Legion’s president voices misgivings about day to honour Afghan vets
Planning for the National Day of Honour was ’secretive,’ many legion branches not notified until this week
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
Disorder in the court
The public rift between Harper and McLachlin hints at a promising new Tory campaign strategy
Ignore the Senate
Stephen Harper’s go-it-alone approach to Senate reform was doomed from the start. And now he’s free to focus on his real interests.
The Supreme Court’s Senate decision is about more than the Senate
Prof. Adam Dodek says the Supreme Court’s Senate reference ruling is a clear, decisive guide to constitutional amendments
Three key points from the Supreme Court’s Senate-reform guidebook
Conclusions focus on electing senators, limiting their terms or even abolishing the federal Senate outright
In defence of a Senate that does not exist
On the court’s Senate conclusions — and the Senate we really have
Pipeline politics didn’t play into change in whale’s status: scientist
North Pacific humpback whale had nothing to do with Northern Gateway Project
Let the light in
Harper has often denied his critics an avenue to attack him. The future may not be so easily controlled.
Jim Flaherty’s toughness was real, but not the whole story
John Geddes on an unguarded moment with the former finance minister
Aglukkaq touts emissions cuts, numbers tell another story
In reality, emissions targets have never seemed further out of reach