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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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. […]
Our neighbours to the south have a name for a late-campaign jolt, the legendary “October surprise.”
Here in Canada, this year, we have been visited by the “October ghosts” in the campaign’s final hours.
For Justin Trudeau, a stunning lapse in judgment by his campaign co-chair can cause real damage to a surging campaign, particularly in Quebec. Thursday, Trudeau was fighting off the ghosts of Liberal scandals past. […]
Ten weeks in, one week to go, and despite predictions of his demise, Stephen Harper is still standing.
A minority Conservative government is within reach. How long that minority might survive will depend on the election night numbers.
That, however, is still Harper’s biggest problem. He is standing, but he’s not moving. […]
As we head into the final sprint of a marathon election campaign, Monday night brought two surprises.
Justin Trudeau, whose juvenile musings on foreign policy had cost him dearly in the past, delivered his best performance at a debate confined solely to foreign policy.
And our national security, our place on the world stage, the value of Canadian citizenship, our relations with our biggest ally and our responsibility to help those fleeing war and persecution delivered the most passionate and animated moments of the 2015 election campaign. […]
If Stephen Harperís goal was to spook Canadians about handing our economy to one of the “other guys,” he missed an opportunity Thursday evening.
That doesnít mean that an often noisy 90-minute debate, with too much time spent with opponents talking over each other, was a breakout night for NDP Leader Tom Mulcair or Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. […]
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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For the first time since he drew up the infamous bank draft 29 months ago, Nigel Wright sat calmly in […]
The two men who would unseat Stephen Harper face two very different challenges this summer.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is about to discover how difficult it can be to regain political momentum once you’ve lost it. […]
There will be some mighty tough times at the trough ahead. If not, the Canadian Senate canít survive. Auditor general […]
Justice Murray Sinclair has shown us a way to a better Canada, a Canada we should all aspire to, a […]
by Tim Harper – Toronto Star Phil Trotter, the federal NDP candidate in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, is not a racist. Never was. […]
We’ve been here before.
There was a time, in the not too distant past, when the NDP led the national polls, it appeared electoral revolution was at hand and the leader of the day, Ed Broadbent, was being spoken of as the next prime minister.
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It came in like the proverbial lion, dominating debate both here and across the country, sparking protest and anger. But […]
Rachel Notley has parachuted behind enemy lines for a BLT with avocado and a side salad.
The Alberta NDP leader, a woman chasing history in next Tuesday’s provincial election, sits in a cafe next door to the Chevron Tower. She’s essentially down the hall from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen and Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada. […]
The barbarians are at the gate again – and this time the dynasty is having trouble with the drawbridge.
As the Alberta election campaign enters its final full week, the Progressive Conservative dynasty – the country’s longest ever – is being entrusted to the increasingly shaky grip of leader Jim Prentice. […]
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