This week, senior CBC parliamentary bureau reporter Janyce McGregor, no doubt, came to work with the full intention of delivering journalism to Canadians. Her journalism, as her X bio points out, is in “heavy rotation on the CBC.” Somewhere along the way, for some reason, she veered off the path and missed the mark, committing herself to a fantastical narrative about Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Read More

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Shock waves were sent through Ottawa on Monday, when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland abruptly resigned hours before she was scheduled to deliver the fall economic statement, citing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s reckless spending and politically motivated tax “gimmicks.” But for all intents and purposes, little has changed — Trudeau has always effectively served as Canada’s finance minister, with whoever formally holds the title merely acting as a rubber stamp. Read More

It has been quite a week for Mark Carney who, without saying a public word, is daily included in the subterranean rumblings underneath Monday’s volcanic eruption, with Chrystia Freeland resigning from cabinet, pouring hot lava all over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the way out the door. Read More

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When Arizona’s public universities announced last year that they would stop requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements from job applicants, it was a welcome deviation from what looked like an unstoppable march through academic and corporate hiring departments. Despite a name intimating dedication to opening employment processes for a full range of applicants, DEI statements have proven to be ideological loyalty oaths that filter out dissenters from a progressive worldview. But instead of a brief note of relief, Arizona may have been an early domino to fall in a wave of rethinking the issue. Read More

Whatever claim Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government had to fiscal probity was smashed to bits after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet in dramatic fashion, with a letter that cited the government’s irresponsible spending. Read More

For once, Chrystia Freeland did the right thing. She had been told by her boss Friday that she would be taken out to a foreign-affairs-related pasture after releasing one last fall economic statement. On Monday, she quit before the press lockup could even begin, making public her concerns about the government while sending the government scrambling for a plan B. Read More