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Les Whittington


Ontario burns amid Ford’s failing response to climate change

In its environmentally backward way, the Ontario government has clearly failed to adjust to the mounting threats of global warming.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 29, 2026

Challenges, hopes, and reality: can Carney reinvent Canada’s economy?

The U.S. president is forcing change in this country, and the real question is whether Canadians can respond with what’s needed to limit the destructive impact.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 22, 2026

Shakedown at the bridge

In keeping with a code picked up somewhere, U.S. President Donald Trump has based his entire foreign policy on the notion that other countries owe Americans money just to conduct business with them.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 15, 2026

Taxpayers to buy Alberta another pipeline in far-reaching shakeup of Canada’s energy picture

It’s the socialists from Ottawa coming to the rescue in the bastion of drill-baby-drill petro-capitalism yet again.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 8, 2026

Not just a teardown: Carney tries to awaken national pride in 24 Sussex Drive

The idea of having a prime ministerial residence worthy of pride and respect befits the endeavour of unity.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 1, 2026

Leaders in a leaderless world

Politics at the highest levels in Britain, Germany, and France is in disarray. And Russia and China are united in an unwavering quest to destroy the world’s democracies.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 24, 2026

What’s next for a diminished but still dangerous Putin?

Zelenskyy and his fellow Ukrainians have undermined Putin’s credibility and given western Europe time to begin arming to address the threat of an expansionist Russia.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 17, 2026

A measure of justice in senseless 2023 death of Ontario restaurant owner

The family of Sharif Rahman and the people of Owen Sound may find some closure when the man convicted in his death is sentenced next month.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 10, 2026

Can Carney reverse the law of political opposites between Ontario and Ottawa?

Going back to the Second World War, the pattern has generally tended to put the Tories in office at Queen’s Park when the Liberals hold power in Ottawa, and vice versa.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 3, 2026

Feds build $34-billion Alberta pipeline—oh, sorry, that already happened

The Trans Mountain pipeline is now generating hefty new revenues for the oil industry and Albertans, which doesn’t come up in all the haranguing about how the province is being disrespected.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 27, 2026

All hat, no oil: who pays for a new Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline?

The federal Liberals have taken the position that an Alberta-to-B.C.-coast oil line has to have a private sector proponent. So far, none has stepped up.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 20, 2026

Canada’s stable, unified democracy at risk from Alberta’s rededicated MAGA disruptors

The feds would be wrong to think that taking action to address Albertans’ claims they are mistreated by Ottawa would make much, if any, difference among separatists.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 13, 2026

It’s the economy, not the deficit, stupid

A long-term bid to renew the country’s economic promise costs money, and it’s not going to happen without first laying serious financial groundwork.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 6, 2026

Things fall apart: Premier Doug Ford, eight years on

The recent controversy over the purchase of a personal jet for the premier’s use seems indicative of the state of the Ontario Progressive Conservative government.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 29, 2026

The vote heard around the world

The dethroning of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán might be a sign of democracy’s resilience, and hence a blow to the international MAGA movement.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 22, 2026

U.S. quietly signals acceptance of CUSMA as basis for North American free trade

This is the first time since Donald Trump returned to power that the U.S. has said CUSMA is worth saving and can form the basis of a revised three-country trade deal.

opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 15, 2026