12 h. ago John Ivison: Deep in the Rockies, Carney stumbles upon a wild and dangerous Trump

The G7 is based on consensus, but the president's alarming meanderings were reminder that no democratic leader can find communion with him

Events

3 d. ago Ivison: President Trump, the G7 and Canada’s new ‘realistic’ foreign policy

To discuss whether we can expect another Trump wrecking ball at the G7 meeting in Alberta, John Ivison is joined by Louise Blais, former Canadian ambassador to the UN

Politics

6 d. ago John Ivison: Carney now has billions of reasons to buy fighter planes other than F

The auditor general’s report is a reminder that they're part of the solution to air security, but Canada also needs a more practical option

Transport

6 d. ago Tasha Kheiriddin: Liberals finally making Canada’s defence a priority

Finally meeting the NATO benchmark of 2 per cent, Liberals should review the infamous F-35 program next

Sport

7 d. ago John Ivison: Carney’s new defence plan takes seriously the darker world we’re now living in

For years, there was no political payback in increased defence spending, so governments didn’t bother. Much has changed

Events

1 week ago John Ivison: Conservatives aren’t listening to Harper’s warnings about avoiding India politics

Wooing Sikh voters while turning a blind eye to Khalistani sympathizers worked well for Poilievre's party during the election

Politics

1 week ago MPs to vote on government’s speech from throne in confidence motion

OTTAWA — The Liberals are confident the government’s throne speech will pass following the final vote scheduled for Wednesday evening, Liberal House Leader Steven Mackinnon said before the party’s caucus meeting. The vote is the first real test of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, as it is a confidence matter. If the government loses it, […]

Politics

2 w. ago John Ivison: Premiers seem delighted just to finally be meeting with a grown

The first ministers meeting shows we have come a long way from January, when it felt that Canada was drifting rudderless towards the falls

Sport

2 w. ago Carney projects calm but he’s facing serious trouble: Full Comment podcast

With the King opening Parliament and a disciplined agenda, the prime minister modelled a poised and assured break from his unserious predecessor, while sending a message to the world about Canadian sovereignty. That’s the verdict of Postmedia political columnist John Ivison and parliamentary bureau chief Stuart Thomson, who join Brian Lilley to discuss the first […]

Transport

2 w. ago John Ivison: The first Carney spending numbers are out, and they’re as bad Trudeau’s

The Main Estimates suggest that the prime minister's message of restraint has fallen on deaf ears in Ottawa

Politics

2 w. ago John Ivison: The first Carney spending numbers are out, and they’re as bad as Trudeau’s

The Main Estimates suggest that the prime minister's message of restraint has fallen on deaf ears in Ottawa

Politics

2 w. ago John Ivison: Liberals finally manage a serious throne speech, free of Trudeau’s divisive virtue

The focus of the speech, read by King Charles, was economic, without prattling on about equity, diversity and climate change

Politics

3 w. ago John Ivison: The election was a hotbed for disinformation. The next one will be worse

Information manipulation poses the single biggest threat to Canadian democracy, concluded commissioner Marie Josée Hogue, in her final report on foreign interference in federal elections, earlier this year. It probably came as no surprise to the commissioner that emerging technologies amplified the falsehoods during the recent general election. Generative AI has emerged as a new player in […]

Politics

3 w. ago John Ivison: Punitive taxes are killing the legal cannabis industry

Illicit producers still control between one quarter and a half of the market, partly because a punitive excise tax regime raises costs for legal producers

Economics