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
126 posts in Canadian Politics from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
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.
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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…
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How Brookfield lobbies Ottawa without Brookfield
Brookfield Corporation has filed zero lobbying communications since Carney became Prime Minister. Its subsidiaries have filed twenty-three. The federal…
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The Canada Strong Fund is not a sovereign wealth fund
Every sovereign wealth fund in history was built on surplus revenue. Canada is running a $78 billion deficit. Carney's 'Canada Strong Fund' is borrowed money…
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Mark Carney's ethics screen has a huge hole
Most coverage of Mark Carney's conflict-of-interest arrangements is secondhand. This is what the actual document says — line by line — and what the law…
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Non-binding motions: the end-run around Parliament
Non-binding parliamentary motions and UN declarations are expressions of values. They carry no force of law. But Canadian bureaucracies have treated them as…
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Stephen Lewis dead at 88
Stephen Lewis has died at 88. Three generations of the Lewis family have shaped the Canadian left. His passing, days after his son Avi won the NDP leadership,…