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PQ candidate Alex Boissonneault, centre left, celebrates after winning a byelection in Quebec’s Arthabaska riding, in Victoriaville, Que., on Aug. 11, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
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Commentary
Waving the maple leaf flag around with a lot of Demosthenean hyperbole about defending Canada from imminent American aggression—all electoral campaigning a sophisticated electorate would have seen through—Mark Carney won on a platform that is still officially committed to escalation of Justin Trudeau’s outright declaration of war on the petroleum industry.
Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
