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Morning Update: Trudeau government invoked Emergencies Act despite ‘potential for a breakthrough’ with convoy protesters, documents show
Vehicles block a road during a protest by truck drivers over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government, outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Trudeau government invoked Emergencies Act despite ‘potential for a breakthrough’ with convoy protesters, documents show
Vehicles block a road during a protest by truck drivers over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government, outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Canada is allowing Russia’s energy blackmail to win the day in Europe
Christian Leuprecht and Shuvaloy Majumdar
canada
Nova Scotia Liberals to elect new leader to replace ex-premier Rankin
Premier Iain Rankin makes remarks after being defeated in the Nova Scotia Provincial Election, in Halifax, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Nova Scotia's Liberal party is set to elect a new leader at its convention Saturday evening. Nova Scotia's Liberal party is set to elect a new leader at its convention this evening. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
opinion
Inflation is like a speeding car. Ottawa, keep your foot off the gas pedal
The Editorial Board
opinion
Is the Trudeau government’s plan for quick, deep cuts to oil emissions too ambitious? Yes
The Editorial Board
opinion
Canada’s flawed Latin America policy demands a reset – and distance from the U.S.
John M. Kirk
opinion
Ottawa wants to search your phone at the border, but its proposed rules are unreasonably suspicious
The Editorial Board
opinion
Emergencies Act inquiry must examine the fallout for banks and their trucker clients
Rita Trichur
opinion
The Liberals are eager to talk about regulating speech online – but wisely reluctant to actually do it
The Editorial Board
opinion
Was the Emergencies Act justified? Without knowing what cabinet knew, it may be impossible to say
The Editorial Board
opinion
The subject of the Rouleau inquiry? It’s the Trudeau government, not the truckers
The Editorial Board
opinion
Canadian politicians are remarkably adept at sending cheques to voters. But governing is mostly not that
The Editorial Board
opinion
What a tangled Web the Trudeau government is weaving
Andrew Coyne
opinion
Inflation-spurred tax revenue benefits Ottawa
Steven Globerman
politics
Why a federal salmon study that found viruses at B.C. fish farms took 10 years to be released
Spawning sockeye salmon, a species of pacific salmon, are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C., on Oct. 14, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
opinion
When it comes to the housing crisis, Canada is a lot of talk but not much action
The Editorial Board
opinion
The good news is the Liberals have discovered our growth problem. The bad news is they don’t know what to do about it
Andrew Coyne
report on business
Housing-focused budget targets foreign buyers, promises to double the pace of home building
Houses under construction in Toronto, Friday, June 26, 2015. A local governance think tank says municipalities across Canada face housing development constraints that can be eased through more co-operation between all levels of government.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
report on business
Ottawa’s tax on banks and life insurers to deliver $6.1-billion over five years, 40 per cent less than Liberal campaign pledge
A Bank of Montreal sign is shown in the financial district in Toronto on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette