Sabrina Maddeaux

Mar 13, 2025 | thehub.ca | Sean Speer |Howard Anglin |Sabrina Maddeaux

Welcome to Need to Know, The Hub’s roundup of experts and insiders providing insights into the political stories and developments Canadians need to be keeping an eye on this week. Mark Carney is no Michael IgnatieffBy Sean Speer, The Hub’s editor-at-largeMark Carney’s entrance into elected politics has drawn comparisons to former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. The comparison isn’t without any justification. They’re both highly credentialed and successful.

Mar 3, 2025 | thehub.ca | Sabrina Maddeaux

Nearly four years ago, I first suggested in a column that younger Canadians could be won over by Conservatives. At the time, most people thought I was nuts. But as Pierre Poilievre took the Conservative Party of Canada under his reins, polling eventually caught up with what I’d been seeing and hearing for a while. By May 2022, Ekos showed the CPC with a stunning nine-point lead in the 18-34 demographic, despite only leading by six points overall.

Jan 29, 2025 | thehub.ca | Sabrina Maddeaux

There’s little Canadians can do about whether President Donald Trump decides to follow through with his tariff threats, but we should demand our politicians don’t turn this potential economic emergency into COVID 2.0. Just a few short years ago, we saw what happens when governments use uncertainty and panic as an excuse to abandon all fiscal restraint, pad the pockets of chosen winners, and throw the middle-class and younger generations under the bus.

Nov 21, 2024 | thehub.ca | Sabrina Maddeaux

It takes more than your average scandal to get a cabinet minister removed from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. His tolerance for conflicts of interest and suspect dealings seems ever higher, as though negatively correlated to his near-zero tolerance for independent thought. But Randy Boissonnault, the now-former Employment minister, finally managed this practically unheard-of feat.

Oct 24, 2024 | thehub.ca | Sean Speer |Stephen Maher |Sabrina Maddeaux |JDM Stewart

The calls are now coming from inside the house. Yesterday, during a tense three-hour caucus meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced a group of some 20 of his own MPs calling for him to consider stepping down as Liberal leader. They have reportedly  given him a deadline of October 28 to resign. Simultaneously, a leaked Liberal grassroots petition began to make the rounds, describing an “existential crisis” in the party, and calling for an immediate secret ballot vote on his leadership.