Justin Trudeau

NATIONAL PULSE – Vaccine snafu doesn’t affect Trudeau’s approval rating

December 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 3, 2020 – As Canadians watch Britons and New Yorkers roll up their sleeves – literally – in preparation to receive much-coveted first [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Our PM has more power than a rational U.S. president

November 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

LET’S COMPARE THE POWERS of our prime minister and the U.S. president under the assumption that rational persons occupy the positions. Our P.M. has more powers than the [Continue]

KNOX – Even with all the smoke it’s clear an election is looming

September 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

IT’S SMOKY OUT THERE. Need-headlights-at-4-p.m. smoky. Not as bad as newsrooms in 1982, mind you, but still as gloomy as a travel agent. We can see one thing clearly, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The rocky relationship between CERB, EI and getting back to work

August 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

WHILE PARENTS WORRY about sending their kids back to school in September, millions will be without work and without government assistance. The Canada Emergency Response [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Freeland’s appointment is a bright spot in troubled times

August 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH politics to please even the biggest news junky this week. There’s the Democratic online convention in the U.S., the [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most Canadians say there’s more to learn about WE affair

August 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE August 10, 2020 – After unprecedented testimony in front of MPs from the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, and [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Unless new tracker app works for all there’s no point to it

August 7, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE TWO KINDS of Canadians this week. Those who don’t trust the new COVID-19 tracker app, and those who are mad because they can’t [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Committee hearings no way to get to the bottom of WE scandal

July 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF TUESDAY’S FINANCE COMMITTEE meeting is any indication, Canadians aren’t going to be much better informed about the WE Charity scandal [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Trudeau’s approval rating drops six more points

July 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 27, 2020 – The WE Charity affair may be stoking another summer of discontent among Canadians but ultimately, they do not believe this latest [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why there will be no resignations and no election call

July 27, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Roithenburger. SHOULD THE FEDERAL LIBERALS find themselves a new leader? Should Finance Minister Bill Morneau resign? Should the country go to the polls [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – WE issue drops Trudeau’s approval by five points

July 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 13, 2020 – New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute shows Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval has dropped five points [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Once again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shows terrible judgment

July 13, 2020 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TO LISTEN TO THE CONSERVATIVES, the WE charity controversy is a clear indication Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is corrupt or, at the least, [Continue]

KNOX – This year has proven that if anything can go wrong, it will

June 14, 2020 // 1 Comment

CONGRATULATIONS. If you’re reading this, it means you were not killed by an asteroid the size of a football stadium. Yes, there was one in the neighbourhood, but evidently [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trudeau’s pause heard ’round the world was simply brilliant

June 4, 2020 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LONGEST PAUSE ever during a news conference has made headlines around the world. Questions swirl around Prime Minister Justin [Continue]