As the New Democrats ponder the future of their federal party and its leadership, here are a few inconvenient truths they might have to face up to.
1. Yes, the NDP lost the last federal campaign on a fiscal and social platform that the Liberals could have written. The key planks of yearly balanced budgets and a national child care program were lifted from outdated red books. It was a decidedly middle-of-the-road document. […]
She died young and alone, never knowing justice.
That would come posthumously, 63 years after a simple gesture of defiance and courage helped change
this country. Yet her story remains little known. […]
We want to be liked; we want to be appreciated, but most of all we want to be noticed.
Sometimes we crave it so much we appear a little bit needy. In reality, though, it is not needy, it is necessary. […]
When all is said and done, there is no rational reason for this week’s climate-change gathering of first ministers in Vancouver to feature an East-West brawl over pipelines.
Unless the premiers of the energy-producing provinces are irresistibly inclined to lead a charge on windmills, they have no reason to get on their high horses in order to cast themselves as champions of their resources industry. […]
by Tim Harper As the Stephen Harper years piled one onto another, debate grew in the capital over how much […]
Before Justin Trudeau arrived to rebuild the foundation, the Liberal house was sagging badly and threatening to collapse.
It remained standing because Bob Rae held it together. […]
When the House of Commons votes on medically assisted suicide later this year, it will be making history in two controversial ways.
So far, only a handful of countries have included the option of assisted suicide in their end-of-life medical protocol. The upcoming legislation will be taking Canada in relatively uncharted social policy waters. […]
Meet the most important MP you may not have heard of, the co-chair of the most important Parliamentary committee no one seems to be noticing. […]
When he landed in Alberta for two days of meetings this week, Justin Trudeau had a number of options.
I suppose he could have charismatically willed the price of oil back up to $100 per barrel. […]
When Thomas Mulcair was last squarely in the public eye, he was retreating into the background after a painful campaign.
Monday, he starts another tough campaign. This time, instead of seeking to form a government, he will be campaigning to keep his job as NDP leader. […]
Maybe it’s a product of ever-deepening snow banks or the winter winds that threaten to snap your ears in two, but a quintessential Canadian debate has emerged here yet again. […]
Canada’s Syrian refugee resettlement operation is more than a laudable contribution to a global humanitarian crisis. It is also a well-executed political play.
Because it was one of the Liberals’ most time-sensitive undertakings, the campaign commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees before the end of the year was always a strong candidate for early failure. […]
Smiling refugees and hopeful First Nations. A historic climate deal and international adulation. And those stratospheric poll numbers.
As 2015 draws to a close, the capital is Bedford Falls, Old Man Potter has been banished and we’re all living in the final scene of It’s a Wonderful Life.
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The ol’ Duff doesn’t draw the crowds he used to.
The big top has come down, the circus has left town and Mike Duffy is stuck in the witness box in Courtroom 33, showing us pictures of his new foundation and parking pad at his Prince Edward Island home, detailing his medical woes and his bank balance, praising his wife Heather’s gardening skills and explaining the sewage system in Cavendish. […]
When the House of Commons convenes Monday for its first daily question period in almost six months, we could be witnessing the beginning of the end for some hidebound traditions. […]
It’s really a beta version of his government that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is introducing to the House of Commons this week. […]
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