What rhymes with 'bucket?' With a big h/t to Dr. J Robson, my reading of the *8th* budget from Justin Trudeau's government. thestar.com/politics/justi… #cdnpoli

Good or bad week for Justin Trudeau? Here's the latest On The Contrary from Matt Gurney and me in today's Toronto Star. thestar.com/politics/justi… #cdnpoli

Jagmeet Singh backpedals on consumer carbon levy, distances NDP from support for Justin Trudeau's policy thestar.com/politics/feder… My latest via @torontostar

Ask Justin Trudeau about foreign interference and he'll tell you about Pierre Poilievre thestar.com/politics/ask-j… via @torontostar

Here's where I find myself tonight, listening to ⁦Mark Carney⁩ on the state of the economy and what's ahead.

Day 6 - March 1, 2024: What the hacking of a political columnist reveals about our digital lives and political culture cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Thanks to a post yesterday from David Reevely and some serious help from Wifredo “Wifi” Fernández, I believe I am back on X. Cautiously, warily. I know the person who was using this account put new toxicity into this medium. Not apologizing for him/it, but I regret my name was associated.

Some personal news: To give myself some much needed breathing room, I have decided to relinquish my weekly column in The Star. I will be back for special occasions, including the next election campaign. You can also still follow me in all the other usual places.

We've reached that point in this drama where the distinctly modern Russian variation on the old Marx chestnut applies: history repeats itself, first as farce and then, what the hell, let's do farce again.

À lire… paulwells.substack.com/p/winning-is-e…

This is…something ! Increasingly hard to believe the Conservative party wants to go down this candidate’s rabbit’s hole…

Reposting for Sunday morning readers::The Liberal-NDP pact comes with one big catch for Justin Trudeau | The Star thestar.com/politics/polit…

Summary of what federal leaders are saying about the Liberal-NDP deal:

-PM Trudeau: Canadians told us to work together, so here we are
-Singh: This is not a coalition
-Bergen: This is a power grab by Trudeau
-Blanchet: Doesn’t change much for us, but centralizes power #cdnpoli

My latest- Alberta and Quebec have something in common, and it’s bad news for Erin O’Toole | The Star thestar.com/politics/polit…

For what it’s worth, the pundit consensus in the Quebec media this morning is that Justin Trudeau had a good night. The commission that puts together these events and has come up with a format that seems designed to kill debate rather than foster it did not.