Trump Re-election: How the American Election Results May Affect Canada
Analyzes the effect of Trump’s re-election on Canadian politics, particularly in terms of economy, immigration, environment, and abortion
What Biden’s Keystone Cancellation Means for Canadian Economic Planning
On President Joe Biden’s first day in office, he made the controversial decision to cancel the permit approving the cross-border Keystone XL pipeline project. This pipeline would have carried oil More
Does the Canada Infrastructure Bank Still Matter?
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) was officially established in June 2017, fulfilling a campaign promise made by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in the 2015 federal election. Operating as a Crown More
Flash Analysis: Freeland Replaces Morneau as Finance Minister as Trudeau Asks to Prorogue Parliament
On Tuesday, August 18th, Chrystia Freeland was sworn in as Minister of Finance. Freeland replaces Bill Morneau who stepped down from the position on Monday. This shuffle is notable for More
The U.S. and Canada: A Love-Hate Relationship
Police brutality, gun violence, and a pandemic… It is not hard to see the cookpot of 2020 boiling over, especially when it comes to Canada-U.S. relations. Canada and the U.S. More
Opinion: Political Opportunism and Trudeau’s New Gun Regulations
On 1 May, Prime Minister Trudeau announced a ban on the buying, selling, transporting, importing and use of assault-style weapons in Canada. The ban names roughly 1500 model variations and More
Flash Analysis: New Minority Liberal Cabinet Announced
On Wednesday, November 20th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada’s new cabinet. Looking at the selection of Ministers collectively, it seems that considerations of effective minority government leadership and appeasing More
Flash Analysis: Photos Surface of Trudeau in Brownface
On Wednesday, September 18th, TIME Magazine released images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface. Trudeau had apparently dressed up as a character from Aladdin during an Arabian Nights-themed gala More
Analysis: Trudeau re-approves contentious Trans Mountain expansion project
On June 18th, in a decision to expand the pipeline carrying crude oil from the sands of Alberta to the coast of British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his More
Satire: The Price of a Pipeline? Just a Buck or Two
The Liberal cabinet approved the Trans-Mountain pipeline on Tuesday, putting shovels back on the ground in this repeatedly-delayed project. Leaked messages show that Kinder Morgan, the company from which Trudeau More