Tim Powers
Tim Powers is chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to Conservative political leaders.
Tim Powers is chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to Conservative political leaders.
As he nears retirement from the daily grind, you can’t talk about Bob Fife and not talk about passion.
Right now, both Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Conservative MP Jamil Jivani stand on uncertain ground, either by design or over estimation of their political skill.
If you are the government offering this dosh, there is a better-than-average chance you might collect some new supporters or reinforce existing ones.
The PM’s economic transformation agenda needs to deliver some visible and impactful results in the next 12 to 18 months, or another line of vulnerability will open up.
When the working response is that it’s always somebody else’s fault, it starts to come across as pathetic.
In the wake of the airline leader’s unilingual message following a tragedy, bilingualism, or a lack thereof, was a costume for political opportunism.
Beating Mark Carney’s Liberals is a test of endurance, not a short-term sprint, and the opposition leader’s team seems to have finally rejigged his training regime.
The sunshine of the polls is colliding with the fog of war for the Liberal government.
Arguably, at no time in our current history has it been more important for Canada to take our show on the road now that our trade relationship with the U.S. has changed.
Pierre Poilievre is not done as Conservative leader, but neither is he back on solid ground.
During the Olympics, sports fans can find space to recognize, celebrate, and suffer with competitors from other countries whose politics are not our cup of tea.
The Conservative leader and his team have bought themselves time, but there’s still much work to do because waiting for the other guy to fail is not a plan.
When it comes to dealing with the president and his pronouncements, follow the 24-hour rule when angry or upset.
Will global dynamics further influence our ecosystem? What will bond us now, or divide us? These are weighty questions we can’t escape in 2026.
It will not go unnoticed among those who move money around and make investments that the prime minister is currently not encumbered by the political conventions and practices of his predecessor.
