In the federal-provincial dispute over who should pay what for health care, both sides are right.
The provinces are right when they say Ottawa has a historic obligation to pay for 25 per cent of medicare. […]
Notwithstanding a spotty attendance record, Justin Trudeau spoke no less than 513 times in the House of Commons – mostly as part of question period – since the 42nd Parliament opened late in 2015.
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Justin Trudeau promised neo-liberalism with a human face. Those weren’t the words he used. But the phrase expresses the gist of the election campaign he successfully waged just over a year ago.
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To understand Justin Trudeau’s visceral reluctance to respond to mounting criticism of his party’s fundraising practices, it is best to simply follow the money. […]
Here’s Justin Trudeau explaining his mission to the Guardian, the leading centre-left newspaper in Great Britain:
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Women in Parliament played key roles on both sides of the aisle this year
From leading the official Opposition to playing the lead role on files central to the government’s agenda, women finally made their way to centre ice in the federal arena this year, scoring or assisting on big goals for their parties. […]
Reading the 106-page report of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, with its determinedly bland cover design and its epically drab title, “A Framework For the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in Canada,” it’s hard to shake the urge to blow off a little steam by sparking up a great big bowl of […]
Justin Trudeau would not be human if he had not wished the year-end news conference he gave on Monday on Parliament Hill to provide him – in the spirit of the upcoming holiday season – with an opportunity to celebrate the many missions he believes his government accomplished in 2016.
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Donald Trump has promised to renegotiate the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Don’t be surprised if he takes a swipe at medicare.
Right now, Canadian medicare is relatively exempt from NAFTA, as it was from the original 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. […]
On Friday evening, something will happen that hasn’t happened in nearly 13 years. The prime minister and the provincial premiers will talk about Canada’s health-care system.
Oh, the fun they had last time! Paul Martin was the prime minister. He had run and won re-election on a promise to “fix health care for a generation.” […]
by Chantal Hebert If the federal Conservatives are looking for a leader liable to hold his or her own against […]
In his meeting with the Star’s editorial board the other day, Justin Trudeau said some things about the rise of populism in western politics that bear another look.
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What could former immigration minister Chris Alexander have been thinking?
On Saturday, the federal Conservative leadership hopeful spoke at an Alberta rally against that province’s planned carbon tax. […]
Two lessons can be drawn from the federal government’s electoral reform fiasco last week.
The first is that political parties favour whatever voting system favours them. […]
Cut through the spin that has attended the publication this week of the much-awaited conclusions of a special parliamentary committee on electoral reform and what you find is a collective failure to rise above partisan self-interest.
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It’s been a hard week for anyone who likes to see government as a force for progress. Two watchdogs of public spending, the auditors general of Canada and of Ontario, released reports within a day of each other this week.
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