Thou dost jest, dostn’t thou?The government tells us in the Speech from the Throne that it’s open to changing the line in the O Canada that goes "True patriot...
A surprisingly detailed throne speech prompts questionsSeveral new initiatives cry out for more precise explanation
The throne speech: first, a couple of quibblesI’ll be posting a Speech from the Throne overview soon. But I’m having trouble getting past the claims on its opening pages...
Holbrooke and Canada: Still waiting, stillNothing has changed since I wrote this post nearly three months ago .
Reading a throne speech by its titlesToday we learned that the title of tomorrow’s Speech from the Throne will be “A Stronger Canada. A Stronger Economy. Now and...
I’m not writing about Rights and Democracy......but when there’s this many clowns tumbling out of a Volkswagen marked "accountability and transparency," nobody should be...
Boiling the budget down to the number that matters mostCHECK BACK after 4pm today for Maclean’s coverage of the federal budget
What if stimulus spending actually built something stimulating?The main focus of the build-up to this week’s federal budget is not what’s coming next but what’s coming to an end. The...