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September 27, 2025

opinion

Canada’s carbon tax is dead. But it’s not dearly departed

Shannon Proudfoot

11 min read

September 25, 2025

The Carney government has directed Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country, and shutter some post offices as part of an overhaul of the postal service’s operations.

The Carney government has directed Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country, and shutter some post offices as part of an overhaul of the postal service’s operations.

opinion

Can Mark Carney deliver retail politics on the mail?

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 25, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney takes part in a swearing ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Prime Minister Mark Carney takes part in a swearing ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

opinion

Carney still has firm hold on who’s in his inner circle

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 22, 2025

A recently-released report says Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is a “breeding ground” for contemporary types of slavery. Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., Wednesday, May 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

A recently-released report says Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is a “breeding ground” for contemporary types of slavery. Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., Wednesday, May 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

opinion

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program needs deep reform

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 16, 2025

FILE - Canada's former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at a press conference in Toronto, Canada, on Jan. 19, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

FILE - Canada's former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at a press conference in Toronto, Canada, on Jan. 19, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

opinion

A way out for Freeland, with others likely to follow

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 16, 2025

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Sept. 4.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Sept. 4.

opinion

Carney is looking for lost business potential in Mexico

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 13, 2025

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney talk following the English-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal on Thursday, April 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney talk following the English-language federal leaders' debate in Montreal on Thursday, April 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

opinion

As the House of Commons returns, Carney and Poilievre are both chasing a lost political moment

Shannon Proudfoot

4 min read

September 6, 2025

The Liberal Party made an unlikely comeback when Canadians elected Mark Carney in April, a decisive victory propelled by national panic over U.S. tariffs.

The Liberal Party made an unlikely comeback when Canadians elected Mark Carney in April, a decisive victory propelled by national panic over U.S. tariffs.

opinion

Carney was elected on a wave of tariff panic. Now he has other problems

Shannon Proudfoot

4 min read

September 5, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney walks through a manufacturing facility ahead of a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

Prime Minister Mark Carney walks through a manufacturing facility ahead of a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

opinion

Without a deal with Trump, Carney rolls out responses for an economic rupture

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 4, 2025

Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois Philippe Champagne speaks to the media, at the Liberal cabinet retreat, in Toronto, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois Philippe Champagne speaks to the media, at the Liberal cabinet retreat, in Toronto, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

opinion

There’s no getting to the bottom of Finance Minister Champagne’s budget mystery

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 3, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to scrum with the media at the Liberal Cabinet Retreat in Toronto on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to scrum with the media at the Liberal Cabinet Retreat in Toronto on Wednesday.

opinion

After a busy start, Carney faces a season of impatience

Campbell Clark

3 min read

September 1, 2025

A family walks through the airport in Halifax in the early hours on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Census data released Wednesday shows the Atlantic provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have become people magnets.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

A family walks through the airport in Halifax in the early hours on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Census data released Wednesday shows the Atlantic provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have become people magnets.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

opinion

There is no flood of newcomers anymore, Mr. Poilievre

Campbell Clark

3 min read

August 27, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney boards a government plane to head home from Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney boards a government plane to head home from Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday.

opinion

Timing is everything as Carney visits Europe – again

Campbell Clark

3 min read

August 23, 2025

Jenni Byrne waits to appear before the procedure and House affairs committee meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Jenni Byrne waits to appear before the procedure and House affairs committee meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

opinion

Poilievre’s closest adviser Jenni Byrne tells a perfect election story

Shannon Proudfoot

5 min read

August 15, 2025

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

opinion

Trump meets like-minded Putin, while the West watches

Campbell Clark

3 min read

August 11, 2025

Justice Marie-Josee Hogue, Commissioner of the Foreign Interference Commission, speaks after releasing the inquiry's Final Report, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Justice Marie-Josee Hogue, Commissioner of the Foreign Interference Commission, speaks after releasing the inquiry's Final Report, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

opinion

Carney’s can-do government is way behind on foreign registry

Campbell Clark

3 min read

August 1, 2025

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand at a press conference about recognizing Palestinian statehood in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand at a press conference about recognizing Palestinian statehood in Ottawa on Wednesday.

opinion

Carney, the foreign-policy risk-taker

Campbell Clark

3 min read

July 30, 2025

Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre speaks as Green Party candidate Ashley MacDonald, left, and Liberal candidate Darcy Spady, right, listen during the Battle River-Crowfoot by-election forum in Camrose, on Tuesday.

Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre speaks as Green Party candidate Ashley MacDonald, left, and Liberal candidate Darcy Spady, right, listen during the Battle River-Crowfoot by-election forum in Camrose, on Tuesday.

opinion

A long ballot satire within satire

Campbell Clark

3 min read

July 27, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney waits to speak during a tour of a steel manufacturing facility in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Prime Minister Mark Carney waits to speak during a tour of a steel manufacturing facility in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

opinion

Mark Carney faces the politics of concession

Campbell Clark

3 min read

July 24, 2025

Canada's premiers after a three-day meeting in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday.

Canada's premiers after a three-day meeting in Huntsville, Ont., on Wednesday.

opinion

The last thing Canada needs is premiers mucking up immigration even more

Campbell Clark

3 min read

July 22, 2025

The U.S. ambassador to Canada, Peter Hoekstra, called Canadians ‘mean and nasty’ for boycotting American products, including removing American liquor from store shelves.

The U.S. ambassador to Canada, Peter Hoekstra, called Canadians ‘mean and nasty’ for boycotting American products, including removing American liquor from store shelves.

opinion

Keep it up, nasty Canadians

Campbell Clark

3 min read

July 18, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, July 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, July 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

opinion

Mark Carney’s ‘build, baby, build’ aspirations face a challenge from Indigenous leaders

Shannon Proudfoot

4 min read

June 25, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive before the start of a plenary session of the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive before the start of a plenary session of the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

opinion

Big budget pledges may mollify Trump, but Greenland shows why NATO is still on edge

Campbell Clark

3 min read

June 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One to depart to attend the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One to depart to attend the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

opinion

Donald Trump’s F-word drop and his discovery of some hard truths about the world

Shannon Proudfoot

5 min read

June 24, 2025

International flags on the venue ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

International flags on the venue ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

opinion

Spending is the talk of the NATO summit, but there’s a bigger problem

Campbell Clark

3 min read

June 21, 2025

(L/R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are seen during a family photo at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Kananaskis Country Golf Course in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are seen during a family photo at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Kananaskis Country Golf Course in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

opinion

In Kananaskis, the G7 was a perfect miniature of where the world is now

Shannon Proudfoot

4 min read

June 17, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen during the closing news conference at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen during the closing news conference at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

opinion

Some success for Carney, not a win for the G7

Campbell Clark

4 min read

June 16, 2025

President Donald Trump walks during the official welcome of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump walks during the official welcome of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

opinion

Even when he’s smiling, Trump stands apart

Campbell Clark

4 min read

June 15, 2025

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Kier Starmer (not pictured) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, June 15, 2025. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/Pool

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Kier Starmer (not pictured) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, June 15, 2025. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/Pool

opinion

Can Carney be the Trump whisperer for a while?

Campbell Clark

4 min read

June 14, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 13, 2025., following a meeting of the National Security Council. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 13, 2025., following a meeting of the National Security Council. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

opinion

Mark Carney wants to help Canada lose those stubborn 10 pounds we can never seem to drop

Shannon Proudfoot

5 min read

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