"By 2020, America will once again have the largest proportion of college graduates in the world."By some measures, Barack Obama last night was promising to beat Canada in producing highly-educated citizens . So one interesting...
The Commons: Iggy and the farmersLiberal leader to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture: "I don’t want to be the leader of an urban downtown party"
Great moments in amended press releases: [Insert outraged MP here]Oh, how I’ve missed you, Ryan Sparrow - and I’ll cheerfully admit that it took me far too long to spot the difference. (Next...
Breaking News: It’s back! Ethics committee to resume investigation into In and OutAs passed by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics earlier today (full liveblog available here ):
Your Fall 2009 Election previewHappy days are here again. Before a feisty session of QP this afternoon, the Conservatives used three of their members’ statements...
Dated reference of the dayIndustry Minister Tony Clement, responding to a question from Liberal Bonnie Crombie. "We all know that money for nothing leads to...
’A worthy son of his father’Justin Trudeau isn’t due to propose his first piece of legislation for another two hours, but the Bloc Quebecois is already...
Is this the end of the New New New Spirit of Nonpartisan Cooperation?Liveblogging the Ethics Committee
Hey lookNew Wells column . It’s the bosses who suggested I tackle Quebec and Sarkozy. (They never order.) I needed convincing, but in the...
’Intellectuals do well in Canadian politics’Britain’s Prospect magazine publishes a consideration of Michael Ignatieff’s career, this one written by a television producer who...