This is an important read for Canadians. Andrew identifies 10 key points where Harris failed and Trump gained. Substitute Justin Trudeau fro Kamala Harris and Pierre Poilievre for Trump and the story can be mapped onto the Canadian political environment. Whether Canadians can rise to seize the opportunity as Trump’s Read more…
I recently remembered a speech that Mark Carney gave as governor of the Bank of Canada (BoC), to the Montreal Board of Trade. In it he discussed the BoC’s position on inflation rate targets and the issues involved in setting them. I wrote about it in my former blog (long Read more…
This is a new series of short, single topic notes on things that really matter. Michelle Rempel Garner, a Canadian Conservative MP, has just published an examination of Mark Carney as the likely replacement for Trudeau. I have long argued that he is the logical choice, partly because Freeland is Read more…
It’s the morning after … after the Canadian election that is. Recognizing that there are a large number of mail-in ballots to be counted over the next few days, here are the party standings in parentheses. The first number is the party standing in parliament at dissolution[2] and the second Read more…