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Analysis: Trudeau’s pre-budget dance isn’t impressing the audience
By Shachi Kurl, President April 15, 2024 – Since 2015, Justin Trudeau has been a Pied Piper, playing a tune jaunty enough to make just enough Canadians follow his fiscal path. On the campaign trail that year, after a decade
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Analysis: Should Trudeau rethink his approach to the carbon tax?
By Shachi Kurl, President March 30, 2024 – There are times in politics when two conflicting things are true at the same time. Public reaction to the impending federal carbon-tax increase is one of those times. Follow along, dear readers,
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B.C. Politics Deep Dive: How does current federal vote intention impact this fall’s provincial vote?
Analysis reveals how federal vote preferences impact provincial vote intention ahead of fall BC election April 1, 2024 – As British Columbians look ahead to marking their ballot in a provincial election this fall, the changing federal vote landscape plays
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Analysis: Kate’s photo fail exposes the rocky road the royals now travel
By Shachi Kurl, President March 15, 2024 – Just 18 months after the death of Queen Elizabeth, are the wheels coming off the royal carriage? Suffice to say, 2024 is off to a most displeasing start for this new Carolean
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Analysis: Mulroney was a reminder of a very different time in Canadian politics
By Shachi Kurl, President March 1, 2024 – Others will remember and reflect upon the Mulroney years better than I. Journalists who covered him, academics who studied him. The electorate that first lauded, then condemned him. I was not there.
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Analysis: Trudeau and Poilievre are both flailing on foreign policy
By Shachi Kurl, President Feb. 16, 2024 – This week, the federal Conservative leader called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “two-faced phoney” over the latter’s stance on the Middle East. Perhaps someone needs to bring Pierre Poilievre a mirror. This
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