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CBC News Network speaks to the Saturday Political Panel about the week in politics

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · 21d

Here is today’s political panel on the hurt feelings of the American ambassador

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Opinion: Canada and America can’t break up –⁠ but we do need a trial separation

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Sep 10

Concerning the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace, we will need to watch very carefully what happens next in the Baltics. Canada leads a multinational NATO brigade in Latvia. These are dangerous times.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Sep 8

From me:
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We cannot avoid trade with the massive economy next door –⁠ but as its democracy backslides, Canada will need alternatives

Jimmy Coutts’s diaries are for students of Canadian political history

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Sep 7

From me:

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Author and journalist Ron Graham was given advanced access to the diaries, and from them has assembled this account

Carney can rescue health care by loosening restrictions of the Canada Health Act

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Sep 7

How I wish someone had taken a picture of the poker group when we first started playing together in university. Thirty-eight years later. Never missed a year. A life blessing.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Aug 18

When I was a kid, people called the first cool nights in August “Ex weather” because they coincided with the arrival of the Canadian National Exhibition. No more need for kids to sleep outdoors on hot, humid nights. Last night in Ottawa was classic Ex weather, with more to come.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Aug 6

From me:
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The median wait time between referral by a family doctor to treatment by a specialist in 2024 reached 30 weeks.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Aug 2

I really enjoy doing this panel Saturday at noon ET with Natasha Fatah, Rob Breakenridge and Marty Patriquin. Today’s episode was particularly lively.
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CBC News Network speaks to a political panel on Trump's tariff war and more

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Breaking Point by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson | Penguin Random House Canada

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Jun 26

@darrellbricker and I wrote Breaking Point over six frantic months, through Freeland & Trudeau & Trump and Carney & the election. It's all in the book, but the forces threatening Canada stretch much farther back. Pub date is Oct. 28. You can pre-order now.
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From the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, a timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canada’s political, cultural, and economic landscape.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Jun 24

I am honoured that Jane Philpott named The Duel as her recommended summer reading. Thank you Dr. Philpott.

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John Ibbitson: The Laurentian elite strikes back

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Tidewater Books & Browsery @tidewaterbooks.bsky.social · May 25

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Jun 2

What an honour and pleasure it was to join ⁦‪@spaikin‬⁩ on set as part of a panel on Canada’s future. This is The Agenda’s final month. The panel airs on TVOntario at 8 and 11 pm tonight. And yes, he is the best interviewer in the country. And my friend.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · May 2

From me:

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Was this federal election the last gasp of the Laurentian elite?

‘We’ve given Trump just what he wanted’: The Hub reacts to a dramatic Canadian federal election

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 30

Several takes on the election.

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John Ibbitson: The forked road Canadian voters face on election day

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 28

From me on election day:

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Opinion: The Liberals and Tories are so similar, they look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 22

From me:
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There is a vanishingly small policy gap distinguishing the two federal parties leading the election campaign

Opinion: The Liberals and Tories are so similar, they look like Tweedledum and Tweedledee

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · Apr 21

From @JohnIbbitson.bsky.social: the two national governing parties would take much the same approach in responding to the challenges we face. For better or worse, the Grits and the Tories truly have become Tweedledum and Tweedledee. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

There is a vanishingly small policy gap distinguishing the two federal parties leading the election campaign

John Ibbitson: Pierre Poilievre didn’t decisively win the leaders’ debate—but Mark Carney likely lost it

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · Apr 18

The Hub’s @JohnIbbitson.bsky.social on the debate : it’s hard to see how it advantaged Carney. It’s never a good night when you spend much of the time trying to convince people you are not Justin Trudeau. thehub.ca/2025/04/17/j...

Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 19

I join those celebrating this brilliant column.
Much is going to be lost. If you want that which you love to survive, you must do.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o... via @NYTOpinion

Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 18

From me, on the debate.

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John Ibbitson: Pierre Poilievre didn’t decisively win the leaders’ debate—but Mark Carney likely lost it

The news has stress levels soaring. I have strategies to keep you grounded

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 14

From University of Waterloo psychologist (and close friend) Christine Purdon, on how to cope with the stress of our times. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

We have deep reserves of strength and resilience. Now is the time to ensure we tap into them by focusing on the here and now, taking action, and living our

www.thestar.com

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John Ibbitson @johnibbitson.bsky.social · Apr 5

From me:

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John Ibbitson: Poilievre’s critics are dead wrong. We do, in fact, need to talk about family fertility