Andrew Coyne

Opinion: Lower the voting age? There are better arguments for raising it Britain’s move to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 has set off another flurry of debate over whether Canada and other countries should follow suit

My latest: Lower the voting age? There are better arguments for raising it
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: Trump: "I wish her well"

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump has never said 'I wish her well' to any Epstein victims, just Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/RrIGsqWvmSU?...

Opinion: Twenty years late, Canada hits the old NATO target, just in time to fall short of the new one Had Carney not announced that Canada would make good on its past pledges, it’s doubtful they would have let him in the door

My latest: Twenty years late, Canada hits the old NATO target, just in time to fall short of the new one
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Opinion: It’s time to rein in Canada’s runaway Crown corporations There has been repeated failures to deliver quality services and stay within budget – and no consequences

My latest, on the problem of the “runaway Crowns”: the price of managerial freedom is (supposed to be) accountability for results.
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Opinion: The premiers as nation-builders? Colour me skeptical They’ve made similar declarations before on ditching interprovincial trade barriers

My latest: The premiers as nation-builders? Colour me skeptical
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Opinion: Overstaffed, overpaid and underperforming, the CPP investment fund is in need of a sharp course correction A return of 9.3 per cent certainly sounds impressive, unless you recall that equity markets generally were up wildly last year

My latest: Overstaffed, overpaid and underperforming, the CPP investment fund is in need of a sharp course correction
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Opinion: If Canada Post won’t deliver the mail – or can’t without losing billions – let someone else do it Something has to give. The post office must either cut services, raise prices or lean on the taxpayer even more heavily

My latest: If Canada Post won’t deliver the mail – or can’t without losing billions – let someone else do it
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Opinion: The only thing worse than not having a budget is having one The government should have brought in a budget this spring, but even so, it wouldn’t have left the public any more enlightened

My latest: The only thing worse than not having a budget is having one (or is it the other way around?)
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Opinion: We wasted 60 years indulging secessionist fantasies in Quebec. Must we make the same mistake in Alberta? Decades of pointless arguments and wasted effort caused economic decline across the country – and especially in Quebec

My latest: We wasted 60 years indulging secessionist fantasies in Quebec. Must we make the same mistake in Alberta?
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The Crisis of Canadian Democracy (Pre-Order) - Sutherland House Publishing Andrew Coyne, one of Canada’s most esteemed political thinkers, delivers a powerful exposé of the nation’s crumbling democratic institutions. With characteristic wit, insight, and rigor, Coyne…

I've written a book. It's called The Crisis of Canadian Democracy and it's coming out in May. You can pre-order it from Sutherland House Books at sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-....

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Opinion: Canada has the form of democracy, but not the substance Our parliamentary system is in a state of disrepair so advanced that it has lost much of its relevance

"We do not live in the system we think we do": An excerpt, lightly adapted, from my new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy.

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Opinion: Canada has the form of democracy, but not the substance Our parliamentary system is in a state of disrepair so advanced that it has lost much of its relevance

"We do not live in the system we think we do": An excerpt, lightly adapted, from my new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy.

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Opinion: Trump’s chaotic rule means we need a growth strategy more than ever. Somebody tell our political leaders We are in for several years, at least, of global economic paralysis. And it is only going to get worse

My latest: Trump’s chaotic rule means we need a growth strategy more than ever. Somebody tell our political leaders
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Opinion: If you’re going to threaten to secede, you might at least have the numbers to back it up A piece by the former leader of the Reform Party of Canada, Preston Manning, had the substance of a ransom note

My latest, on Preston Manning’s disgraceful foray into separatist blackmail: Vote Conservative, or we blow the place up. (Yeah? You got the numbers to back up that threat?)
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Opinion: There won’t be a price to pay for imperilling U.S. security on Signal The whole thing – the contempt for rules, the disdain for allies, the recklessness, the sheer incompetence – adds up to a composite portrait of the Trump administration at work

My latest, on the Signal affair: "They really think they can just brazen this out. And the worst part of it is, they might be right."

Opinion: There won’t be a price to pay for imperilling U.S. security on Signal

Opinion: Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious Both Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney have chosen to play base and boring political games at a time when Canadians need bold ideas and vision

My latest: "Truly this is an election for the ages, a historic choice between dull but unprincipled and nasty but opportunistic."

Canada’s existential election has very quickly become unserious

Opinion: Canada’s unprecedented election will turn on this question: Who can be the best leader? The looming turning-point vote will be won by whomever Canadians believe can be trusted to take charge, both in the current crisis and moving ahead

My latest, on an election like no other. Trump's unprecedented threats against the country makes this an election that, even more than most, is about leadership.

Opinion: Enter Carney: The button-down central banker shows he’s not above a little Yankee-bashing and kneecapping his opponent The so-called globalist egghead has discovered a taste for politics, of the most brass-knuckle kind

My latest: for an aloof technocrat, Carney doesn't seem to be above a little hardball politics

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The Crisis of Canadian Democracy (Pre-Order) - Sutherland House Publishing Andrew Coyne, one of Canada’s most esteemed political thinkers, delivers a powerful exposé of the nation’s crumbling democratic institutions. With characteristic wit, insight, and rigor, Coyne…

I've written a book. It's called The Crisis of Canadian Democracy and it's coming out in May. You can pre-order it from Sutherland House Books at sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-....

Or, if you prefer, from Amazon:
amazon.ca/Crisis-Canad...
or Indigo:
indigo.ca/en-ca/the-cr...

Opinion: Tariffs are only the start: we must buckle down for years of conflict with the U.S. We can look forward to a future of escalating attempts to use whatever leverage the Americans have over us to bully us into accepting the unacceptable

My latest: Tariffs are only the start: we must buckle down for years of conflict with the U.S.

Opinion: Donald Trump is trying to destroy Canada The U.S.’s tariffs are meant to break us. The only thing that they’ve certainly broken is the trust between historically close neighbours - maybe forever

My latest: The president of the United States is trying to destroy Canada

Opinion: Brace yourselves: whatever crazy, awful things Trump may have done to date, it’s only going to get worse The world has never before been faced with such a threat. The United States has handed the nuclear codes to a madman, a criminal, a would-be dictator and a moron

My latest, on the importance of thinking ahead, in line with Trump’s rapidly worsening behaviour: we need to be prepared to respond, not to what Trump has done to us to date, but to what he’s likely to do to us in future

Opinion: Mark Carney’s two-track budget plan: other than these six objections, it’s a pretty good idea The Liberal leadership candidate proposes splitting the federal budget into separate operating and capital accounts

My latest, on Mark Carney’s two-track budget plan: other than these six objections, it’s a pretty good idea

Opinion: Is the real Pierre Poilievre the one we saw on Flag Day, or the one we’ve known until now? The Conservative Leader spoke directly and forcefully, with fewer of his normal graceless jabs at opponents and cheesy slogans

My latest, on Poilievre's big speech: pivot, or feint?

Is the real Pierre Poilievre the one we saw on Flag Day, or the one we’ve known until now?

Opinion: When the plane hits some turbulence, you’re maybe going to want a pilot to fly it Which political leader has the character, the nerve, and the resilience to deal with Trump?

My latest: When the plane hits some turbulence, you’re maybe going to want a pilot to fly it

Opinion: The democratic world will have to get along without America. It may even have to defend itself from it The U.S. is now on the side of the dictatorships

My latest: The democratic world will have to get along without America. It may even have to defend itself from it

Opinion: Reduce our dependence on the U.S.? Sure, but it’s a lot harder than it sounds With the kinds of challenges we’re facing, we’re going to need a different political system

My latest: Reduce our dependence on the U.S.? Sure, but it’s a lot harder than it sounds

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