64 h. ago Chris Selley: A perfectly typical tunnel is just too much for Toronto’s puny imagination

The 50-kilometre Channel Tunnel connecting England and France took six-and-a-half years to build. In Toronto, 250 metres is a 'generational project'

Economics

4 d. ago Chris Selley: The King is coming, and Quebec is already flipping out

Will Bloc Québécois MPs 'behave like good children? Or will they surprise us with a bold move?' asked nationalist commentator Mathieu Bock-Côté

Economics

8 d. ago Chris Selley: Our blundering Elections Canada only looks good compared to the U.S. system

'Any time an elector misses their opportunity to vote, it is something we take seriously', says Elections Canada. Not seriously enough!

Politics

1 week ago Chris Selley: Poilievre has a strong case to stay Conservative leader, but it’s not ironclad

What if Mark Carney doesn't end up as terrible a prime minister as many Conservatives expect he will be?

Politics

1 week ago Chris Selley: Pierre Poilievre lost the election to Donald Trump

Highly questionable campaign tactics won't help his case to stay on — but 42 per cent of the popular vote might

Politics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: CBC’s Vote Compass will only get you lost in the wilderness, again

When pollsters ask questions like these, we call them 'push polls'. It's not a compliment

Economics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Mark Carney has quickly become the ultimate establishment Liberal

In a matter of minutes, the Liberal leader lionized Pope Francis and then falsely accused Pierre Poilievre of wanting to ban abortion

Economics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Carney’s Liberal platform is almost alarmingly Trudeau

Mark Carney seems to embody change much better on stage than on paper

Politics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Canadian complacency returns to the election debate, from Blanchet of all people

Trump will be gone by the time we build any new pipelines, he says. Maybe we should just relax

Politics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: The spectre of Trudeau overshadows Carney’s French debate

Carney, like Michael Ignatieff before him, doesn't even seem to be in charge of his own campaign

Politics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Abolish the Leaders’ Debates Commission, salt the earth

We all know that 'the French-language debate' is usually just 'the Quebec debate'

Politics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Poilievre has a great case for the notwithstanding clause. He’ll need to make it

Rightly or wrongly, a lot of Canadians — including conservatives — are skittish about the notwithstanding clause

Economics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Canada, of all places, should be able to get liberty and good government right

We can have strong institutions and world-class freedom at the same time

Politics