Jamie Sarkonak

Edmonton

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Writing about cultural policy and federal governance in Canada. Opinions: @nationalpost

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Jamie Sarkonak: Trump's belligerence left Poilievre's campaign no room for error

12 hours ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement 1Little missteps proved fatal, but the Conservative movement still has hopeArticle contentThe Conservatives couldn’t control the one big thing that went wrong for them in the campaign, but they could control the mounting pile of little things. With an election so close — the Liberals winning 167 seats, the Conservatives, 145, as of 3 a.m. ET Tuesday — those little things amounted to a fatal speed bump.
Jamie Sarkonak: Carney's immigration plan a recipe for more overcrowding

1 day ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Many of Canada’s problems in the last 10 years can be traced back to over-immigrationArticle contentIt’s good that Liberal Leader Mark Carney at least understands his party’s role in overpopulating Canada faster than it can grow capacity, but it’s a problem that he doesn’t have a plan to wind it up.
Jamie Sarkonak: Just like Trudeau, Carney is planning to go full steam ahead on DEI

5 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Long before he entered politics, Mark Carney was a full-throated supporter of social engineering via progressive policy. His platform, released Monday, has confirmed that his government will be no different in that regard than that of Justin Trudeau. Carney’s plan shallowly pushes diversity both in form and in substance.
Jamie Sarkonak: Just like Trudeau, Carney is planning to go full steam ahead on DEI

5 days ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement 1Both his platform and his career past show strong support for the same kind of identity-based policies that have defined the Trudeau eraArticle contentLong before he entered politics, Mark Carney was a full-throated supporter of social engineering via progressive policy. His platform, released Monday, has confirmed that his government will be no different in that regard than that of Justin Trudeau.
Jamie Sarkonak: Who won the debate? Poilievre, easy

1 week ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement oopSkip to ContentAdvertisement 1Carney seemed to be on the drowsy hunt for his next administrative postArticle contentThere is no doubt as to who won Thursday night’s English-language debate. That achievement went to Pierre Poilievre, who, while delivering a coherent message about his own hopeful vision for a future, more prosperous Canada, ran circles around a sluggish Mark Carney and deflected the volley of Jagmeet Singh’s pea-gravel-sized interruptions.
Jamie Sarkonak: The Greens don't belong in the debates

2 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement 1They get too much attention as isArticle contentOne day, we might be freed from the Green Party of Canada’s outsized ability to sponge up bandwidth in pursuit of goals that will never remotely be reached, but it won’t come in time for the debates on Wednesday and Thursday. And so, all viewers will be cursed with listening to the lame duck party’s frivolous posturing, a cavernous pothole on the road to e-day.
Jamie Sarkonak: Tariffs are to Trump what DEI is to the left

2 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement oopSkip to ContentAdvertisement 1It's a supposed solution to a massive economic injustice that doesn't clearly existArticle contentIn an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance on Tuesday, top White House economic adviser Stephen Miran made the perfect Freudian slip: tripping on the words “tariff rates,” he instead said something closer to “terror rates” — and that really sums up the cudgel that President Donald Trump is now waving at the world.
Jamie Sarkonak: Canada's cities are riddled with crime. Carney has no plan

3 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1His entire take on justice can be reduced to rare emotional engagements. Poilievre, on the other hand, is offering solutionsArticle contentLast week, an Edmonton man was given a four-year prison term (with only six months left) for beating another man to death in a jealous rage.
Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta independence is a pipe dream

3 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Separated from Canada, we'd be a landlocked economic basket case Get the latest from Jamie Sarkonak straight to your inbox • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentIt’s easy to support the idea of an imaginary utopian breakaway province, full of sunshine, rainbows and new pipelines, in the same way it’s easy to support the idea of buying a real-life unicorn farm.
Jamie Sarkonak: Plunging gas prices? More like fake Liberal charity

3 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement 1The Liberals made you pay more at the pump. Now that they've stopped, they expect a thank you Get the latest from Jamie Sarkonak straight to your inbox • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentLast April, the Liberals advertised their broadly disliked consumer carbon tax, est. 2019, by reminding people about that its associated rebate would soon be going out to eligible recipients.

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