Michael Harris

Michael Harris is a writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He was awarded a doctor of laws for his “unceasing pursuit of justice for the less fortunate among us.” His nine books include Justice Denied, Unholy Orders, Rare Ambition, Lament for an Ocean and Con Game. His work has sparked four commissions of inquiry and three of his books have been made into movies. His book on the Harper majority government, Party of One, was a No. 1 bestseller. Follow Michael Harris on Twitter at @HarrisAuthor

Canadians should brace themselves for possibly extreme measures from Trump

No Canadian prime minister has ever faced a more difficult relationship with an American president than Prime Minister Mark Carney does with Donald Trump.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 27, 2026

Fact-checking Tucker Carlson’s anti-Canada rant

The MAGA influencer’s recent video commentary on life in Canada was a jumping-off point for a false and vicious attack against this country that only a bloviating bullshit artist could have uttered.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 20, 2026

Harper Conservatism is passé, and so is Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre has flunked the most basic test for any leader, advancing his party’s prospects to portray it as a government-in-waiting. But it will be waiting a long time under the status quo. Admittedly, part of the reason that the CPC has set up permanent residence in the political wilderness has to do with the current prime minister.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 13, 2026

Trump’s threat to leave NATO is outrageous

For one thing, NATO has been the centrepiece of Western and European peace and security for 80 years. For another, then-U.S. president Jimmy Carter passed a law making it illegal for any U.S. president to unilaterally leave NATO without Congress’ approval.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 6, 2026

Trump has created wars of whimsy

The president has dispatched thousands of troops to the Middle East where he is at war with Iran. There are wars of necessity, and wars of choice. Donald Trump has created a third category: wars of whimsy. When will Americans realize that three more years of Trump’s chaos could end in unfixable catastrophe?

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 30, 2026

Poilievre’s call for better economic ties with U.S. is out of step with Canadians

As long as Donald Trump is in the White House—as long as this bigoted, belligerent bully is calling the shots—moving closer to the U.S. will be a non-starter in Canada. In his latest political makeover, the Conservative leader would do well to bear that in mind.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 16, 2026

Why, prime minister, did Canada support an increasingly belligerent U.S. president in unleashing the dogs of war?

The prime minister is too intelligent not to realize that a lot of people in this country strongly disagree with his decision to support U.S. air strikes on Iran, which is why he has been distancing himself from both U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 9, 2026

What’s up with Trump’s unprecedented demand for state voter lists?

With the U.S. midterms just months away, the answer is no coincidence. Is Donald Trump trying to challenge or even purge those voters’ lists? If so, this president is a clear and present danger to what America has always stood for: democracy not tyranny.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 2, 2026

Pierre Poilievre is in a pickle: he’s a weak leader with a strong mandate

The Conservatives now have a leader who is apparently afraid of his caucus, and a caucus that is apparently unafraid of its leader.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 23, 2026

Republican Party can rein in U.S. President Trump—if it’s brave enough

The party could check the president if it puts its house in order. That would mean abandoning the slavish support of anything Trump does and asserting that the party is bigger than any one person—even if he is the president.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 16, 2026

Canadians considered American presidents beacons of democracy before Trump’s rogue power trip

The Canadians who are worried about the Canada-U.S. relationship should consider this: no Canadian prime minister will ever be able to make a good deal with President Donald Trump. The best and perhaps only hope for the countries’ relations is a new tenant in the White House.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 9, 2026

Americans unwittingly elected their first anti-Canadian president in history

But it should be remembered that U.S. President Donald Trump is an aberration. With a change at the White House, Canada and the United States could be besties again. History will eventually win out over histrionics.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 2, 2026

Carney did in Davos what other world leaders should be doing: rebuking the U.S. bully

U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t like what Mark Carney said in his speech in Davos. You can be sure that payback is coming. The key for Canadians is to be as brave as their prime minister, no matter how Trump tries to punish this country for taking the higher road.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 26, 2026

America lost justice when Renee Nicole Good was killed

U.S. President Donald Trump needs to disband ICE and hand over its obscene budget to local authorities. He needs to stop illegally sending the National Guard and ICE agents to police Americans. If he doesn’t, Renee Nicole Good won’t be the last chapter of America’s shame.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way it has done to Venezuela, consider the words of Bob Rae, Canada’s former UN ambassador, who says that this country faces an existential challenge from Donald Trump’s klepto-imperialism.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026

One of the best things about Canada is we’ll never elect a Donald Trump

There’s another difference between our two nations that would never empower a Trump, or an operation as corrupt as Fox News. Unlike far too many of our neighbours to the south, when it comes to politics, Canadians prefer to be informed rather than entertained.

opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 22, 2025