Hepburn On Harper
Yesterday, Bob Hepburn publicly apologized to Brian Mulroney. He explained that Mulroney used to have no equal: Several years ago, I wrote that Mulroney, more than any politician in modern…
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The Drums Are Getting Louder
The beat goes on. And it gets louder. Mitt Romney claims that President Obama is a weakling: “If Barack Obama is re-elected,” Romney robotically swaggered in Georgia, “Iran will have…
Jackasses Out Of Control?
The jackasses at Elections Canada are out of control,” Stephen Harper wrote when he was president of the National Citizens Coalition. Harper has hated Elections Canada for a long time.…
The Rise Of The Uninterested
Susan Delacourt puts the robocall scandal into wider perspective. It has everything to do with “undecided” voters. The trouble is, Delacourt writes, “undecided” has become a synonym –an inaccurate synonym…
The Man Behind The Curtain
It didn’t have to come to this. Riding out what is becoming known as the “Robocon Scandal” was not the only option open to Stephen Harper. He could have vowed…
Listen For The Rhymes
“History doesn’t repeat itself,” Mark Twain wrote, “but it does rhyme.” Stephen Harper’s complaint that opposition charges of voter suppression are merely a “smear campaign” by sore losers, sounds remarkably…
Time To Get Angry
Both Tim Harper and Dan Gardiner have called for a public inquiry into the robocall scandal. Yesterday Gardiner wrote: The Conservatives insist they want the truth to be exposed. If…
A Telling Difference
Bob Rae stood up in the House yesterday to announce that one of the members of the Liberal research staff — Adam Carroll — was responsible for the Twitter account…
No Need To Investigate?
Peter MacKay argues that there is no need for further investigation of the Robocall affair. These were isolated incidents, he says. And, anyway, “It’s certainly not something our party condones,…
Things Are Beginning To Stick
For five years, political pundits marvelled at how Stephen Harper managed to avoid being held accountable for actions and policies which most Canadians find abhorrent. He was the Teflon prime…
What Does Romney Believe?
Things have not been going well for Mitt Romney. His speech in Detroit fell flat. And, this week, he made yet another gaffe. On the subject of the economy, he…
This Is "Freedom"
Modern conservatives like to say that they stand for individual liberty. But, Lawrence Martin writes, in both Canada and the United States, the conservative parties are now controlled by virulent…
Grace Under Pressure
Paul Martin may have earned his reputation as Mr. Dithers. But, as Geoffrey Stevens points out, he possesses something that Stephen Harper and Vic Toews lack — grace under pressure.…
Fool’s Game
On the subject of Ontario’s finances, Tom Walkom — who holds a PhD.in economics — echoes the argument Paul Krugman has been making for three years: This is no time…
Rule By The Limited
Today is High Noon for Gary Webster. Christopher Hume writes in the Toronto Star that: Already, Ford has inflicted serious damage on the city, painful, but none of it fatal.…
The Road to Austerity
Before Stephen Harper and Dalton McGunity introduce their austerity budgets next month, they would do well to read Paul Krugman’s column in this morning’s New York Times. The advocates of…
Ford And Facts
Word on the street is that Gary Webster is about to lose his job. His mistake was to cross mayor Rob Ford. Ford is smarting, after city council scuttled his…
A Tale Of Two Economies
Both Jeffrey Simpson and Chantal Hebert wrote this week about what is happening in Alberta and Ontario. Simpson captured the Dickensian contrast quite accurately: Alberta’s government will get bigger in…
Sharing Sacrifice
I wrote yesterday that Premier Dalton McGuinty now faces the difficult task of getting Ontarians to accept the notice of shared sacrifice. This morning, Susan Riley reminds her readers of…
Now For The Hard Part
Don Drummond has thrown the fat in the fire. If you lived through the Harris years, Martin Regg Cohen writes, you’re going to remember what is about to happen again.…