"The organizers and money are from wealthy right-wingers, but the “Freedom Convoy” touches broader popular discontent."

"What the [heck] is happening to Canada’s banks right now?""

"Evidence-free Covid policies should end, but the actions of some of the Canadian-trucker protesters have gone too far."

>"More than 30 officials from Samsung Electronics and SK Group tested positive after trade show, industry sources say."

>"US consumer prices increased 7% in December compared with a year ago – the sharpest 12-month spike since 1982."

"A progressive government can and should take a principled approach to foreign policy. That means Canada’s Liberals must stop pitting good jobs at home against human rights abroad."

"Canada’s income supports helped avoid mass insolvencies during the pandemic, but widespread indebtedness continues to prop up the _...Read More_

>"COVID-19 cases, surging inflation and ebbing federal financial lifelines are weighing on the US economic recovery."

"Canada detained a Huawei executive on a request from the U.S., and suffered the consequences from China. Then the U.S. changed its mind."

>"Oil has rallied this year as the vaccine rollout boosts energy demand, leading to a drop in US inventories."

>"Fed signals it may start to dial back bond purchases if economic recovery progress continues as expected."

Australia’s decision to cancel a multibillion-dollar order for French submarines in favour of American and British technology has sparked a diplomatic row of unprecedented proportions between longtime Western allies. The French foreign _...Read More_

"Like any Trojan Horse, this bit of trade protectionism can only work if it’s allowed inside a trade deal."

>"To combat extreme inequality, a housing crisis, and crumbling infrastructure, we must tax the rich. A wealth tax could raise hundreds of billions to rebuild the welfare state, but none of Canada’s major parties are proposing tax hikes _...Read More_

"Ida knocked out offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, caused ‘catastrophic’ damage to Louisiana’s grid."