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National Column: Power shift turns Ottawa on its head

Nov 6, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Power shift turns Ottawa on its head

When power flips in the capital, everything turns upside down.

To the victor, the parade, the adulation, everything but the rose petals. To the vanquished, the freight entrance.

And so it was Thursday when a jaunty Prime Minister Justin Trudeau loped into his first caucus meeting to cheers and Stephen Harper returned to the House of Commons via the door reserved for recycling.
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National Column: Trudeau can reset Canada’s global image

Oct 25, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Trudeau can reset Canada’s global image

The world awaits Justin Trudeau.

Specifically, there is a seat waiting for him at summits looming in coming weeks, a G20 gathering in Turkey, an APEC summit in the Philippines, a Commonwealth meeting in Malta and an international summit on climate change in Paris. […]

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National Column: Red wave swamps Tories – and catches NDP in its wake

Oct 20, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Red wave swamps Tories – and catches NDP in its wake

Canada’s progressive majority got its act together on Monday and ushered Stephen Harper out with a vengeance.

In the process, they brought their own resolution to the problem of vote splitting on the left of the Conservatives, steamrolling the NDP to hand Justin Trudeau the first Liberal majority victory in 15 years.
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National Column: Grits positioned to craft stable minority

Oct 15, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Grits positioned to craft stable minority

With the wind at his back in the last week of the campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is asking voters to give his party a majority on Monday. To measure what a feat that would be, consider that to reach the magic majority number of 170, the Liberals – with 36 MPs at dissolution – would have to more than quadruple their seats next week. […]

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National Column: Another Orange Wave for Alberta?

Aug 20, 2015 Comments Off on National Column: Another Orange Wave for Alberta?

Can a revolution repeat itself twice in five months? Or is lightning in a bottle, by its very nature, captured but once?

That is the political question in Alberta in this federal election, but the fact that any questions are being asked in Alberta during a federal campaign is news in itself.
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