In my latest Loonie Politics column I warn that, as a rising tide lifts many boats, one that suddenly recedes leaves a lot of things broken and stranded, and that unsound government programs will be conspicuous among them.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I question the urgency, given the COVID-19 pandemic, of Canada’s ongoing bid to buy a UN Security Council non-veto seat because otherwise Norway might get it.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say a crisis is no time to suspend our habit of questioning authority including in the political arena.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the fate of Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg in the Democratic primaries proves yet again that the widespread fear of money in politics is just paranoia.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I deny that the outgoing NL premier should feel “great” about his record given the state of provincial finances.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the recent revelation that some 38 federal government departments mishandled over 5,000 sensitive documents last year tells us nothing we didn’t already know, and possibly less.
In my latest National Post column I say democracies for all their failings still beat tyranny hollow because we can ask people who want power what they’d do with it and why.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say Trudeau’s downmarket trip to an upmarket doughnut shop in Winnipeg was PR gone badly wrong.