Many longstanding Liberal partisans appear to be planning a ticker tape parade to celebrate the huge majority that awaits the Carney government the next time it faces the electorate. Their overweening confidence may be premature…
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Gladu is a Huge Mistake Carney Will Regret
There are floor-crossers and then there are floor-crossers. The Carney Liberals have been lucky so far, with three of their four recent recruits causing no problems at all, for very good reason. Even Michael Ma,…
Avi Lewis Will Not Save the NDP
Avi Lewis may be the scion of a legendary NDP family, but he is the last thing the NDP needs now. Not only will the new party leader not help the party claw its way…
Air Canada CEO Fans PQ’s Separatist Flames
This is NOT what federalists in Quebec, or Liberal Party of Quebec leader Charles Milliard, needed. Just when the Liberals’ support has been steadily rising under their new leader, and the PQ’s support appears to…
Lessons from Ireland
On March 17th everyone is an honorary Irishman. In North America the celebrations reach epic proportions in Chicago, (where the river temporarily runs green), Boston and New York, three American cities where more than 2…
Floor Crossing 101: ‘Why and Where’ Matter More Than Numbers
NDP MP Lori Idlout’s decision to abandon her party for the Liberals has sparked a flurry of interest in the phenomenon of floor-crossing. But many commentators have been focusing on the wrong question, namely, how…
Albertans Need Hard Facts, not Lies and Fairy Tales, About Separation
Alberta’s possible separation from Canada will most likely be added to the list of 9 questions Premier Danielle Smith has already placed on the referendum which Albertans will vote on this coming October. Needless to…
Lessons from Milan Cortina’s Winter Olympics
Everyone knows the Olympics are supposed to be about good sportsmanship. Unfortunately, in the era of relentless marketing pressure this is a phenomenon more often honoured in the breach. But, happily, there have been a…
Poilievre in Calgary: Re-Imagined or Just Disguised?
“Ultimately, government is about taking care of people and providing opportunity” [i] Quick. Pop Quiz. What Canadian politician said this? Justin Trudeau? Jean Chretien? Pierre Trudeau? Lester Pearson? No, not a Liberal at all. The…
Now That Both Wings Are Up, Carney And The Liberals Are Flying High
Since his Liberals formed a minority government after the federal election last spring, Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a peripatetic one-man band. He has travelled the globe almost non-stop, signing deals and drumming up…
