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Justin Trudeau

Pair of scissors cutting a 0 bill in half | Juan Marin Otero/Newscom

Interest rates

Interest Rates Are Falling—Thank Government Spending Cuts for That

Cuts to government spending mean fewer bonds, lower borrowing costs, and potentially a break for borrowers.

Jared Dillian | 2.27.2025 11:10 AM

Pierre Poilievre speaks during a debate in May 2022 | Artur Widak/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Canada

Meet Pierre Poilievre, the Front-Runner To Be Canada's Next Prime Minister

He says he wants to "stop growing the money supply and start growing the stuff money buys."

Fiona Harrigan | 1.9.2025 4:40 PM

Justin Trudeau | Pignatelli/Euc/Ropi/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Voting

Justin Trudeau's 'One Regret' Is Not Implementing Ranked Choice Voting in Canada

The outgoing Canadian prime minister says ranked choice voting would change how political parties and voters approach elections. He's right.

Eric Boehm | 1.8.2025 2:15 PM

Justin Trudeau | Gints Ivuskans / Dreamstime.com

Canada

What's Happening to Canada?

Plus: CCP police station in NYC, Rotherham rape scandal, McDonald's scraps DEI nonsense, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 1.7.2025 9:30 AM

Canadian trucker protests | Arindam Shivaani/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Canada

Canada's Trucker Crackdown

Plus: TED's "genocide apologists," California's speed limits, NYPD's inability to handle road blockages, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 1.26.2024 9:30 AM

A man addresses a crowd waving Canadian flags, in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. | Ryan Walter Wagner/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Lockdowns

Crackdown on Freedom Convoy Violated Canadians' Rights, Says Court

Opponents of pandemic restrictions had their day in court and won a victory for open dissent.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.26.2024 7:00 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | Palinchak | Dreamstime.com

Government Spending

Brickbat: On the Taxpayer's Dime

Charles Oliver | 10.20.2023 4:00 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau |  Quinn Bender/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Housing Policy

Canada Welcomes the New Year by Banning Foreign Home Ownership

Taxes and bans on foreign home ownership haven't arrested home price increases where they've been tried. There's no reason to think Canada's policy will be more successful.

Christian Britschgi | 1.3.2023 1:00 PM

President Joe Biden | Oliver Contreras - CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom

Free Speech

Biden's Support for COVID Protests Hinges on What Country They're in

The president has urged the Chinese government to respect the rights of anti-lockdown demonstrators. He actively encouraged the Canadian government to end the trucker protests.

Christian Britschgi | 11.29.2022 11:30 AM

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Can Become Untraceable.

Bitcoin's creator designed it to be radically transparent, but the tools exist to make it as hard to trace as cash.

Zach Weissmueller and Danielle Thompson | 7.20.2022 1:00 PM

John Stossel and Johan Norberg interview | Stossel TV

Dictatorship

Elected Leaders Daydream About Being Dictators. They Shouldn't.

"If government is big enough to give you anything, it's big enough to take everything away from you."

John Stossel | 7.13.2022 12:30 AM

zumaamericasthirtythree715395 | Katherine Cheng/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Financial Regulation

Canadian Government Uses 'Terrorist Financing Act' To Target Financial Support for Freedom Convoy Truckers

Did Justin Trudeau accidentally prove crypto bros' point?

Liz Wolfe | 2.15.2022 12:00 PM

Screen Shot 2022-02-02 at 8.56.28 AM | freedomconvoy22/Instagram

Protests

The Canadian Truckers Have a Point About Border Security Theater

Plus: National debt tops $30 trilion, Whoopi Goldberg suspended over Holocaust comments, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.2.2022 9:38 AM

dreamstime_xxl_121335703 | ID 121335703 © Gints Ivuskans | Dreamstime.com

Gun Control

Canada's New Gun Ban Validates Fears of Arbitrary and Authoritarian Government

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unilateral order confirms suspicions that government is always on the verge of abusing its power.

J.D. Tuccille | 5.6.2020 2:30 PM

59322945_m |  Mykhaylo Palinchak

Guns

Canada Bans 'Assault Weapons' by Executive Order

Such bans have already proven to be essentially valueless for crime-fighting.

Brian Doherty | 5.1.2020 4:10 PM

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Democracy

Obama, Trudeau, and the Morality of Electoral Interference

Barack Obama's recent endorsement of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is an example of why not all foreign efforts to influence elections are wrong.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.20.2019 2:36 PM

Trudeau | Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Justin Trudeau Apologizes for Brownface Photo

Plus: A former judge loses a coaching job, Mayor Pete proposes "Medicare for All Who Want It," and more...

Robby Soave | 9.19.2019 9:30 AM

Large image on homepages | DonkeyHotey/Alex Guibord/Flickr

Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau's Praise of Fidel Castro Gets 'Three Pinocchios'

Turns out you shouldn't trust dictatorships to provide reliable data on health care and education.

Anthony Fisher | 12.5.2016 3:00 PM

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Keystone XL

Guess Who Just Approved a Pipeline to Transport Canadian Oilsands Crude?

Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that's who. Does this make Obama look like a chump for nixing Keystone XL?

Ronald Bailey | 11.30.2016 11:55 AM

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Fidel Castro

Justin Trudeau, Castro's Death, and the Power of Twitter

Twitter users responded to the Canadian PM's idiotic paean to Castro early and often, showcasing free speech as one of its enemies died.

Nick Gillespie | 11.28.2016 9:36 AM

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