’I will play the cards the Canadian voters deal’More explanation from Mr. Ignatieff after an event in Quebec yesterday.
The insights Brig.-Gen. Jon Vance brings (back) to AfghanistanHe’s got a blunt pragmatic perspective that may surprise some
The Backbench Top TenOur weekly, and wholly arbitrary, ranking of the ten most worthy, or at least entertaining, MPs, excluding the Prime...
This week has three sketchesOur weekly look back at all we saw and heard. Tuesday. In search of loose change Wednesday. Anatomy of an outrage Thursday. Aboard...
’I’m a unifier’In an interview with the Canadian Press, Michael Ignatieff explains his position on coalition government. The NDP, meanwhile, is...
Fight! Fight! On whether it’s right to unite! The left! (OK, that part doesn’t rhyme)Over on her l’Actualité blog, Chantal Hébert takes such a mighty swipe at Scott Reid that I’m left wondering whether it’s 2004...
Hey look: Wells on Israel. Don’t get used to it.I’ve long felt the world was overstocked with cheap certainty regarding Israel and the Middle East, and have almost never been...
The first rule of coalition clubRob Silver considers how the Liberals should approach inevitable questions. Complicating—or clarifying—matters in all these...
This slow flirtationOne month ago—in a bizarrely under-discussed story—Canadian Press reported that "top Liberals" were sussing out Conservatives...
All the good things and the bad things that may beScott Reid, the former aide to Paul Martin, notes the important distinction between a pre-election coalition and a post-election...