Yuan Yi Zhu

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Yuan Yi Zhu

This election could have been a lot worse for Canada’s Conservatives. As I write, they have taken 41.7 per cent of the popular vote, their highest share since 1988, and are on track to pick up two dozen seats. They have also managed to make inroads with young people and unionised workers – groups that are famously hard for right-wing parties to win over.

1 month ago | spectator.co.uk | Yuan Yi Zhu

Canada’s Conservatives haven’t done too badly in this election. As I write, they have taken 41.7 per cent of the popular vote, their highest share since 1988, and are on track to pick up two dozen seats. They have also managed to make inroads with young people and unionised workers – groups that are famously hard for right-wing parties to win over. Yet the victor of the night was Mark Carney, who will have a thin but real minority to work with as prime minister of Canada.

1 month ago | thecritic.co.uk | Yuan Yi Zhu

How on Earth has the Liberal Party won again? The Liberal Party of Canada, which is set to form a minority government after securing a fourth consecutive term, is sometimes known as Canada’s “natural governing party”. The moniker has some truth to it: they were in power for roughly seventy years in the twentieth century, including a 22-year stretch from 1935 to 1957, a record that at the time was only bested, in the British world, by Rhodesia’s United Party.

1 month ago | thecritic.co.uk | Yuan Yi Zhu

This article is taken from the May 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. Should politicians criticise judges? In February, both Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch attacked Upper Tribunal Judge Norton-Taylor’s decision to allow a Palestinian family to settle in Britain on Convention grounds, notwithstanding the fact that Parliament had not provided a specific pathway for their application.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Yuan Yi Zhu

If the latest polling is accurate, Canadian voters on Monday will grant Canada’s Liberal government another four years in power. The party, which has been in power since 2015, was given a new lease of life in the form of dashing former banker Mark Carney – who has boosted its standing in the opinion polls. But despite the Liberals’ makeover, all Carney represents is the continuity of Justin Trudeau’s appalling legacy. AdvertisementAdvertisementLet’s start with Canada’s economy.