Trudeau
How long will Carney’s government last? We asked a tea leaf reader
December 19, 2025By: Ashi, Multiverse 538.10.1.4’s top-grossing divinator How long will this government survive? Read on to find out! Remember to follow my TikTok for exclusive digital palm reading. Hiiii, lovelies! Welcome back to my Federal Future Forecast Series, where I ask Spirit to guide us on matters of federal governance. Remember to take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and follow my TikTok to claim unexpected abundance. As always, I’m broadcasting from my yacht near my West Van home. Not flexing. I’m just so grateful, you guys! My cat-flatmate, Sir Meowmixx (I let TikTok name him), is also participating in this reading.…
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Election rundown: Trudeau’s racism scandal is just one of many eroding voter trust
October 6, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In mid-September, Times Magazine broke a story that included a photograph of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface at a school event. In the following days, two more images depicting Trudeau in blackface were released to…
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Election Rundown: Trudeau’s talk of opioid crisis solutions is a vote grabbing technique
September 29, 2019By: Connor Stephenson, SFU Student On Friday August 30, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Vancouver mayor and former New Democratic Party MP for Burnaby South, Kennedy Stewart. The two met on the front steps of Vancouver City Hall and proceeded…
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Trudeau’s weak showing at the G7 Summit may hurt him in the election
September 7, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate The G7 recently met in France and the summit was particularly important for Trudeau. With a federal election coming up, everyone expected Trudeau to take a strong, decisive stance on both the economy and climate change…
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If our leaders won’t call racism what it is, how are we expected to fight it?
July 29, 2019By: Kate Olivares, Peak Associate In the latest addition to his racist repertoire, Donald Trump recently told four U.S. congresswomen of colour to go back to their country. It’s nauseating and despicable, but I want to address the strange hesitation…
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ChangeSFU protests against government bailout of Kinder Morgan pipeline
May 25, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor On May 8, SFU’s student-run environmental activism group, ChangeSFU, organized a casserole rally at the constituency office of Terry Beech — the MP for Burnaby North-Seymour — to demonstrate opposition to a Kinder…
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Promises and performance: How the Trudeau government stacks up
October 31, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been a full year since seven million Canadians, charged to action by bright-eyed optimism, voted for real change, social progress, and a really great haircut. On October 19, 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada was elected to not…
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Six people who changed SFU forever
September 26, 2016SFU is the “instant university” that has been educating makers and movers since 1965. Its halls have seen some brilliant minds, but these six people in particular have helped shaped SFU as we know it today. There’s one question students…
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Elbowgate is one of the stupidest things to hit Canadian Parliament
May 30, 2016[dropcap]“[/dropcap]Elbowgate” is the affectionate misnomer the media strapped onto a minor hiccup by Prime Minister Trudeau in the House of Commons on May 18. But the name isn’t the only unfortunate circumstance — this entire thing is ridiculous. Of course,…
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COLUMN | SOCIAL STIRRUPS: Did social media win Trudeau the election?
February 22, 2016Social Stirrups — Analyzing our online social world is a web-exclusive column, in which Kendra Nelson delves into the hidden meanings of our online social media world. Read more of this column here. And check back soon for more bi-weekly content!…
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