A young woman and her father clash over what it means to fight the powers that be—and correct injustice
Rick Smith: The two sides don’t share equal blame for the sad state of politics. Only the Left is seeking answers to the big challenges of the day.
Anne Kingston: The binary labels have lost their way with blurred definitions, centrism and crumbling ideology
As its support base shifts and hardens, the Conservatives increasingly have a new measure: are you with us or against us?
Both sides of the Canadian political spectrum are spoiling for a fight and reasoned debate is at risk. With an election looming, it’s time to raise the alarm.
The Liberals are losing their hold on the centre, increasingly willing to alienate and inflame.
Paul Wells: Canadian politics has always been polarized. If there’s a difference today, it’s that democracy itself is waning.
Polarized voters are ‘fearful and frustrated,’ and more likely to think the world is getting worse over time
Andrew MacDougall: The Tories can only win the next election if they woo the voters who abandoned them in 2015
Jen Gerson: Growing anger, fear, frustration and disappointment are very real in liberal democracies. What’s a Conservative to do?
Andray Domise: Always competing in the woke Olympics, the political left, too often, does not make it easy for newcomers (or Oprah Winfrey) to join the ranks and stay there.
Terry Glavin: Where the Left isn’t wholly irrelevant, it is increasingly indistinguishable from the populist right