchewan...

08.03.2024 10

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Jamil Jivani will fit right in with activist, populist conservatism of Poilievre

Conservative Party candidate Jamil Jivani won the by-election in the Durham riding previously held by former party leader Erin O'Toole on Monday...

05.03.2024 10

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Tributes to Mulroney should comfort Trudeau

Brian Mulroney was elected in 1984 in a time-for-a-change landslide, but when he stepped down in 1993, he was one of the most disliked prime ministers...

02.03.2024 6

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Fed up with economic issues, many young voters are moving to the right

Ginny Roth, a public relations consultant and devout Conservative, reckons that more than 75 of the 117 Tory MPs in the House of Commons are the same...

28.02.2024 10

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Hard choices lie ahead as Canada prepares to meet NATO defence target

Canadian soldiers wait to meet Canada's Minister of Defence in Adazi, Latvia, on Feb. 3, 2022. GINTS IVUSKANS/Getty Images Most Canadians may not...

22.02.2024 6

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The federal Liberals and Ontario Tories are fighting again – and it won’t end well for Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford attend an announcement at Seneca College, in King City, Ont., on Feb. 9. Chris Young/The...

20.02.2024 20

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Liberals face political oblivion with Trudeau at the helm

More than a decade ago, Justin Trudeau took a dispirited, strife-torn, third-place Liberal Party and recreated it in his own image, winning election...

14.02.2024 30

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Pierre Poilievre’s carbon tax opposition is embarrassing his party on Ukraine

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 7. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press For no...

08.02.2024 7

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Danielle Smith’s sex-ed policy changes are putting all Alberta teenagers at risk

People protest Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's proposed youth transgender policies as she appears at an event in Ottawa on Feb. 5. PATRICK DOYLE/The...

06.02.2024 30

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As populations collapse, the far right’s baby fever puts hard-won freedoms at risk

John Ibbitson is writer at large at The Globe and Mail. Darrell Bricker is chief executive of Ipsos Public Affairs. They are the authors of Empty...

02.02.2024 10

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Personal support workers are the undervalued heart of the long-term care system

Martima, a personal support worker with West Neighbourhood House's Parkdale Assisted Living Program, cleans a client's apartment at May Robinson...

30.01.2024 6

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Liberals face nothing but trouble if Parliament does not dissolve by April 22

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not ask the Governor-General to dissolve Parliament between now and April 22, as seems likely, the next federal...

26.01.2024 10

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Diefenbaker and Pearson gave us the Canada that polarization could tear down

Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker at the Federal Provincial Constitutional Conference in Ottawa on Feb. 11, 1969. John McNeill/The Globe and Mail ...

07.10.2023 10

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