Federal Politics

Dene Moore: Given mass protests and polls indicating people increasingly worry about climate change, it’s surprising that federal and provincial Green parties can’t take advantage.

Didn't we just do this? Michael Taube reads the tea leaves in Ottawa.

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says an early election would be selfish – just not this one.

John Horgan says he’ll be forced to raise the carbon tax, because Ottawa will make him. There’s some ironic legal history to unpack.

Governments tend to forget about consumers when managing supply. Open trade to more cheese.

"Canada’s economy was growing mostly because it was adding more people - but owing to weak investment and feeble productivity growth, the economy wasn’t getting much “better” in terms of making the average Canadian more prosperous."

Women have been treated unfairly by politics for years. Confronting the issue is long overdue.

If the European Union with 27 very diverse countries and many languages can do it, why can't Canada?

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. This week, Jody Vance and Drex unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.

Peter Menzies: The federal government is apparently preparing massive regulation of the Internet, pandering to niche lobby groups.