R.B. Bennett
What we can learn from a disastrous 1930 U.S. tariff on Canadian goods
As Donald Trump threatens tariffs on steel and aluminum, policymakers should look to history and take heed of the Smoot-Hawley Act’s cautionary tale
Justin Trudeau’s sunny ways
The Liberal leader explains his economic agenda
The man in charge at the worst of times
John Boyko talks to Steve Paikin about RB Bennett.
Better know a talking point
From the official government lines distributed over the weekend.
Governing with consent
Last week, Mark Donald heralded a “tide of ennui.” This week, Andrew Coyne writes, somewhat less satirically, of our “deeply, deeply cynical political culture.”
A short history of summer elections
Canada has suffered through nine elections in June, five of which might’ve technically counted as summer votes. But if you follow the school year definition, there’s been three summer elections—July 1930, August 1953 and July 1974.
Easy, young fella
There might be plenty of reasons to believe Dominic LeBlanc is the right man to lead the Liberal party. His age, though, is not one of those reasons.