Terry Glavin

1 month ago | nationalpost.com | Terry Glavin

Advertisement 1Trump may not have been as big a factor in Liberal win as pundits suggestsArticle contentIt’s a verdict that’s rapidly embedding itself as the answer to the riddle of the Liberal party’s revival from its vegetative state as recently as last December to this week’s election-day comeback, only a handful of seats shy of a majority in the House of Commons: Party standard-bearer Mark Carney owes his triumph to Donald Trump.

1 month ago | therealstory.substack.com | Terry Glavin

Here’s what’s up in today’s federal voting day newsletter. The “Lost generation” was going to remain without hope of rescue no matter the outcome of the federal election. The mainstreaming of antisemitism in Canada barely registered. It was as though all the scandals and national-security uproars and the Hogue Commission on Foreign Interference never even happened - I was going to get into this but there’s just so much to deal with, it requires separate treatment.

1 month ago | therealstory.substack.com | Terry Glavin

There’s a lot of ground in the newsletter that was supposed to go out this morning, which will now be out first thing tomorrow. It’s mostly about Election 2025, the Lost Generation and other “issues” quite a few of us preferred not to discuss out loud during the election campaign. I’ll also have some inside baseball on the news media for you. This evening I’m sending you this instead. I didn’t get much sleep last night. In the Roman Catholic calendar, today is the Sunday of Divine Mercy.

1 month ago | nationalpost.com | Terry Glavin

Advertisement 1Report that predicts collapse is actually a description of Canada in 2025Article contentAs Canadian doomsday scenarios go, it’s a bit of a letdown. But you’d never know it by the headlines. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentFirst prize goes to the American news site Politico: Apocalypse Now.

1 month ago | therealstory.substack.com | Terry Glavin

There was neither gunplay nor bloodshed so it’s not as amusing as it might have been, but at least one assault has been alleged, the police were called, voices were raised, names were called and many harsh words were spoken. The only thing everybody seems to agree on is that the federal Leaders Debate Commission has a lot to answer for. Here’s the thing. There’s a federal election going on. It’s an historically important election.