@LMartinOtt

Globe and Mail Columnist since 2002. Author of 10 books (above). Was Washington and Moscow correspondent. McMaster, Harvard but mainly student of golf.

 Ottawa, Ontario
Joined July 2012
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Thanks John. Go for number 10! This will be my 11th. Eight on history and politics. Three on sports.
John Boyko@Johnwboyko17h
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Good on you for taking on another book. My 9th was published in June and I’m wondering whether a 10th is worth it.
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Trump has turned "the White House Rose Garden into what looks Liberace's bathroom." Bill Clinton.
Democratic Wins Media
@DemocraticWinsOct 24
BREAKING: In an amazing and rare political moment, Bill Clinton in one fell swoop, just humiliated Donald Trump for turning the White House Rose Garden into what looks like Liberace's bathroom and hammering Congressional Republicans for allowing it. This is amazing.
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Am researching book on the life of the PM. "The Making of Mark Carney." Anyone got any Carney anecdotes they'd like to share? Or tips on possible interview sources or story lines? If so much appreciated. I'm at [email protected].
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More madness. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/clima…

How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass

The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Well said here. In the course of research for a biography I'm doing on Carney I find he was indeed "firmly titled toward Europe in any event." @sproudfoot.bluesky.social theglobeandmail.com/politics…

Opinion: Carney’s drive to make Canada a European cousin encounters a messy reality

Canada and the EU may be terrific friends with many shared interests and values but the fact remains that the most urgent issues for each are not the same

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Not by the ad, but by those who objected to it.
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@natnewswatchOct 21
Vance says he's 'disgusted' by GOP pushback to Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother nationalnewswatch.com/2026/1…

Vance says he's 'disgusted' by GOP pushback to Ramaswamy ad featuring…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Former deputy prime minister John Manley tells it like it is. He says U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra is spewing nonsense.
Scott Robertson
@sarobertson_Oct 22
John Manley on U.S. allegations of election meddling by Canada: "My first reaction when I saw the document that was put out by the U.S. Embassy was, surely the ambassador, Mr. Hoekstra, has something better to do than come up with this nonsense."
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Did the media get conned into making a huge deal of this referendum? One which showed that there's still a substantial minority of malcontents in Alberta - as there always been. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…

Opinion: Canada mercifully escapes the hard right’s rage

While nationalists and reactionaries are on the march around the world, the Alberta separatist movement’s sound defeat is another signal that Canada is defying the trend lines

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Someone called the whole referendum exercise a nothingburger. And I suppose you can make that case. Alberta has always had a minority of malcontents prepared to leave. As this week's vote showed, nothing has changed. It still does.
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The separatists, as I say in column this morning, had as little chance of winning the referendum vote as Eddie the Eagle of winning the ski jump gold at the Calgary Olympics. There should be no gloating from the federal side.
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Does anyone think the results on immigration questions on the Alberta ballot would be as they are if the questions had included the information that the Carney government is strongly cutting back on immigration?
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By giving the referendum campaign such major coverage when the Alberta separatists, as all polls showed, had zero chance of winning, I think the national media gave them more credibility than warranted.
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The giant media headlines make it sound like the referendum outcome was somehow in doubt. It wasn’t. Virtually every poll predicted a huge landslide win for the remain side. And that’s what happened.
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27 percent of Californians want to secede from U.S.. Similar to Alberta numbers. But nobody making a big deal of it. About 18 percent in other U.S. states. yougov.com/en-us/articles/54…
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Who could have ever imagined the US with a president who is pro-Russia and anti-Canada? nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po…

Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law

The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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Those who should be blocked for sure are those who hurl insults while hiding behind phoney email addresses. They are cowards.
Stephen Maher@stphnmaherOct 17
I used to block people here if they swore, insulted me. Now I block people if they are even a little bit impolite.
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On Morning Joe today Chrystia Freeland correctly called Trump's policies toward Canada "deranged."
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Give your head a shake, Ambassador. After your president's annexation threats, illegal tariffs, insults, cooperation with Alberta separatists, you have the nerve to suggest our side is the problem. No wonder there's a petition to get you out.
Alex Ballingall 🫨@aballingaOct 14
U.S. ambassador warns Canada to 'keep your nose out of American politics' thestar.com/politics/federal… via @torontostar

U.S. ambassador warns Canada to ‘keep your nose out of American politics’

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra is suggesting Canada might be conducting 'election interference' ahead of his country's midterm votes in November.

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Probably. Which means Rubio is gutless.
Brian Cochrane@BrianCo34697208Oct 13
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Obviously Trump has muzzled him
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Where is the weakling do-nothing secretary of state Marco Rubio? On Russia, on Iran, on Canada, on all the big issues? nytimes.com/2026/10/12/world…

After Russian Diesel Deal, Trump Faces New Crisis Over Ukraine

President Trump’s surprise decision to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel fuel stunned Ukrainian and European officials, who were meeting with U.S. envoys at an exclusive golf club near Miami.

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