Canadian Politics
Carney government puts Canadian sovereignty in mothballs
The Liberals are grounding the Snowbirds until the 2030s, blaming the previous government for failing to replace the jets. The previous government was also…
Canadian Politics
131 posts in Canadian Politics from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
Trump Has Carney on a Leash
Mark Carney was elected to stand up to Donald Trump. But Trump controls the policy levers that determine the value of Carney's largest financial interest. The…
Canadian Politics
Powering Canada Strong: A Trillion-Dollar Wish
The Carney government's National Electricity Strategy promises to double Canada's grid for a trillion dollars. The plan doesn't address why Canada can't build…
Canadian Politics
Canadian federal by-election maps are now on the Data Project
The Stephen Taylor Data Project now includes interactive poll-by-poll maps for every Canadian federal by-election going back to 2005. Multi-agentic AI turned…
Canadian Politics
Governor General Louise Arbour: the Laurentian default
Mark Carney's pick for Governor General is a 79-year-old Montreal jurist who endorsed a charter calling for the elimination of Zionism, led the UN's push to…
Canadian Politics
The watchdog that cannot bite
Fifty-three employees. A $7.7 million budget. Zero examination reports in its most recent year. Three findings against a sitting Prime Minister and his Finance…
Canadian Politics
The loophole that no democracy has closed
Carney's situation is not unprecedented. Every democracy that has faced it — Canada, the EU, Italy, the United States — has struggled with the same structural…
Canadian Politics
Where Brookfield sits in every room
Fourteen Carney-era policy decisions, mapped against Brookfield's portfolio. Some confirm the thesis. Some cut against it. Both matter.
Canadian Politics
One year of Mark Carney: the brand without the balance sheet
Mark Carney was elected as the competent one. One year later, his deficits are twice Trudeau's, his housing numbers are a rounding error, and his sovereign…