ADAMS: Napoleon led from the front, our leaders lead from the couch
They want your children to march, but would they march with them?
Opinion & Editorials
Sharp, independent commentary offering analysis, argument, and perspective on Canadian domestic politics and public policy.
ADAMS: The Opposition Leader’s excellent adventure
While the Conservative leader talked about CANZUK in London, the government quietly secured billions in trade deals with India, the UAE, and beyond.
ADAMS: In defence of Trans women
Ben Ryan's personal story is touching. His conclusions, however, feel like a relic from a simpler, less generous era of debate.
ADAMS: Lessons from a by-election we’ve already forgotten
What a 2025 by-election says about a party that has stopped believing it can win
ADAMS: The NDP finally had a REAL debate. Here's who won and who lost.
For the first time in this interminable leadership race, we saw something that actually resembled a contest of ideas. It only took four attempts.
ADAMS: Jack Layton was a warmonger? Give me a goddamn break.
The man with the mustache was a secret militarist? According to Yves Engler, so was your granddad, probably.
ADAMS: Leave Sasha Carney the hell alone
Sasha Carney is not a talking point. Leave them alone.
EDITORIAL: Stephen Harper's protégé: The authoritarian apprenticeship of Pierre Poilievre
Harper tested the limits of Canadian democracy. Will his protégé cross them altogether?
ADAMS: I went to the Conservative Convention. Here’s what really stood out.
I wore their merch, shook their hands, and watched a movement curate its own delusion. They lost the election. They blame everyone but themselves.
ADAMS: Imagine if Bruce Fanjoy did this. You already know how the right-wing establishment media would react.
Erin O'Toole saw the malice. The media saw the tweet. The CPC saw... nothing. Again.
ADAMS: It’s time for a brutal, honest assessment of the Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberals are not an opposition party; they are an electoral bystander with a branding problem.
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ADAMS: The bus should not smell like regret
The social contract has a simple clause: basic hygiene.