Martin Regg Cohn
Political Columnist at The (Toronto) Star
Toronto Star political columnist. Recovering foreign correspondent. Reliving past pix here: https://t.co/QBRb59aXx5
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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Martin Regg Cohn
No question that Donald Trump’s tariff war against Canada has rattled automakers and autoworkers on both sides of the border. But how did the storied United Auto Workers union end up in Trump’s corner, buying into the White House narrative that tariff times are good times for the auto industry? Why did the UAW go MAGA? Shawn Fain is the fearless but feckless president of the mighty U.S. union that went to the wall against Trump in last year’s presidential election.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Martin Regg Cohn
Canada’s tale of two Tories is still being written. Day by day, Pierre Poilievre keeps stumbling on the campaign trail. Day after day, Doug Ford looks sure-footed on the front lines of the tariff war. The storyline is being dictated by an American president: Donald Trump is wreaking havoc on the factory floor, but he is also creating chaos for the floundering federal Conservative election machine.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Martin Regg Cohn
With Canada and the U.S. locked in a tariff standoff, university students from both countries sat down together in Toronto to see if they could get anywhere. Impossibly idealistic? It might seem a stretch for Americans and Canadians on either side of the continental divide to meet in tough times on a rainy and stormy weekend. How do you talk about cross-border collaboration in a time of confrontation, when crossing the U.S. border at the wrong time could lead to incarceration?
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Martin Regg Cohn
Donald Trump is running amok in America, but his global brand of populism has lost all traction in Canada. As Canada stands up to the imperial president in a way — and with a wherewithal — that few other countries have mustered, the world will be watching how we do it. And who’s doing it. Uniquely among nations, Canadians are turning to a technocrat. And turning against a homegrown populist.
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4 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Martin Regg Cohn
Mark Carney chose the symbolism of Gander’s international airport as the backdrop for this week’s election launch, reminding Canadians and Americans how their countries came together long ago on 9/11. But here’s another potential stop on the campaign trail for the new Liberal leader to show how times change: Partway across the country, far from Gander, another powerful symbol of comity and co-operation is suddenly in the line of fire.
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RT @krushowy: An American governor comes to town in the middle of Donald Trump’s trade war. Say what? New #onpoli col from @reggcohn https…
In the middle of a trade war, the fearless governor of Utah ventured into the lion’s den. Doug Ford did not roar. The show must go on. Business as usual, no matter how bad for business in these tariff times. Friday's column online now https://t.co/a1V1SlBvSo
Behind the lofty rhetoric of every high-profile politician, there is a low-profile public servant doing the heavy lifting. Now they're on the firing line. Will the chill wind blow across the border? Today's column https://t.co/SbW2vyGl1i