OttawaNycole Turmel disappoints Stephen HarperThe Prime Minister says he is profoundly saddened by Nycole Turmel’s associations with sovereignists. Mr. Harper’s own historical...
GeneralTurmel and the Bloc: er, so what?The left in Quebec is inexorably tied to the sovereignty movement
OttawaNycole Turmel and the sovereignistsThis post last updated at 5:30pm. The Globe and Mail discovers that Nycole Turmel was a member of the Bloc Quebecois. The NDP is...
CanadaTalk of the townThe NDP’s best-known rookie MP finally speaks—in French, no less—and the reviews are good
OttawaWhere the votes wereWorking with the rebate threshold, Alice Funke tallies the number of ridings in which each party received at least 10% of the...
GeneralHow in God’s name do you explain?Rick Mercer on how, in Canada, time spent at the massage parlour is a positive, at Harvard not so much
UncategorizedThe untold story of the 2011 election: Chapter 5Years of quiet preparation in Quebec begin paying off for the NDP
UncategorizedThe untold story of the 2011 election: Chapter 4The election would soon turn on two key speeches: one by Ignatieff, one by Duceppe
GeneralHow Justin Trudeau could have changed electoral historyVictory moustaches! At the Toronto NDP victory celebration, which was filled with people sporting fake Jack Layton moustaches, the...