Kyoto might be finished, but what next?
There’s news of European Union pressure on China to explain what sort of obligations it might be ready to adopt
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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.
Over in that other Cree community, "snail’s pace" progress
The sorry situation in Attawapiskat, Ont., that’s drawing so much attention this week is, of course, nothing new. It follows...
REVIEW: Trudeau Transformed: The Shaping of a Statesman
Book by Max and Monique Nemni, translated by George Tombs
UBC’s Richard Johnston on a polarizing political year
Richard Johnston, Canada research chair in public opinion, elections and representation at University of British Columbia, is a...
Parliamentarians of the Year (lifetime achievement): Jack Layton
As a parliamentarian, he was a riveting speaker on the floor of the House and a sharp performer in question period
Parliamentarians of the Year (best rookie): Chris Alexander
Chris Alexander landed in Ottawa last spring carrying a burden of expectations matched by few rookie MPs
A novice bureaucrat (and future PM) on supply management
Here’s a stray bit of commentary from the distant past to mull over along with the news that the Harper government just might be...
Mark Carney: the Canadian hired to save the world
FROM THE MACLEAN’S ARCHIVES: a 2011 profile, Chuck Norris’ jokes with Carney’s name, and the governor’s anxiety levels in a graph
How was Ottawa to choose who would build its ships?
Two contracts. Three provinces—each with a history of feeling slighted by the feds.
Criminals didn’t register guns, but registered guns figured in crime
What about those guns that are no longer in the possession of law-abiding citizens?