The Age of Twitplomacy: The Saudi-Canada Feud
In early August, Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland used Twitter to denounce the imprisonment of Samar Badawi by Saudi Arabia. This criticism has led to a number of More
‘What in Fordnation!?’: Behind Doug Ford’s Unprecedented Override of the Constitution
This is a collaborative article written by the Canadian Politics authors: Samuel Moir, Katherine Cuplinskas, and Catharina O’Donnell. On September 10th, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his intention to proceed More
Mad Max Goes Rogue: Bernier Quits the Conservative Party
As delegates assembled in Halifax for the last Conservative convention before the 2019 federal election, controversial MP Maxime Bernier added theatrics to the weekend’s agenda by announcing his departure from More
October 2018: An Introduction to the Quebec Elections
The campaign season for the 2018 Quebec election officially began on August 23rd. It will last 39 days, compared to the 33-day minimum that the last election was based on. More
Not Easy, Not Enough: Singh Announces Bid for Parliament Seat
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced Wednesday that he will run in the federal by-election in Burnaby South. If successful, winning this B.C. riding would allow Jagmeet Singh to overcome what More
Cabinet Shuffle Reveals Liberal Fear of Growing Conservative Strength
The final cabinet shuffle before an election is typically when the incumbent party begins shaping its key campaign issues. But Wednesday’s shuffle makes it clear that it’s the Conservatives – More
A Wynne-Lose Situation: Trudeau and the Historic Defeat of the Ontario Liberals
On June 7th, voters in Canada’s largest province sent a clear message: fifteen years of Liberal reign ends here. The historic reduction of the Ontario Liberals from majority government to More
Trudeau Goes to India
Srijan Shukla Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent trip to India felt like a crash course on “how to destroy a bilateral relationship in 7 days.” In the world of More
Liberal Blunders, Conservative Leadership, and the 2019 Federal Elections
Prime Minister Trudeau’s woeful visit to India has been the subject of much mockery in the past few weeks – and with good reason. The invitation of a suspected extremist More
Canada’s Intra-party Democracy Deficit
The term “democratic deficit” is used by political analysts to describe political institutions whose level of democracy fails to reach theoretical standards of democratic governance. The term has widely been More