Emma Paling

Toronto

Writer at Freelance

writer and journalist

Articles

Poilievre Getting Easier Ride At Media Events Than Carney: Analysis

1 week 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.
“It should not be this hard” — West End Phoenix

1 week ago | westendphoenix.com | Emma Paling

FROM APRIL/MAY 2024 ISSUE OF WEST END PHOENIXPrivate equity firms are targeting low-income apartment buildings across the city as the ultimate investment: buying them out, evicting tenants and renovating the empty units. The new rents, subject to increases without controls, are so high that they’re sending some residents to the food bank Michael Cuadra has lived with his parents in the same Weston apartment building since he was eight years old. For much of that time, it was a good place to live.
CIJA Lobbied Or Sponsored Trips For 58% Of MPs Running In 2025

3 weeks 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.
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.
Canadian Views Of The U.S. Have Trended Negatively For Decades

1 month 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

1 month 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.
Poilievre’s Lifelong Obsession With Tax Cuts Is No Use Against Trump

2 months ago | readthemaple.com | Alex Cosh |Emma Paling |Peter McFarlane |Christy Somos

For the first time in over a year, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre’s lead in the polls is tightening substantially. His biggest challenge? Responding to United States President Donald Trump’s threats against Canada. Since Trump’s inauguration in January, polls have shown an uptick in support for the Liberals — particularly in a scenario where leadership candidate Mark Carney takes the helm, but also even with Justin Trudeau still in charge.
Poilievre Promises Cuts. Which Programs Are At Risk?

2 months ago | readthemaple.com | Emma Paling |Peter McFarlane |Christy Somos |Jeremy Appel

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is signalling what Canadians can expect if his party forms government later this year. “We need a massive patriotic tax cut,” he said last month. “We […] need fewer bureaucrats,” he said a few days before. "We’re going to cut bureaucracy, cut the consultants, cut foreign aid, cut back on corporate welfare to large corporations,” he told Jordan Peterson before that. While those comments were short on specifics, the top-line agenda is clear: cut, cut, cut.
Who Will Win The Peace In Ukraine?

Jan 23, 2025 | readthemaple.com | Peter McFarlane |Emma Paling |Christy Somos |Jeremy Appel

Few wars have been more often and more accurately predicted than the current Russia-Ukraine war. From the 1990s on, American and European diplomats and scholars warned that expanding NATO into Ukraine was the “brightest of all red lines” for Moscow — under any Russian leader.
The U.S. Has Undermined Canadian Sovereignty For Decades

Jan 21, 2025 | readthemaple.com | Emma Paling |Christy Somos |Jeremy Appel |Alex Cosh

Canadians have been clear: they don’t want their country to be absorbed by the United States. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told CNN last week, one of the main things Canadians are proud of is not being American. Other points of pride — and difference — include our public programs, specifically universal health care, which Canadians consistently tell pollsters they feel pride in.