Alex Cosh

Canada

News editor, @readthemaple. Cohost @ExpatsAndAllies. I cover a range of depressing subjects and wish I could be writing about football instead.

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Articles

Votes For Libs And Cons Soared. But How Solid Is Each Party’s Support?

1 week ago | readthemaple.com | Alex Cosh

Although both the Liberals and Conservatives enjoyed their highest vote shares in decades in last month’s federal election, experts say both parties have areas of support that are soft and could shift back to smaller parties in the years ahead. Ninety-one per cent of MPs in the House of Commons are now Liberals or Conservatives, a nine per cent increase from the results in 2021.
Poilievre Getting Easier Ride At Media Events Than Carney: Analysis

4 weeks ago | readthemaple.com | Emma Paling |Alex Cosh |Davide Mastracci

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is getting an easier ride at media events during the current election than Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney, an analysis by The Maple finds. The data shows that despite Poilievre’s constant complaints that the media go easy on his Liberal opponents, the opposite is true in this election campaign.
The Liberals Are Dodging Questions About A New Israeli Arms Contract

1 month ago | readthemaple.com | Alex Cosh

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is avoiding questions about a Canadian company receiving a contract to supply the Israeli military with up to $78.8 million of artillery propellants, despite the Liberal government’s promise to block military exports to Israel last year.
CIJA Lobbied Or Sponsored Trips For 58% Of MPs Running In 2025

1 month ago | readthemaple.com | Davide Mastracci |Emma Paling |Alex Cosh

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is a Zionist lobby group that has a stated priority of “strengthening the Canada-Israel Friendship.” It has aimed to do so in several ways, including lobbying MPs and taking them on fully paid trips to Israel. I’ve published several articles on CIJA’s activities since 2022, including a list of the 10 MPs most lobbied by CIJA and a breakdown of MPs CIJA has taken to Israel.
Interview: Witness Describes Israel’s Attack On Oscar-Winning Director

1 month ago | readthemaple.com | Alex Cosh

Israeli occupation forces arrested Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, this week after he was brutally attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers at his home in the occupied West Bank. Shortly after the attack, Ballal’s Israeli co-director Yuval Abraham posted on X: “Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took [Ballal].”Ballal and two other Palestinians were released from Israeli detention on Tuesday.
How Canadian Media Helped Recruit Prime Minister Carney

1 month ago | readthemaple.com | Emma Paling |Alex Cosh |Peter McFarlane

It might sound hard to believe, but a London-based bookie had a hand in sparking Canadian media’s early fascination with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The year was 2011, and the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had just resigned after being charged with attempted rape in the United States. The London bookie, William Hill, took bets on his successor and included Carney on the list of possible candidates. The odds were long, ten to one.
Liberal Leadership Frontrunners Score Poorly On Palestinian Rights

2 months ago | readthemaple.com | Alex Cosh |Taylor C. Noakes

The two frontrunners in the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader have received poor scores from an advocacy group that supports Palestinian human rights.
Canadian Views Of The U.S. Have Trended Negatively For Decades

2 months ago | readthemaple.com | Alex Cosh |Davide Mastracci |Emma Paling |Peter McFarlane

In the wake of United States President Donald Trump’s ongoing threats to make Canada the “51st state,” a recent Leger poll found that 27 per cent of Canadians view their southern neighbour as an “enemy state.”While a higher share — 30 per cent — view the U.S. as an “ally,” the substantial figure of those willing to use such negative terms to describe the Canadian state’s traditionally closest partner has prompted surprise, as well as disgust from some quarters.
Meet 85 Canadians That Have Fought For Israel

2 months ago | readthemaple.com | Davide Mastracci |Alex Cosh |Emma Paling |Peter McFarlane

For the better part of the past century, some Jews in Canada have been travelling to Israel to fight alongside other Jewish Zionists from around the world. Throughout this time, the Israeli military has been credibly accused by and/or before major international bodies of ethnic cleansing, war crimes, apartheid, and now genocide.
Time To Think Beyond ‘Worthless’ Free Trade Agreements: Economists

2 months ago | readthemaple.com | Taylor C. Noakes |Alex Cosh

Threats of annexation and a looming trade war with the United States has prompted Canadians to critically examine longstanding free trade agreements with the Americans. Regardless of whether or not U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his tariff threats, it is likely that the economic and political relationship between the U.S. and Canada has been irrevocably harmed. Canadian politicians have by and large proceeded cautiously, advocating buy-Canadian campaigns and counter-tariffs.