FACT CHECK: Brian Lilley’s column gets residential schools wrong
Brian Lilley frames himself as defending open discussion, but what he's really defending is conjecture, selective storytelling, and minimization of Indigenous trauma.
Politics
Reporting and analysis on Canadian politics, governance, and power. Focused on domestic policy, institutions, and political accountability.
Nate Erskine–Smith weighs another bid for Ontario Liberal leadership
Federal MP launches exploratory effort as party searches for renewal after years of electoral setbacks
ADAMS: Floor-crossing, party branding, and what voters are supposed to tolerate
From conversations with Nate Erskine-Smith to the ethics of switching parties—an end-of-year look at political loyalty.
ADAMS: Is federal politics still the right fit for Nate Erskine–Smith?
His honesty about housing, party discipline, and leadership makes one direction feel increasingly likely: back to Ontario.
Donations to Bowmanville—Oshawa North Conservative EDA tied to “Restore the North” merchandise
A donation that appears tied to a national political initiative is actually routed through the local Conservative riding association, with no itemized accounting for the campaign itself.
ADAMS: The NDP still thinks it lost by accident
The NDP didn't learn the right lessons, and that’s the most damning part
ADAMS: Free Trade requires good faith, CUSMA no longer has it
Free Trade is not appeasement, and CUSMA is no longer a Free Trade deal
ADAMS: I went to an Yves Engler rally. Here’s what surprised me.
Yves Engler's rally was honest. And that's exactly the problem
ADAMS: Alberta's anti-Trans bills and the cost to at-risk youth
The government's insistence on ‘parental rights’ ignores the Charter rights of children and exposes those most at risk to real harm.
ADAMS: #MANSIONGATE: Part Whatever
A taxpayer-funded holiday roadshow, a conveniently reappearing spouse, and a party leader campaigning for his own political survival.