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Articles by Don Martin
- Don Martin: Gusher of Liberal spending won't put out the fire in this dumpster
- Don Martin: The doctor Trudeau dumped has a prescription for better health care
- Don Martin: Trudeau's seeking shelter from the housing storm he helped create
- Don Martin: Poilievre has the field to himself as he races across the country to big crowds
- Don Martin: How a beer break may have doomed the carbon tax hike
- Don Martin: Pierre Poilievre's road to apparent victory will soon start to get rougher
- Don Martin: The Trudeau lessons from Brian Mulroney's legacy start with walking away
- Don Martin: ArriveCan debacle may be even worse than we know from auditor's report
- Don Martin: Despite his horrible year, Trudeau's determined to roll the dice again
- Don Martin: Why Danielle Smith is my political newsmaker of the year
Don Martin
ContactDon Martin was the host of CTV News Channel's daily marquee political program, POWER PLAY.
One of the most respected journalists on Parliament Hill, Martin has been covering politics in Canada for 32 years at The National Post and Calgary Herald, before joining CTV.
Previously a national affairs columnist based in Ottawa, Martin wrote regularly about federal politics for The Calgary Herald and The National Post with a special eye on western issues of interest to his favourite province, namely Alberta. He has spent the last 30 years covering politics, starting with Calgary city hall and moving to the provincial legislature before heading to the nation's capital in 2000.
Martin authored the bestseller King Ralph in 2002, a biography on the life and times of Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, and in 2006 published Belinda on the private and political life of Belinda Stronach.
Martin posts a weekly take on the federal politics issues of the week.