SAUL BOTTCHER
…is a writer, researcher, musician, and activist. I publish a regular newsletter here on my website. You can follow me (free and ad-free) to receive my latest posts, which I send about twice per month. Or, just scroll down to see what’s new.
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Carney’s Honeymoon of Contradictions
The election is over and the Liberals have secured their highest popular vote in decades. Their minority government appears to be stable for the near future, with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre temporarily out of Parliament, the NDP temporarily without a leader, the Bloc Québécois planning…
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2025 Election: What to Expect in the Final Week
The debates are over, advance voting has closed after a record turnout, and we’re into the final week before election day on April 28. Polling shows the gap between the Liberal and Conservative parties has narrowed slightly since the debate, with about 5% now separating…
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Careful, Canada: Your Patriotism is Being Exploited
On April 2, U.S. President Donald Trump shocked the world by announcing a worldwide slate of “reciprocal” tariffs, basing them on a nonsensical calculation that confuses tariffs with trade deficits. In response, U.S. stock markets experienced historic losses, valued at 6.6 trillion dollars after only…
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Who Really Chose Mark Carney?
On March 14, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th Prime Minister. As many commentators have observed, Carney is an “unelected” Prime Minister, in the sense that he doesn’t have a seat in Parliament. Instead, he won the top job by being elected leader…
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