Non-partisan political analysis — Parliament, elections, governance, and the forces that shape Canadian public life.
"Politics is not a sport. Reporting it as one — with teams, scores, and winners — is how we lost the plot."
— Sanewords Editorial, January 2026Disaggregating the national numbers to understand regional, demographic, and issue-based variance — the picture is more complicated than the headlines suggest.
As Canadian politics fragments, comparative models from Scandinavia and Germany offer instructive — if imperfect — lessons for stable minority governance.
Beyond the marquee announcements, the federal budget contained significant changes to transfer payments, tax expenditures, and regulatory frameworks.
As multilateral institutions strain under geopolitical pressure, Canadian foreign policy faces foundational choices about where it stands and why.
A review of the lobbyist registry, access-to-information requests, and what they reveal about the gap between stated and actual influence on policy.
Canadian cities bear the cost of federal decisions but lack the tools to respond. The case for a new intergovernmental compact.