Politics Insider for Oct. 13, 2021: America relents; Chrystia Freeland’s possible moves; and Michael Wernick’s best advice
Tag Archives: Border
The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever
Paul Wells: There was supposed to be a renewed Canada-U.S. relationship. The latest phone call between Biden and Trudeau suggests it is not going well.
The best summer ever
Scott Gilmore: The upside to the ongoing border lockdown is that for the first summer in ages Canadians have the country to themselves. Get out and enjoy it.
The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border
Justin Ling: The public is distrustful of a reopening and the Liberals are ill-prepared. It doesn’t bode well for a return to normal anytime soon.
While Trump eyes tariffs, Americans really want more Canada
A new poll of U.S. attitudes show that Americans want less ‘America first’ and a lot more Canada. A third of them would even prefer to live here.
Inside Ottawa’s ‘light-speed’ epidemic-driven overhaul
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos talks to Paul Wells about the early outbreak efforts and what could come next, including even tighter border controls
King Donald the Madman
Allen Abel in Washington: As the storm clouds close in on the White House, the U.S. president lashes out—at Canada, Mexico, Congress and immigrants
The case for invading America
Scott Gilmore: The days of accepting American light beer and draft dodgers with nary a complaint are done. Canada, it’s time to fight.
The migrant surge on the border isn’t a crisis, it’s just a fiasco
Terry Glavin: Canada can easily absorb migrants crossing into Quebec. The real problem is this country’s dysfunctional immigration system.
For sale: A fixer-upper on the U.S.-Canada border
Listed at $150,000, it’s a two-storey manse with some minor logistical issues: half of it sits in Canada, the other in the United States