WorldThe end of what’s left of the Canadian AllianceThe Canadian Alliance had lived on by name and logo thanks to Mexico’s Nueva Alianza. This week, that party too will cease to exist.
OttawaAndrew Scheer, the Conservative Party’s folksy unifierThe aw-shucks demeanour of the new leader of the opposition and the federal Tories belies his complexity, and maybe his electability, too
UncategorizedWhen Tories agree to disagreePaul Wells on how Harper told his party that Canadians think like they do. The hubris was almost Liberal in its scope.
OttawaThe way he wasAmong other curiosities in TVO’s new archive—for instance, a teenage Tony Clement discussing drugs in 1982 —there are four...
OttawaStephen Harper and Canada, a love story (IV)Eleven years before he declared himself and his side to be "Canadians first and only," Stephen Harper declared his allegiance to...
GeneralWhat has changed in Ottawa in two months?Parliament’s first week back will see a war of narratives as Harper fires up his big guns: the budget and the Throne Speech
UncategorizedLet us now debate the difference between user fees and taxes (II)Officially it is called the Airport Travellers Security Charge. Introduced in 2002, it was reduced from $24 to $14 in the Liberal...
OttawaThe Commons: ’How do we repair the irreparable?’’Jacques Parizeau!’ Mr. Harper yelped. ’Weaken this country!’
OttawaITQ breaks perfect record of not using "strange bedfellows" in a title ...But honestly, given the exquisite irony of this Globe story , how can I, in good conscience, not break out that cliche? (Read a...