OttawaRights and Democracy: So everyone agrees! And there’s no problem! Right?Over at the CBC, their Kady O’Malley points out that Parliamentary privilege being what it is — powerful — "none" of the...
OttawaRights and Democracy: The twilight struggle of transparency and accountabilityOn Nov. 4 I wrote to Stéphane Bourgon, the new communications director for Rights and Democracy, quoting his own words back to...
OttawaObama’s hard warA Washington Post article is only one of many lately to chronicle the extraordinary violence with which the Obama administration...
OttawaHey look: Slow down, Quebec! We can barely keep up with this stuff!I would never have thought to chronicle recent developments in Quebec-based corruption, as I do in my column in this week’s print...
UncategorizedWhat does it take to make Parliament sad?Envelopes stuffed with cash, more nastiness and name-calling—and silence from the House?
OttawaRira bien...We are profoundly saddened to read today’s La Presse editorial . [UPDATE: Okay, it was yesterday’s. Rira bien qui rira un peu en...
OttawaAdventures in pollingHere’s a zany suggestion: if you want to know what people think about coalitions, ask them
OttawaMusic: No, Mother, do not weepIt does no disservice to Henryk Gorecki’s other work to call the Polish composer, who died today at 76, one of the 20th century’s...
OttawaHey look: A homegrown brain gainFrom our university rankings issue, the hands-down winner for least-commented article: my column describes the excellent work the...
UniversityOne school’s native intelligenceAlmost 700 Aboriginal students are enrolled at the University of Victoria