Stephen Maher

Stephen Maher: The Tory leader will face many tests as he tries to win over middle-of-the-road voters. Michael Cooper’s eruption may be his first.

Stephen Maher: The Chateau Laurier is the linchpin of a historic capital city that Canadians can be proud of. Ottawa is about to wreck it.

Stephen Maher: The things that trouble many conservatives about the U.S. president seemed to genuinely pose no problem for the now pardoned Black

Stephen Maher: With his base-pleasing attacks on the carbon tax, the Conservative leader is misleading Canadians about the most important issue we face

Stephen Maher: If he hopes to keep his job in October, the PM has to start swinging, going after Jason Kenney and Doug Ford as remorselessly as they are going after him

Stephen Maher: It would be a meaningful gesture to stand with Muslims against hate. The People’s Party leader seems more intent on courting deluded voters.

Stephen Maher: The SNC-Lavalin affair raises more corrosive questions about the Prime Minister’s competence than his ethics 

Stephen Maher: Ontario’s premier seems determined to put his friend in charge of the OPP, which is much more worrying than L’affair SNC-Lavalin

Stephen Maher: Canada’s top bureaucrat gives the Liberals a new line: Yes Wilson-Raybould was pressured, but no one was acting to pursue corrupt ends

Stephen Maher: The second act of l’affaire SNC-Lavalin could be devastating for Trudeau, and it’s not clear he’ll be better off without his trusted advisor