STEPHEN TAYLOR

Avi Lewis won the NDP leadership race on a decisive first ballot, taking 56 per cent of the vote.

I spend a lot of time looking at economic data. I’m constantly pulling numbers from Statistics Canada, the OECD, FRED, the Bank of Canada trying to get a clear picture of how the Canadian economy is actually performing. The problem is that getting…

I’ve long viewed polling as a useful but imperfect tool for gauging Canadian sentiment. It helps parties like the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre create messaging that resonate with everyday Canadians frustrated by Liberal overreach on…

I didn’t set out to build a PDF tool. It started with a simple thought: modern browsers can edit video, run serious WebAssembly apps, and render 3D worlds. So why is “merge two PDFs” still treated like something that needs to happen on a server…

I want to tell you about a new website I’ve made called GIS.tools. Many of you may know that I enjoy making maps. Online maps. Maps that show us about our world and the data that defines it. I know that puts me in a bit of a rare category of…

Yes, it’s finally here. I’ve generated the maps for the 2025 federal election wherein Mark Carney’s Liberal Party elected enough MPs to form a minority Parliament defeating Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives in a stunning upset that was precipitated…

The Commissioner of Canada Elections has released statistics about complaints received during the 45th general election, which saw Mark Carney’s Liberal party elected as to a minority government. The office responsible for ensuring compliance with…

A late-night, long-weekend post from the GC Newsroom X account indicates that the Government of Canada is backing down on the Digital Services Tax, following an explicit threat from U.S. President Donald Trump. The US President threatened to…

It appears that Former Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau fainted in the Senate today as he rose to debate Prime Minister Mark Carney’s fast-tracked major projects bill. It’s been a scorcher of a week in Ontario with temperatures with “dangerously…