Montreal

Everyone paying attention to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s ongoing effort to break up and “refocus” Alberta’s public health care system understands that its true goal is to undermine it to the point her government can introduce U.S.-style private health care.

In 2014 Stephen Harper put all kinds of contentious measures into a budget implementation bill, bypassing the full scrutiny of Parliament. In 2026 Mark Carney did the same.

Big AI centres offer little economic benefit while impacting people, environment: Kinew..

Critics of Israel’s war on Gaza are increasingly facing interrogations, visa revocations and denials of entry.

Doug Ford is embarking on a plan that will effectively privatize aspects of the province’s water systems.

Hey! This is Alberta! If the facts don’t support your argument, just make up new ones.

A yes vote would not mean automatic independence.

— Structurally, Canadian politics is far different from U.S. politics, and those differences filter down into electoral patterns.

— These differences include Canada’s parliamentary system, its multi-party structure, the separation of its federal and provincial parties, and its linguistic divide between French and English speakers.

— Because of these structural differences, voters in Canada are a lot swingier than American voters, and the parties have historically assembled coalitions that don’t align neatly on a purely ideological axis.

— When U.S. President Donald Trump began attacking Canada in his second term, it caused a political realignment that continues, though how lasting this will be depends on what Trump does and whether Canadians tire of the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney.

As the U.S. and Israel continue their illegal war on Iran, some unions and labour orgs are speaking out.