It seemed like an appropriate time for a post on taxes. For a number of reasons. First, it’s tax time—deadline April 30th, folks. Second, it’s…

I look at what the Americans just elected as their national leader and then at the current Liberal leadership contest, and I feel fortunate to…

Conservative boss Pierre Poilievre is noted for his iron control of his caucus. Does this make him an authoritarian? It’s important to know as he’s…

“Sunny ways, my friend, sunny ways.” I admit I didn’t think that taking the high road, the sunny ways, in the 2015 federal election could…

Angus-Reid’s New Year’s Eve poll of federal party popularity put the Liberals in a nightmarish position. Voter intent for the Grits was at 16 percent,…

I’ll let Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, say it: “What the fuck? How does a prime minister, on the eve of a statement that…

When proportional representation (PR) is presented as an alternative to our badly flawed first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system, defenders of the status quo invariably fall back…

When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rails against the federal Liberals as she is inclined to do, I usually find myself agreeing with the feds. This…

The announcement that Ontario’s Conservative government had appointed Dr. Jane Philpott, former federal Liberal cabinet minister, to head a team mandated to connect all Ontarians…

In less than two weeks the world’s most important election will take place, and the world awaits with baited breath. The result could be very…

I received an email message this morning from Jagmeet Singh saying he wanted me to hear directly from him that he had “just ripped up…

During the recent railway dispute, the federal Conservatives were strangely silent. A work stoppage of any length would have had grave effects on the Canadian…