Diane Francis

1 week ago | financialpost.com | Diane Francis

Advertisement 1Deepening the U.S.-Canada relationship is the obvious play, and it should not be difficult to accomplishArticle contentIn this federal election, it’s important for Canadians to remember that geography is destiny. Like it or not, Canada is tethered to the United States, and the next prime minister will have to sit down and cut a deal with the protectionist and erratic U.S. President Donald Trump.

3 weeks ago | financialpost.com | Diane Francis

The Liberal party has no business running Canada because it has driven the country’s living standards into the ditch over the past decade. The Liberals managed the economy irresponsibly, overtaxed Canadians and propagated anti-business policies and anti-resource regulations. They vastly increased the number of immigrants entering the country, which contributed to Canada’s health-care and housing crises. The best evidence of their poor management?

3 weeks ago | dianefrancis.substack.com | Diane Francis

Unsettling developments and policies tumble out of the Trump White House, upending geopolitics, unsettling millions, and disrupting markets and business. Inside America, Trump breaches norms, and badmouths or defunds time-worn institutions. And his intimidation grows abroad, punctuated by the mistreatment of Ukraine’s President in the Oval Office and continued with tariff and annexation threats against allies while treating psychopath Vladimir Putin with kid gloves.

1 month ago | dianefrancis.substack.com | Diane Francis

Two truce talks involving Donald Trump have failed in recent days. Vladimir Putin snubbed Trump’s push for a full 30-day ceasefire even after Ukraine agreed. Instead, Putin offered to refrain from striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days, then broke the truce hours later. In Gaza, the US talked with Hamas about a truce and a hostage exchange. Those deals fell apart, so Israel launched air strikes against Hamas in Gaza, and the US launched strikes against Iran’s Houthis in Yemen.

1 month ago | financialpost.com | Diane Francis

The priority is dealing with this made-in-America crisis, but the biggest issue is Canada’s democracy itself. What kind of democracy is Canada with 40 million people whose new prime minister has not been elected but been chosen by 86 per cent (129,000) of only 156,000 or so Liberals who voted in its leadership contest? This only happened because Justin Trudeau quit and was allowed to prorogue parliament, thanks to the permission granted by his appointee, the Governor General.