John Ibbitson

Policy wonks and political gossips alike will want Bill Morneau’s new book, which includes a highly unflattering account of Trudeau

Tearing Indigenous children from their parents and forcing them to attend schools far from their communities, where they were subjected to disease, abuse and efforts at assimilation, and where some died, was an act of cultural genocide of which many prime ministers are complicit

As a country, we are just not that polarized, though we could become so if our political leaders don’t tone things down

Justin Trudeau could have called a public inquiry right away, his reluctance could cost him

Declining fertility is stoking the most divisive debates of our time and the arguments over how to deal with it will not be pretty

Each mainstream party demonizes the other, mindless of the social cost

Anger and emotion online and in the streets over Israel’s war with Hamas threatens to undermine Canada’s multicultural consensus. Losing that consensus would be a national tragedy

After 15 years in government under Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne, they were reduced to seven seats in the 2018 election and eight in 2022, depriving them of party status in the legislature

At a time when Poilievre needs to convince Canadians that he is ready to lead this country, he turns his back on Ukraine, compromising his support for a democracy whose very existence is under threat

Given opportunities to demonstrate leadership, they instead showed themselves to be petty, partisan and disingenuous

If you are a progressive voter, you must extend full credit to the NDP for pushing the Liberals toward commitments they would otherwise not have made

A Trump victory in the 2024 presidential election would mean that Canada’s closest friend and ally would no longer be either

This series and forthcoming book looks at the newspaper’s successes and missteps since 1844, from foreign affairs and business to residential schools and Africville

Changing demographics and divisions among progressives are reflected in the Liberal caucus and in the uncertain response of the Trudeau government to accusations of Israeli genocide in Gaza

Facing a demographic crisis and its inevitable economic fallout, a changing China could affect world peace

While shortages of doctors and nurses get most of the attention, PSWs are in desperate need of better pay, training and full-time employment

In countries with too few young people to fill jobs, conservative parties are winning support by attacking reproductive freedoms, immigration and minorities

The Prime Minister now has exactly the ammunition he needs to paint the Conservative leader as a MAGA Trump acolyte

Frustration over housing affordability, interest rates, inflation and declining wages have powered a massive swing toward the Conservatives among younger Canadians

Once a foundation of multicultural Canada, support for immigration among Canadians is eroding