Nobody’s faultIn regards to the sweeping police powers invoked during the G20 summit, the Toronto Police Chief points to the Integrated Security...
Democracy’s not deadI don’t agree with everything Andrew Potter says here —I think there are legitimate complaints to be made about how our system...
’We’re not disinterested in politics. It’s just that politicians are disinteresting’Forty years after Richard Nixon regarded him as an enemy of the state, John Lennon is toasted by Stephen Harper. David Akin has...
The Commons: These fleeting wordsVic Toews’s neat trick of both welcoming and redirecting accountability for the G20
Rights and Democracy: Friends in high places, or notThe foreign-affairs committee runs out of patience . I wasn’t going to write about what follows, but what the heck. Since I am now...
Do you think it’s easy to make priorities?How many number one priorities can the government have? More than one, it seems.
"What others can aspire to"Good news can be important too. "There are many success stories," OECD Secretary-General Angel Guerra said upon the release of the...
Conservative-Bloc Coalition WatchThe Bloc Quebecois voted last night with the Conservative side to pass the government’s latest budget implementation bill. Two...
The Commons: Anyone can be environment ministerWhat does Chuck Strahl have to do with the Tories’ efforts against climate change?