A pessimist could construe Donald Trump’s warning about American troop reductions in Germany as a less brazen modern equivalent to the non-aggression Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. Read More

It is a time-honoured parliamentary tradition for finance ministers to congratulate themselves on making more progress than can possibly be justified by the facts. Read More

Nothing is likely to shore up Conservative esprit de corps like the sight of Patty Hajdu rising in the House of Commons and accusing the Official Opposition of being “against Canada." Read More

Sovereign wealth funds are typically established by countries to manage their surplus wealth. Read More

Canada’s trade negotiator, Janice Charette, told a business audience this week that our trade agreement with the U.S. is “the envy of the world.” Read More

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney once levelled the bizarre charge that the first thing then NDP leader Ed Broadbent would do if elected to replace him would be to nationalize high-end menswear retailer Harry Rosen. Read More

Was the timing of Mark Carney’s feel-good “fireside chat” video  released Sunday mere coincidence, landing as it did the day before concerning inflation numbers? Read More

The day after the Liberals secured their majority in the House of Commons there was a sense that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Read More