What an interesting week it was in federal politics! With the federal election behind us, I thought things would quickly become less thought-provoking, but I was wrong. First off, let’s go to the federal riding of Terrebonne in Québec. On election night, the Liberals appeared to have won the riding, but the vote validation process…
The Coming Canadian Storm: MAGA’S Next Move
Well, our federal election is over, and it produced one of the most unusual results in Canadian electoral history. What follows is informed by a recent podcast, The Numbers, featuring Eric Grenier from The Writ and Philippe J. Fournier from 338 Canada. They always share a lot of valuable insights and interesting facts. When was…
From Big Leads to Close Calls: How the 2025 Election Tightened
By the time you read this blog, Canada’s 2025 federal election campaign will be over and voting well under way. As I write this on April 26th and anticipate voting results, this is what the situation looks like. The gap is continuing to narrow! Two weeks ago, Mark Carney’s lead over Maple MAGA Pierre Poilievre…
Rage Farming at the Podium: The Alt-Right’s Disruption of Canada’s Leaders’ Debates
On April 16th and April 17th, the only scheduled federal election debates were held among the Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, and Bloc Québécois party leaders. The first night was the French debate. The second was the English debate. There were no knockout blows nor any fireworks in either debate. However, although the debates themselves were…
COPE is Back!
On Saturday April 5, 2025, Vancouver held a byelection to fill two vacancies on City Council. A total of 13 candidates were running. COPE, OneCity, and the Vancouver Greens each decided to run only one candidate in order to reduce splitting of the vote among progressive supporters. Although it would have been even better if…
From Penguins to Vietnam: The Absurd Reach of Trump’s Tariffs
On Wednesday, April 2nd, Donald Trump announced his plan to impose 10% tariffs on April 5th on most goods imported into the U.S., and then to add further “reciprocal tariffs” on 185 countries to kick in on April 9th. Sadly, not a small portion of the American public believes these tariffs are justified and are…
Are the wheels falling off Pierre Poilievre’s bus?
Are the wheels falling off Pierre Poilievre’s bus? Liberal leader Mark Carney got off to a bumpy start. On March 25th — day two of the campaign — during a stop in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, Carney praised the Liberal candidate, Nathalie Provost, a survivor of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, but…