OttawaPrime Minister of the last 43 yearsAngus-Reid asks a thousand Canadians to identify the best and worst prime ministers since 1968. The results below (with changes...
OttawaThe best way to settle the best politician debateFrom the comment thread of this post , reader rg suggests one way to settle this theoretical contest.
OttawaWho do you mean by ’we?’In September 2009, when he was environment minister, Jim Prentice met with representatives from the Alberta government to discuss...
OttawaShed a tearKatrina Onstad considers the politics of emoting. Michaelle Jean’s tearful statement after the earthquake Haiti was one of the...
GeneralMrs. Harper’s run-in with some hoary marmotsWild kingdom Laureen Harper has gone on an annual summer hike for a few years now. It started off as a solo venture, plus the...
Ottawa’The best politician of my generation’Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon commends Quebec Premier Jean Charest. It’s perhaps mildly curious that Mr. Cannon...
OttawaThis is the week that wasStephane Dion had questions for Nycole Turmel. Denis Lebel admitted a dalliance with the Bloc Quebecois. Pat Martin compared the...
OttawaWhat are we doing in Honduras?Steve Rennie looks at the circumstances surrounding the Prime Minister’s visit to Honduras, including mixed signals of a military...
OttawaHey look: Harper’s new Ford From the print edition, my new column ponders the meaning of that big picnic in Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s mom’s back yard, at which...
Ottawa’Something intellectuals fantasize about but rarely do’Jordan Michael Smith reviews the rise and fall of Michael Ignatieff. One quibble: I’m not sure how many would have described...