Susan Delacourt

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Recent work

• Susan Delacourt: Inside François-Philippe Champagne’s balancing act delivering Mark Carney’s agendaOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 1, 2026
• Susan Delacourt: Danielle Smith was ready for a constitutional fight. But Alberta’s vote showed she has no backupOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 23, 2026
• Susan Delacourt: A win for now, but the Alberta unity question isn’t settled yetOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 20, 2026
• Susan Delacourt: The battle over Alberta’s future begins after the referendumOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 18, 2026
• Susan Delacourt: Donald Trump has no vote but he may help pick Justin Trudeau’s successorOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 19, 2025
• Susan Delacourt: Does Joe Biden’s departure change things for ‘Team Canada’? Justin Trudeau has a plan, and he’s standing his groundOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 21, 2024
• Does Joe Biden’s departure change things for 'Team Canada'? Justin Trudeau has a plan, and he's standing his groundOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 20, 2024
• Susan Delacourt: Is it time for the Liberals and NDP to break up?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 16, 2024
• Is it time for the Liberals and NDP to break up?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 15, 2024
• Susan Delacourt: Justin Trudeau fears Pierre Poilievre is bringing Trump-style politics to CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2023
• Justin Trudeau fears Pierre Poilievre is bringing Trump-style politics to CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 19, 2023
• Opinion | Trudeau government throws travel ban back into Ford’s lap as Ottawa-Ontario pandemic split widensOpinion · Toronto Star · May 7, 2021
• Opinion | Virtual conventions show hints of leaders’ priorities in election drama to comeOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 10, 2021
• Opinion | As he makes his own history, Trudeau looks more comfortable with the ghosts of Liberal pastOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 9, 2021
• Donald Trump lost, but Trumpism is still thriving. Could it take hold in Canada, too?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 7, 2020
• News is a lot more than passing along a politician’s sound biteOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 26, 2020
• John Turner was respectful and unfailingly polite at a time when male politicians could be patronizing, even crude, to women reportersOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 19, 2020
• Erin O’Toole’s master class in patience for the Conservative Party’s new ‘prime minister in waiting’Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 22, 2020
• What do Conservative voters want from their next leader?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 22, 2020
• After each ethics violation, Justin Trudeau says he learned his lesson. Then there’s another such incidentOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 8, 2020
• Could the data tools of modern politics be repurposed in the fight against COVID-19?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 11, 2020
• Kirsten Hillman named Canadian ambassador to the U.S.Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 25, 2020
• Justin Trudeau is still prime minister. But this time, the job will be much different | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 20, 2019
• How can we protect our democracy? By casting a vote | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 19, 2019
• ‘Nobody is feeling good about’ John McCallum’s departure, says PMO source | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 25, 2019
• Karl Rove and David Axelrod brought us Bush and Obama. Now they’ve teamed up to give lessons in campaigning | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2019
• ‘Politics is hard’ — but does political life need to be as hard as it is? | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 30, 2018
• Why 2019 in Canada will be a year of campaigning shamelesslyOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2018
• Why 2019 in Canada will be a year of campaigning shamelessly | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2018
• Opinion | Ottawa worried Ford’s Washington visit could impact NAFTA talksOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 17, 2018
• Opinion | Is Trudeau keeping pace with the change that is sweeping politics?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2018
• Opinion | Why would Trudeau leave it to Mulroney to defend the Charter of Rights?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 10, 2018
• Opinion | So who will be the next politician to find the Charter inconvenient?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 9, 2018
• Opinion | Trump and Trudeau have eyes on upcoming elections as NAFTA talks grind onOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 6, 2018
• Opinion | With the White House in turmoil, Canada’s NAFTA team studiously avoids the daily dramaOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 5, 2018
• Opinion | A national handgun ban? Don’t expect a quick triggerOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 30, 2018
• Opinion | With amigos like these, who needs enemies?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 30, 2018
• Opinion | A chastening week for Justin Trudeau in his relationships with Indigenous People and with the U.S.Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2018
• Opinion | For Andrew Scheer, building a new coalition will be an uphill battleOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 23, 2018
• Opinion | White people yelling is not the way to talk about diversityOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 23, 2018
• Opinion | Can the drifting Liberals find a future in their past?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 16, 2018
• Opinion | Could the NDP dump Jagmeet if he loses?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 9, 2018
• Opinion | The mood in Canada is anti-elite. But does that mean we’re anti-celebrity?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 2, 2018
• Opinion | Do refugees/illegal migrants represent a ‘challenge,’ or a crisis?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 26, 2018
• Opinion | Did a high-ranking MP actually say that? Lisa Raitt’s comments a departure from the meanOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 19, 2018
• Opinion | Donald Trump and the dark art of ‘twiplomacy’Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 12, 2018
• Opinion | The Raisin Bran prime minister, and other secrets of 24 Sussex Dr.Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 5, 2018
• Opinion | Trump has us thinking Canada First on July 1stOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 28, 2018
• Opinion | How Chrystia Freeland became the (unofficial) deputy prime ministerOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 21, 2018
• Opinion | Canada at risk from Trump’s unsteady hand on the (remote control) buttonOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 14, 2018
• Opinion | Is the death of the attention span the death of political dynasties?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 8, 2018
• Opinion | Why the Ontario election is for the people, but not the political scientistsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 31, 2018
• Opinion | What is it that is driving Ontario voters?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 23, 2018
• Opinion | When it’s ‘time for a change,’ can anything change that?Opinion · Toronto Star · May 16, 2018
• Opinion | With female MPs accused of harassment, it’s clear the real issue is power, not genderOpinion · Toronto Star · May 10, 2018
• Opinion | Justin Trudeau fighting ghost of Stephen Harper, struggling with ghost of his own fatherOpinion · Toronto Star · May 3, 2018
• Opinion | Justin Trudeau will have an election in mind as he heads to Halifax convention. But it’s not his ownOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2018
• Opinion | Can party brands survive their contradictions?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 12, 2018
• Opinion | Two Trudeaus, two takes on civil rights — and wrongsOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 5, 2018
• Opinion | If Trudeau wants to be Ned Flanders, Canadians may not say ‘okily-dokily’Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 29, 2018