Campaign 2011

As always, the big thing to watch for in tonight’s leaders’ debate is a “knockout punch.” This is, of course, when one...

Health policy needs closer scrutiny

The most telling moment in Michael Ignatieff’s launch event for the full Liberal platform today in Ottawa came in an...

Compared with Ignatieff’s openness, Harper’s risk-averse approach is looking brittle

The Conservatives’ response, and the Liberals’ rebuttal

As I did yesterday , I turn to Prof. Don Desserud, the University of New Brunswick expert on our parliamentary system, for...

When I posted this yesterday on Stephen Harper’s appeal to immigrants and their children (and grandchildren, I suppose), I...

The biggest ovation Stephen Harper earned at his rally in Brampton, Ont. this morning didn’t come when he issued one of his grim...

The question, it seems to me, is a simple one: can the party that didn’t win the most seats in a Canadian election legitimately...

There’s nothing like starting a campaign by calling your opponent an outright liar