On the big screens in Vancouver, big (vague) policy hintsUsually at a modern political convention the big-screen video presentations are pure fluff and it’s the speeches that provide...
Bob Rae deliversIn introducing the newly-acclaimed Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, Bob Rae gave the kind of gracious, rousing and...
Instant analysisInsta-comment on The Speech: Pretty thin. Mostly a collection of fond hopes and pleasant wishes. But man, has he ever improved his...
Michael Ignatieff’s convention speech: a critical reading of the textIt’s short. That’s the first thing to note about Michael Ignatieff’s keynote speech here at the Liberals’ biennial convention...
Disaster? The Titanic was a disaster...Don’t know if I can add that much to Nancy Macdonald’s harrowing account of last night’s ordeal (or see Liberal insider Rob...
Navdeep Bains on the new way Liberals will choose their leadersNavdeep Bains had a lot riding on the Liberal party’s convention vote today on a motion to drop the traditional delegated...
Farewell to all that: At the Dion tributeLast night’s farewell tribute to departing Liberal leader Stephane Dion, who led the party to one of its worst-ever electoral...
It’s like 1968, only without the candidates, issues, excitement or leaderAndrew Coyne questions Iggymania
Sheila Copps: nobody’s candidateA repentant Liberal insider, part of the Martin team that forced former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps into a bruising...
Trudeau does ChretienReacting to news that Jean Chrétien was urging the Liberals gathered in Vancouver to push for an election—“the sooner the...