Chantal Hébert
TorontoStar
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Pierre Poilievre is becoming a liability to Conservatives
Nine months into his tenure, there is no denying that Poilievre is having a measurable impact on Canada’s federal dynamics. But can he return his party to power? Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre is about to find out if voters like him — and if his anti-Justin Trudeau strategy is working
While the results of four byelections will not change the dynamics in Parliament they will offer a reality check on the game plans used by the main parties. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre keeps trashing Justin Trudeau’s climate plan. But where is his — and does it even matter?
One way or another, the economy and the government’s fiscal course, not climate plans, will have pride of place in the next federal campaign, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre is wasting his chance to become prime minister
It is increasingly difficult to divorce the Liberals’ resilience from the repeated failures of the latest Conservative leader, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Quebec’s separatists were searching for a way to revive their cause. Is this it?
Some of the sovereignty movement’s leading proponents believe they may have hit on a narrative that can recapture public attention, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre needs to unite Canada’s conservatives. This looming battle is a must-win test of his leadership
The federal Conservative party leader is facing a must-win byelection in Manitoba and a possible breakaway party within his ranks, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Did the federal budget lay the groundwork for a Liberal-NDP coalition?
Much as the Liberals needed their government to survive, the NDP’s need for a budget along the lines of the one presented on Tuesday was no less pressing, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Justin Trudeau's MPs may yet rush to the exits, but this resignation wasn’t the start of a stampede
Marc Garneau didn’t need to have a showdown with his own government define the end of a productive 15-year spell in politics, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Justin Trudeau’s MPs are fighting over a language law. They should get their facts straight
Those tensions have now morphed into the most public show of internal divisions of Trudeau’s tenure, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Justin Trudeau’s MPs are more nervous than ever about the Liberal party
Justin Trudeau’s government is about to enter a make-or-break parliamentary season, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
In a rare moment, Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre find themselves wanting the same thing
To listen to the first ministers, a deal that would see the federal government increase its contribution to the provinces’ health-care budgets in exchange for more transparency could be struck as early as next month, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre is unpopular in Canada’s second-largest province — and so are his policies
The Conservative leader’s tendency to overreach at the expense of hard facts mostly comes across as a symptom of political immaturity, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre is helping Justin Trudeau convince Liberals that their leader isn’t a lame duck
The prime minister has always maintained that he planned to stay on beyond his third term. The difference now is that a lot more people believe that to be true, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
If Justin Trudeau won’t lead on updating the Constitution, don’t be surprised if the provinces act alone
Absent a federal government willing to at least talk about constitutional reform, the provinces are increasingly taking matters in their own hands, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Pierre Poilievre’s self-imposed media vacuum is about to face its first test
True to his belief about the mainstream media, the Conservative leader is staying off its radar in a GTA byelection campaign, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Why Justin Trudeau can survive the inquiry and Pierre Poilievre has stayed silent
Should Justice Paul Rouleau conclude that Trudeau failed to meet the legal threshold required to invoke the Emergencies Act, his government is unlikely to take a decisive hit over the issue, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Chrystia Freeland is trying to limit Justin Trudeau’s spending. Will it only trigger an election?
As she prepares for her fall fiscal update, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has apparently decided the party is over, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
For Pierre Poilievre, right-leaning premiers are more likely to hinder than help
It is hard to see how Pierre Poilievre — who needs to make inroads in the diverse suburban ridings of the country in the next election to lead his party to government — could balance the demands of Quebec and Alberta, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre are playing nice, but there’s a storm coming
Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau are playing the long game with an eye to an election that could be years away but the fireworks that did not materialize this week are coming, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More
Justin Trudeau is losing support. Attacking Pierre Poilievre won’t fix it
Whether or not Justin Trudeau can remain in power may depend on whether the Liberals focus on what they can fix to the exclusion of what they cannot, Chantal Hébert writes. → Read More