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That Ever Governed Frenzy

Through the eyes of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau

Return of the Robber Barons

Chrystia Freeland asks if we can tell “makers” from “takers” among the new super-rich

Curtis Gillespie

Curtis Gillespie has won seven National Magazine Awards for his writing on politics, sport, culture, and science.

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Curtis Gillespie

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau November 2024
Poor Justin Trudeau. The guy has never been able to catch a break. The house he grew up in had so many silver spoons in the kitchen drawer, he didn’t know which one to put in his mouth. His dad wasn’t around much, given that he was arguably the most famous Canadian in the world in the 1970s (with a side hustle as prime…

Liberal Interpretations

Making sense of Justin Trudeau and his party January | February 2023
The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: Economic Efficiency, Social Justice, and Individual Liberty.— John Maynard Keynes The conundrum itself does not need decoding. We already know that Justin Trudeau has long been mired in an authenticity crisis — a crisis that boils down to a gap between image and…