John Ibbitson

CBC's Natasha Fatah breaks down the week in politics with Saturday Political Panel Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.

In this week's political panel, we talk about Canada Post, Mark Carney's travels and the travails of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.

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CBC News Network speaks to the Saturday Political Panel about the week in politics Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.

Here is today’s political panel on the hurt feelings of the American ambassador

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Concerning the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace, we will need to watch very carefully what happens next in the Baltics. Canada leads a multinational NATO brigade in Latvia. These are dangerous times.

Opinion: Canada and America can’t break up –⁠ but we do need a trial separation We cannot avoid trade with the massive economy next door –⁠ but as its democracy backslides, Canada will need alternatives

From me:
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Jimmy Coutts’s diaries are for students of Canadian political history Author and journalist Ron Graham was given advanced access to the diaries, and from them has assembled this account

From me:

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How I wish someone had taken a picture of the poker group when we first started playing together in university. Thirty-eight years later. Never missed a year. A life blessing.

When I was a kid, people called the first cool nights in August “Ex weather” because they coincided with the arrival of the Canadian National Exhibition. No more need for kids to sleep outdoors on hot, humid nights. Last night in Ottawa was classic Ex weather, with more to come.

Carney can rescue health care by loosening restrictions of the Canada Health Act The median wait time between referral by a family doctor to treatment by a specialist in 2024 reached 30 weeks.

From me:
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CBC News Network speaks to a political panel on Trump's tariff war and more Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.

I really enjoy doing this panel Saturday at noon ET with Natasha Fatah, Rob Breakenridge and Marty Patriquin. Today’s episode was particularly lively.
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Breaking Point by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson | Penguin Random House Canada From the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, a timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canada’s political, cultural, and economic landscape.

@darrellbricker and I wrote Breaking Point over six frantic months, through Freeland & Trudeau & Trump and Carney & the election. It's all in the book, but the forces threatening Canada stretch much farther back. Pub date is Oct. 28. You can pre-order now.
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I am honoured that Jane Philpott named The Duel as her recommended summer reading. Thank you Dr. Philpott.

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book: 'A Nation's Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada' by John Ibbitson, Tidewater Books bookmark, Canadian Maple Leaf

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What an honour and pleasure it was to join ⁦‪@spaikin‬⁩ on set as part of a panel on Canada’s future. This is The Agenda’s final month. The panel airs on TVOntario at 8 and 11 pm tonight. And yes, he is the best interviewer in the country. And my friend.

John Ibbitson: The Laurentian elite strikes back Was this federal election the last gasp of the Laurentian elite?

From me:

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‘We’ve given Trump just what he wanted’: The Hub reacts to a dramatic Canadian federal election

Several takes on the election.

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John Ibbitson: The forked road Canadian voters face on election day

From me on election day:

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Opinion: The Liberals and Tories are so similar, they look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee There is a vanishingly small policy gap distinguishing the two federal parties leading the election campaign

From me:
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Opinion: The Liberals and Tories are so similar, they look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee There is a vanishingly small policy gap distinguishing the two federal parties leading the election campaign

From @JohnIbbitson.bsky.social: the two national governing parties would take much the same approach in responding to the challenges we face. For better or worse, the Grits and the Tories truly have become Tweedledum and Tweedledee. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

John Ibbitson: Pierre Poilievre didn’t decisively win the leaders’ debate—but Mark Carney likely lost it

The Hub’s @JohnIbbitson.bsky.social on the debate : it’s hard to see how it advantaged Carney. It’s never a good night when you spend much of the time trying to convince people you are not Justin Trudeau. thehub.ca/2025/04/17/j...

Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive. Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.

I join those celebrating this brilliant column.
Much is going to be lost. If you want that which you love to survive, you must do.

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John Ibbitson: Pierre Poilievre didn’t decisively win the leaders’ debate—but Mark Carney likely lost it

From me, on the debate.

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The news has stress levels soaring. I have strategies to keep you grounded We have deep reserves of strength and resilience. Now is the time to ensure we tap into them by focusing on the here and now, taking action, and living our

From University of Waterloo psychologist (and close friend) Christine Purdon, on how to cope with the stress of our times. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

John Ibbitson: Poilievre’s critics are dead wrong. We do, in fact, need to talk about family fertility

From me:

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Fixing Canada’s immigration system should be next government’s top priority Ottawa loosened restrictions on temporary foreign worker permits and the admission of foreign students to colleges and universities.

A column from me on fixing Canada’s broken immigration system.

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Whoever wins the April 28 election, the prime minister’s first international trip should be to Nuuk.

CBC News Network's Natasha Fatah speaks with Writer and Journalist John Ibbitson Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.

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John Ibbitson: Making the election all about Donald Trump would be a mistake Focus on Trump will dominate the upcoming election, but there’s a better ballot question for Poilievre and Carney to answer

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This might be a good time to pick up “A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada,” published last year to mark the paper’s 180th year of publication.
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“What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that'll make it easier to annex us." This is the most extraordinary statement by a Canadian prime minister in the history of this country. The Trump administration is at war with Canada.

Here’s how First Nations can access a reliable source of revenue A First Nations Resource Charge could speed the approval of resource-related projects on indigenous lands, and it could provide First Nations with stable and autonomous funding.

From me, on a proposal to bring greater autonomy to First Nations by transferring taxing powers to reserves.
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