GeneralWinning the hearts and minds with incompetenceI was watching Andrew on At Issue last night when something Peter Mansbridge said struck me. I’m paraphrasing, but Mansbridge...
UncategorizedIt’s French for "Do what you have to"I see nobody is talking about this story in Le Devoir . Time to change that. Translated highlights: "Conservative Party...
GeneralBut I thought the Conservative Party was in favour of transparency!From this week’s Hill Times , in response to the following question from Abbas Rana: Mike Storeshaw Conservative strategist : You...
GeneralHarper and Dumont, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-gPaul and Kady have an interesting back-and-forth going about the Conservatives’ relationship with the ADQ. I don’t have much to...
GeneralIn and Out! The MusicalRemember the promised in-and-out scandal explainerizer that I was rambling on about last week? It’s up! Go forth, enjoy, whatever.
GeneralThey’ll always have Riviere-du-loupAm I, like, totally hallucinating the once-celebrated BFFness that was blossoming between the federal Tories and the Action...
GeneralSunday, buffoonish Sunday...A quick hit, while frantically to put together today’s committee lookahead - The Hill Times’ take on last Sunday, and the...
GeneralAlternately, they could have asked for separate cheques. Restaurants do that, I hear.While discussing the latest in and out developments on Politics with Don Newman last Thursday, Pierre Poilievre made a valiant...
General(Not) Forgetting Tom FlanaganTurns out that some books - yes, even books about Canadian politics - can make for a far more interesting read the second time...
GeneralThey certainly are resourceful, that’s for sureGoing through this list of staffers at the Conservative research bureau (which the Tories have, somewhat inexplicably, rebranded...