Canadian Politics
The watchdog that cannot bite
Fifty-three employees. A $7.7 million budget. Zero examination reports in its most recent year. Three findings against a sitting Prime Minister and his Finance…
Brookfield
5 posts on Brookfield from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
The loophole that no democracy has closed
Carney's situation is not unprecedented. Every democracy that has faced it — Canada, the EU, Italy, the United States — has struggled with the same structural…
Canadian Politics
Where Brookfield sits in every room
Fourteen Carney-era policy decisions, mapped against Brookfield's portfolio. Some confirm the thesis. Some cut against it. Both matter.
Canadian Politics
How Brookfield lobbies Ottawa without Brookfield
Brookfield Corporation has filed zero lobbying communications since Carney became Prime Minister. Its subsidiaries have filed twenty-three. The federal…
Canadian Politics
Mark Carney's ethics screen has a huge hole
Most coverage of Mark Carney's conflict-of-interest arrangements is secondhand. This is what the actual document says — line by line — and what the law…