PoliticsHow they spent their summer vacationThere is a name for those who tune out politics in Canada during the summer. This group of people is known as “Canadians.” As...
PoliticsThe problem with the PMO Has the Harper government, as charged by MP Brent Rathgeber when he quit the Tory caucus in mid-June, now morphed into what it...
PoliticsImagine a Senate of Canada KickstarterPeople of Canada, please give generously — the Senate’s band of luckless appointees needs your support
PoliticsThe Senate reference: Feds argue every which wayThe federal government’s factum in its Supreme Court reference on Senate reform is a fascinating piece of work. Signed by veteran...
PoliticsSenate reform: A look at the documents In my column for the latest issue of Maclean ’s, I write about the uproar over the Senate that began with Mac Harb and Patrick...
PoliticsWhat to make of Stephen Harper’s new cabinetSo Peter Kent and Vic Toews are out and Michelle Rempel and Chris Alexander are in. So what exactly? Will this new cabinet now...
PoliticsThe worst part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s book about hockey?So it turns out Stephen Harper really did write a book about hockey, and it really is going to be published. Although, given the...
PoliticsLiberals talk of economy, hint at a big-ticket visionJohn Geddes on the makings of an ambitious, and potentially expensive, Liberal platform
PoliticsKevin Page is not going away At his going-away party in March, Kevin Page, the first and so far only parliamentary budget officer (PBO), was presented by his...