GeneralCoalition fever: The swine flu of 2008Just try to imagine the hand-wringing this would’ve caused across Canada: A Bloc-supported coalition in power in Ottawa with the...
OttawaLong way to goBelinda Stronach on women in politics . We are of course long past the time when a woman entering politics prompted men to gasp at...
CanadaQuebec gets the French kiss-offSarkozy’s indifference is just the latest sign of sovereignty’s wane
GeneralAdios, Super Mario (and other scattered thoughts about the election)A few (more) final thoughts on the election: 1) I have a nagging feeling Charest’s inability to convert his huge lead in the polls...
GeneralBy the numbers: How the PQ can win the electionWith all the anti-sovereignist backlash floating around these days, wouldn’t it be a kick in the pants if the Parti Québécois...
GeneralWhy Charest should be annoyed with Ottawa for threatening the BlocTurns out Canada’s Machiavellian genius of a prime minister can be pretty crass after all. (Colour me surprised.) Before the...
GeneralToday in campaign lexicon: "se mettre à genoux"This is the second in an occasional series of posts deconstructing various phrases and words Quebec politicians hurl at one...