OttawaVic Toews has reason to feel insultedI wonder if Pablo Rodriguez and Jean-Claude D’Amours have any idea how many English-speaking Canadians pride themselves on being...
OttawaOn the big screens in Vancouver, big (vague) policy hintsUsually at a modern political convention the big-screen video presentations are pure fluff and it’s the speeches that provide...
OttawaMichael Ignatieff’s convention speech: a critical reading of the textIt’s short. That’s the first thing to note about Michael Ignatieff’s keynote speech here at the Liberals’ biennial convention...
OttawaNavdeep Bains on the new way Liberals will choose their leadersNavdeep Bains had a lot riding on the Liberal party’s convention vote today on a motion to drop the traditional delegated...
OttawaElection timing speculation: the Olympics wrinkleAt any political party gathering that I’ve ever covered (except leadership conventions), all not-for-attribution conversations...
OttawaRocco Rossi on bringing (heavily discounted) Obama support numbers to Canada’s LiberalsRocco Rossi is one of the key figures in the new Michael Ignatieff coterie that’s now running the Liberal Party of Canada, a...
OttawaParty rebuilding isn’t a new Ignatieff preoccupationEven as policy sessions get rolling here in Vancouver today, there remains a consensus around the Liberal convention that...
UncategorizedThe Liberal convention’s undeclared star attractionWatching Michael Ignatieff make his walk into the gleaming new Vancouver Convention Centre this afternoon—the sun shining...
OttawaJohn Turner has a couple of suggestionsThe Liberal party’s riding presidents were meeting in Exhibit Hall A at the new Vancouver Convention Centre. Just before...
OttawaWhat’s up at the Liberal convention. (Or should that be "Liberalist"?)As delegates assemble here at the new Vancouver Convention Centre for the Liberal biennial convention, chatter in the hallways...