Un drapeau de l’Alberta flotte au vent avec le mont Kidd en arrière-plan, sur le site de la rencontre des dirigeants du G7 à Kananaskis, en Alberta, le 2 juin 2025. La Presse canadienne/Jeff McIntosh

Pourquoi l’indépendance est‑elle devenue un enjeu politique en Alberta ?

L’Alberta voit émerger un mouvement séparatiste inédit, nourri par l’aliénation de l’Ouest, le populisme trumpiste et les luttes internes conservatrices.
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in June 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

What does the end of the Liberal‑NDP agreement mean for Canadians?

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has pulled his party out of the supply-and-confidence agreement that’s helped keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberals in power. What’s behind the move?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in November 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Will the supply‑and‑confidence deal between the Liberals and NDP survive in 2024?

The supply-and-confidence agreement between the Liberals and NDP has helped both parties develop and take credit for the expansion of social policies across Canada. But is it on life support?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits beside Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, left, and Québec Premier François Legault, right, as he meets with Canada’s premiers in Ottawa in February 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada’s federal transfer payment system badly needs a tune‑up

Modernizing Canada’s fiscal arrangements is necessary to overcome considerable challenges that are impacting the country’s finances, including an aging population and climate change.
A Honduran migrant lies on a riverbank as Mexican police move away from tear gas fired by U.S. agents at the Mexico-U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Donald Trump’s populism preys upon collective anxieties

President Donald Trump’s deployment of inflammatory rhetoric about immigration is now in action. Here’s why Canadians should be alarmed by populism that preys upon people’s insecurities.

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