CTV News Blog entries from Don Martin

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  OPINION

  Don Martin: Premier Jason Kenney deserved a better death

  There's a lesson for Canada's political leaders in the short life and quick death of Jason Kenney as premier of Alberta, writes Don Martin in an exclusive opinion column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Ford on cruise control to victory in Ontario while Alberta votes on killing Kenney as UCP leader

  It's becoming a make-or-break week for two Conservative premiers as their futures pivot on a pair of defining moments, writes Don Martin in an exclusive opinion column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: This is the candidate who stole the show in my view

  In an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca, Don Martin weighs in on the Conservative leadership debate highlights and fumbles in Edmonton on Wednesday night.

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  Don Martin: The thunder of overreaction as Rolling Blunder wheels toward Ottawa

  As was the case with the Freedom Convoy, it’s the organizers of Rolling Thunder who are giving the event's modest purpose some ominous overtones, writes Don Martin in an exclusive opinion piece for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: In the heart of Liberal-owned Toronto, an unlikely Conservative rock star takes the stage

  Conservative leadership frontrunner Pierre Poilievre is attracting big crowds to large halls in unlikely locations. And if his early romp lasts, he'll be impossible to beat, writes Don Martin in an exclusive opinion column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: The personal antipathy between Charest and Poilievre is damaging the Conservatives beyond repair

  The sorry state of the race to become Canada’s Official Opposition Leader, traditionally a launch pad to the prime minister’s title, is antagonistically personal to a level I’ve never seen before, writes Don Martin in an exclusive opinion column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Trudeau's emissions plan fits a pattern of inconsistency and delusion

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau runs a government that excels at being predictably inconsistent, transparently delusional, occasionally devious and excessively obsessed with the latest shiny object, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: The result of the Liberal majority rule agreement: Justin won. Jagmeet 0.

  The not-quite-a-coalition deal is, first and foremost, a smart power preservation move by Prime Minister Trudeau, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: The tragic, but necessary, rejection of Zelensky's big ask from Canada

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was banned from entering Russia by its foreign office even while he glowingly introduced Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, must now find ways to act on what will become an even louder crescendo from Canadians demanding he deliver more help on the ground, if not the air, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: A nasty fracturing surfaces as the Conservative leadership race kicks off

  Two political polar opposites are on a collision course for the Conservative leadership - and the winner could be the leader of the Liberal party, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Trudeau government finally performs well in a freedom protest

  It's a bit like a flea attacking a pit bull, but the Trudeau government deserves a thumbs-up for trying to inflict a painful Canadian bite on Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Tom Mulcair: Trudeau's unfathomable disappearing act made a really bad situation worse

  There will be a compulsory commission of inquiry into the events that led to the invocation of the Emergencies Act. One thing that has to be included in that overview is a deepening of our understanding as to how otherwise law-abiding citizens can become radicalized and get duped to the point that they brazenly break the law, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: An emergency about nothing as tow trucks become the excuse to act

  Pressed hard for an Emergencies Act justification with the protests gone, border blockades down and convoy leaders in custody, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached deep into his leadership vacuum for rationalizations, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Trudeau's besieged leadership cried out for an Emergencies Act

  Faced with plunging approval numbers and internal pushback to his leadership style and substance, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs a fast and big win over the trucker protests or his leadership is cooked, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: With the protest moving inside Trudeau's caucus, it's time for a restrictions rethink

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to stop marginalizing the unvaccinated and recognize the collateral damage so many restrictions are having on Canadians, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: The Groundhog Day massacre casts a shadow over Conservatives tilting hard to the right

  Born: August 24, 2020. Died: February 2, 2022. Erin O’Toole’s 526-day intra-pandemic Conservative leadership has been euthanized, taken down by a mercifully quick and decisive 75-vote backstabbing from his own MPs, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Trudeau's 'fringe' may keep on truckin' into something bigger

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a hardline stance against the truckers and their supporters protesting on Parliament Hill, but the movement could grow into a bigger political opponent down the road, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: The case against mandatory vaccination as Quebec dives into latest COVID-19 wave

  Talk of mandatory vaccinations and a tax on the unvaccinated are putting politics ahead of serious policy, Don Martin writes in his latest column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Borderline incompetence gives way to a common sense evolution in the fight against Omicron

  To watch the multi-levelled goings-on, as the Omicron noose was tightened symbolically by the federal government, and with Ontario going aggressive on boosters, large crowd bans and rapid testing, was to see signs of hope for a common sense evolution in coping with COVID-19 in Canada, writes Don Martin in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

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  Don Martin: Mr. Dithers is back as government slows to a crawl on Justin Time

  It's been five months since Justin Trudeau declared the fall election to be a critical referendum on new political directions for Canada at 'a pivotal moment in our history.' But since that unconvincing win, the only discernable pivot has been to dither on Justin Time, writes Don Martin in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.