John Ibbitson
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- Sep 17, 2026
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Opinion: Mark Carney has become the heir to C.D. Howe (opens the original)
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John Ibbitson is a writer, journalist and the author of The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada. Mark Carney succeeded Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. But it feels more spiritually accurate to say that he succeeded C.D. Howe, who transformed Canada’s industry and infrastructure before, during and after the Second World War, much of it with foreign money. Almost 70 years after Howe’s death, Mr. Carney is seeking to launch a new industrial and infrastructure revolution. Ho
Opinion: New LGBTQ monument a reminder to keep standing up to wrongs (opens the original)
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John Ibbitson is a writer and journalist. To these old eyes, the Thunderhead monument unveiled in Ottawa last week delightfully combines austerity with glitz: a concrete column about nine metres high with thousands of mirrored tiles lining its interior. Storm cloud meets disco ball. The column, a garden and other features of the monument commemorate members of the LGBTQ community who suffered generations of oppression, some of it at the hands of their own government. The monument also reminds us
Opinion: The Senate’s grievous underrepresentation of the West is harming Canadian unity (opens the original)
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John Ibbitson is a writer and journalist. The latest example of Mark Carney jettisoning Justin Trudeau’s agenda can be found in the Prime Minister’s approach to Senate appointments. While Mr. Trudeau as prime minister at least ostensibly chose senators based on merit, Mr. Carney has returned to making overtly partisan appointments. That’s within his right. But rather than simply going back to something approaching status quo ante, in which patronage appointments further discredit the Senate in t
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