Canadian Politics
The CRTC picked a trade war. Nobody asked it to.
The CRTC tripled its streaming levy to 15% on the same week the United States named it as a trade irritant ahead of the CUSMA review. The Motion Picture…
Trade
7 posts on Trade 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
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…
Parliament of Canada
Liveblogging Flaherty’s economic statement
4:09pm: Persuant to a standing order I do not recall, the Minister of Finance tables his economic statement. 4:10pm: Time of unprecedented economic…
Stephen Harper
Liveblogging the cabinet shuffle
9:52AM: Rob Nicholson, Gail Shea, Leona Aglukkaq, Peter Kent and Peter van Loan, Chuck Strahl show up to Rideau Hall 9:52AM: And Christian Paradis, Jim…
Stephen Harper
Final cabinet speculation
Mostly certain: – Prime Minister Stephen Harper – Flaherty to stay in Finance (confirmed by numerous people in the department) – Baird moving (confirmed) –…
Stephen Harper
Cabinet facts and speculation
See my final cabinet speculation here Tomorrow, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will name his new cabinet at Rideau Hall at 10:30am. There is a lot of…