Laurier’s limited visionStephen Harper has been wrapping up his stump speeches with an allusion to Wilfrid Laurier’s famous prediction that the twentieth...
Stephen Harper and constitutional conventionTom Flanagan, a former advisor to Mr. Harper, is asked for his opinion on the 2004 gambit . Meanwhile, John Geddes talks to Don...
From the archives: "Nation? You can have it."I read my colleague Andrew Coyne’s impassioned, insightful "Is Canada a nation?" item, and remembered posting on closely related...
"An odd (!) understanding" of how Parliament worksAs I did yesterday , I turn to Prof. Don Desserud, the University of New Brunswick expert on our parliamentary system, for...
Go boldlyThe Toronto Star makes its demands of the next five weeks. The Globe editors have their own demands.
Harper’s versionThough it’s not reported exactly what question was put to him, Stephen Harper seems to have explained this morning what he meant...
Ignatieff starts filling in the blanksOf the dozen questions the Liberal leader faced on Monday, only one was about a coalition
Near missNot only does this reckless, unnecessary, opportunistic election imperil everything you hold dear, it also deprived Bev Oda her...
Trudeau vs. Kenney on ’barbaric cultural practices’Maclean’s Archives, March 2011: Trudeau lost the latest battle with Kenney, but there will be plenty more to come
Policy alertStephen Harper promises to allow income-splitting for families with children. So long as he’s Prime Minister in 2016.