EDITORIAL – Could the government please stop sending us cheques?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE THING IS CERTAIN about federal budgets — there’s never enough money to go around. Either too much money is being spent, or not [Continue]
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NATIONAL PULSE – Liberals trail CPC by six points but Trudeau leads Poilievre
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 16, 2023 – Weeks of questions over potential foreign interference in Canadian elections – and the federal government’s handling of the [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians split on renovating PM’s crumbling residence
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 23, 2023 – As the National Capital Commission prepares to begin abatement work on 24 Sussex Drive this spring, the future of the prime [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau enjoys approval bump, Poilievre not so much
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 19, 2022 – As Christmas nears, Canadians have more holiday jeers than holiday cheers for the official leader of the opposition. A new [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Export of hydrogen to Germany by 2025 is a pipedream
I ADMIRE GERMANY for doing so much to reduce greenhouse gases. Too bad that the initiative has left them dependent on the import of natural gas — half of it from Russia. [Continue]
PETERS – Changes to gun and drug laws — Symbolic? Practical? Both? Neither?
WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE of fairly major moves by our federal government in the past week meant to address health and safety for Canadians. The Trudeau Liberals have announced [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Trudeau has to start walking the walk on his energy message
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE TRULY amazing things about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is his blind spot when it comes to racking up air miles. Records show he [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Liberal-NDP deal isn’t the scary socialist thing Tories say it is
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘GOD HELP US ALL,’ tweeted interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen after yesterday’s news that the governing federal Liberals and [Continue]
FEATURED COMMENT – The use of Emergencies Act powers is desperate
Mr. Rothenburger, From reading the article (Invoking Emergencies Act isn’t the same as War Measures of 1970), I gather your arguments were as follows: The Emergencies [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Invoking Emergencies Act isn’t the same as War Measures of 1970
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘JUST WATCH ME.’ Those words from then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, spoken in 1970, are being recalled by many today. They were [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Nastiness around Trudeau coming down with COVID is appalling
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HERE’S A MESSAGE for the trolls who have been posting vicious comments about Justin Trudeau testing positive for COVID-19: get a life. [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Tory leader O’Toole’s popularity plummets
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 10, 2021 – Ottawa can be a cold place throughout much of the year. For Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole, the chill is being [Continue]
KNOX – Leaders damned if they show up at disasters, damned if they don’t
NATURAL DISASTERS can be disastrous for politicians. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was scorned for shoe-shopping in New York as Hurricane Katrina hammered New Orleans in [Continue]
EDITORIAL – New cabinet must start dealing with our exploding debt
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A BRAND NEW FEDERAL CABINET was sworn in Tuesday in Ottawa, and it includes some big changes as well as some same-old same-old. Harjit [Continue]
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