After months of legal battles, the ostriches are dead. 

Poilievre’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week.

Carney’s much-anticipated budget is finally here. Will it trigger an election? 

Carney campaigned on building Canada from within, but now trade dominates the headlines and the talking points.

The media treated Maher Arar like shit. So why hasn’t anyone apologized? Ottawa crank and iPolitics writer Andrew Mitrovica discusses this, plus John Baird’s empty promises of Mohamed Fahmy’s imminent release, and The Globe and Mail’s groundbreaking upside down Mercedes Benz advertorials. Andrew Mitrovica’s Twitter @AndrewMitrovica Timeline of Maher Arar events Mitrovica’s 2006 Walrus piece detailing Arar events 7:29 – Jeff Sallott’s apology piece in The Globe & Mail CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS: Jesse mentions Mohamed Fahmy’s dual citizenship. He was a dual citizen at the time of his arrest, which has been recognized as a factor “complicating” the Canadian government’s ability to help him, but he renounced his Egyptian citizenship in February of 2015.  Also, Jesse mentions Amanda Lindhout as he lists Canadians who were detained abroad and received diplomatic help. This is incorrect – Lindhout’s release through a ransom payment was privately arranged. 

Canada is renewing trade ties with China and India, but are willing to forget our complicated history with these two nations? Do we even have a choice? 

After Poilievre called the RCMP “despicable,” reports are circulating that there’s an uprising in the Conservative party.

A new study suggests influencers had the “loudest voices” and “dominated” the election online.