OttawaScoring tonight’s leaders’ debate, play by playAs always, the big thing to watch for in tonight’s leaders’ debate is a “knockout punch.” This is, of course, when one...
OttawaBoosting health transfers: behind the big bipartisan campaign consensusHealth policy needs closer scrutiny
OttawaThe Liberal platform: simplicity itselfThe most telling moment in Michael Ignatieff’s launch event for the full Liberal platform today in Ottawa came in an...
OttawaThe campaign-trail contrast: will Harper adjust?Compared with Ignatieff’s openness, Harper’s risk-averse approach is looking brittle
OttawaDuelling war rooms: the Ignatieff RESP plankThe Conservatives’ response, and the Liberals’ rebuttal
Ottawa"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...
OttawaWhat to call voters, besides Canadians?When I posted this yesterday on Stephen Harper’s appeal to immigrants and their children (and grandchildren, I suppose), I...
OttawaHarper’s first stop in suburban, heavily ethnic territory [UPDATED from his second]The biggest ovation Stephen Harper earned at his rally in Brampton, Ont. this morning didn’t come when he issued one of his grim...
OttawaWho gets to govern? Venturing deep into the post-May 2 scenario weedsThe question, it seems to me, is a simple one: can the party that didn’t win the most seats in a Canadian election legitimately...
OttawaThe clash over coalitions on the campaign’s first dayThere’s nothing like starting a campaign by calling your opponent an outright liar