The supposed “law and order” party is duplicitous, but that won’t stop them from moralizing, nor will it stop them from leveraging culture war wedge issues to divide the electorate and wrongfoot the split Liberal-NDP-Green opposition. It’s a classic and effective move.

Navigating this moment — Trump, protectionism, changing industries — is going to take some delicacy. And Doug Ford has all the tact of a wrecking ball.

The reelection of Donald Trump as president of the United States is not good news for Canada's ruling Liberals. Even if the government finds a way to navigate the mercurial Trump – a big “if” – it’s unlikely voters will recognize the accomplishment and premise their vote on it.

A $200 rebate cheque that will soon reach 15 million Ontarians is a blatant pre-election bribe.

As a condition of supporting the NDP, the Greens ought to insist on another kick at the electoral reform can, which they campaigned on once more in 2024.

The stealthy pay raises the government has slid to its own members is, to say the least, a dodgy and unfair make-work project. It’s unreasonable to dole out more cash for one set of MPPs under the guise of more work while denying opposition members the same boost.

A single reported case of scurvy in a country of over 40 million people stands out as a story because it points to an underlying social, political, and economic deficiency reality that so many can identify with – that in a rich country, there are in fact many people who can’t afford to meet basic needs, including the most basic need of all, healthy food.

The Liberals will have to find ways to balance NDP and Bloc demands and expectations while navigating promises of fiscal responsibility, appealing to younger voters, and not falling into Conservative traps.

The poor Liberal performance in the last three byelections don’t doom them to failure, but they do suggest that rumours of the party’s coming demise aren’t exaggerated.

Carney is accomplished and plainly has tremendous capacity. He’s also a technocrat and a mild reformer who is very much of and within the boundaries of the status quo.