OttawaAfter the convention: the Liberals’ sweet thereafter“The country does not need another opposition party; the country needs another government.” For a political party pinning its...
Ottawa’New politics’Niki Ashton enters the NDP leadership race. Ashton is 29 and won’t turn 30 until next September. If elected leader, she’d best Joe...
UncategorizedAlberta’s October surpriseThe appearance of a coronation undid the front-runner in the race to lead Alberta’s Perpetual Governing Party
CanadaWhy Bob Dechert kept his jobNo mere backbencher, the Tory elder played a key role in returning the party to power
OttawaLet there be televisionA clip from the first televised Question Period on October 17, 1977, back when desk thumping seemed like a good idea.
OttawaThe Commons: Humble bragAcross the street and behind a metal barricade, a young man in a bike helmet, holding a pink sign that read "contempt," was...
GeneralPM Arthur Meighen finally officially hungIn an effort to correct a historical oversight, the portrait of the ninth Prime Minister, Arthur Meighen, was officially...
Ottawa’The extent of angry rhetoric in the country can lead people to extreme actions’In a story about how MPs cope with potential threats to their personal security, the Toronto Star footnotes an observation former...
GeneralMitchel Raphael on John Baird’s mom, his Grade 7 teacher, her sister . . .Kelly Block and the Bloc, Jason Kenney couldn’t stop laughing, The MP and the pilots