15 h. ago Ivison: Carney’s cabinet has too many ‘downtown Toronto, urban progressives’

Columnist John Ivison and guests Eugene Lang and Ian Brodie take a deep dive into Mark Carney’s post-election cabinet shuffle

Transport

6 d. ago John Ivison: Conservatives want their leader to change. He might not wish to

A failure to accommodate shifting circumstances is prompting questions inside the party about whether a 45-year-old man can truly change

Politics

2 w. ago John Ivison: Conservatives used a meat grinder on the Liberals. They needed a wooden stake

They could grind down opponents with enough time. But the Liberals moved too quickly to dump Trudeau and install Carney for the plan to work

Other

2 w. ago Ultraconservatives are pushing for a pope like them. It might not happen.

ROME – In the crush of Catholic Church news in the week since Pope Francis died, a theme keeps appearing, in social media memes and quotes from the commentariat: hope, even optimism, that the next pontiff will be a true conservative, someone from the ranks of what was a passionate traditionalist opposition to Pope Francis. […]

Other

2 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Trump’s belligerence left Poilievre’s campaign no room for error

Little missteps proved fatal, but the Conservative movement still has hope

Other

2 w. ago John Ivison: In a disappointing election night for all, Liberals had the least bad luck

The Liberals will be disappointed that they fell short of a majority. But everything is relative. Three months ago, they were nearly dead

Politics

2 w. ago John Ivison: Leaders walk tightrope after Vancouver car attack

'It would be an extremely rash politician who links events in Vancouver to federal government policy'

Politics

2 w. ago John Ivison: On campaign’s final weekend, the Grits have the momentum

Mark Carney has succeeded in branding himself as the man to address the fears of millions about the Trump administration

Sport

2 w. ago John Ivison: Fresh questions about Carney’s strategy on Trump

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said Carney did not tell Trump he would have to criticize the president during the campaign

Transport

2 w. ago John Ivison: Carney’s luck is so good, even his scandals work in his favour

Whether the Liberal leader misled people about his conversation with Trump speaks to his character. But more pertinent to the election he quickly turned it to his advantage

Transport

3 w. ago John Ivison: The Conservatives’ platform undermines their attacks on Liberal profligacy

Any hopes they had of profiting from the prodigal nature of the Liberal platform disappeared when they released their own costing document

Events

3 w. ago John Ivison: Carney takes to showboating as the Liberals savour their comfort zone

There has been a weightlessness to the Liberal campaign in the past two days, as if their internal polling shows the election is in the bag

Transport

3 w. ago John Ivison: Conservative hopes are resurrected by Carney’s eye

Switch voters will likely find the prospect of adding a quarter-trillion dollars to the national debt a haunting prospect

Transport

3 w. ago John Ivison: Mark Carney’s platform relies on fiscal alchemy and hopeful assumptions

These documents are not drawn up under oath and there appear to be a number of highly presumptuous assumptions

Transport

3 w. ago John Ivison: Liberal bus stops near the border and finds reason to be confident

There are probably few areas of Canada where Liberal fortunes have turned as dramatically as they have in Niagara Falls

Other

3 w. ago John Ivison: A debate Liberals can call a success, but not much else

The impact on the broader election race was a nothingburger: there simply were no flashpoints that would justify anyone shifting their vote

Other

4 w. ago New poll shows Liberals riding ‘fear’ vote, Tories winning ‘hope,’ as gap narrows slightly

Just three in 10 who planned to support the Liberals said hope was driving them to the polls

Other

4 w. ago John Ivison: The swan song of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh could find its audience yet

Singh thinks the polls have stabilized enough to make it safe for progressives worried about a Conservative win to 'come home' to the NDP

Politics