Author: Shiner

In all seriousness, I wish Stockwell Day nothing but the best in his life after politics and thank him for his public service. I disagree with his politics, but everyone I know with any connection to government in Ottawa has a tremendous amount of resp…

In all seriousness, I wish Stockwell Day nothing but the best in his life after politics and thank him for his public service. I disagree with his politics, but everyone I know with any connection to government in Ottawa has a tremendous amount of respect for him. This includes every

That seems to be the question that should be asked about the electoral calculations. The media seems to be focused on “Why would they?”. Pundits seem to, for the most part, fall into the “Liberals don’t want an election” camp, or the “Liberals do want an election and they’re nuts

That seems to be the question that should be asked about the electoral calculations. The media seems to be focused on “Why would they?”. Pundits seem to, for the most part, fall into the “Liberals don’t want an election” camp, or the “Liberals do want …

So there are rumblings that a spring election wouldn’t end up being about corporate tax cuts and fighter jets after all. Marlene Jenning’s has suggested a non-confidence vote might be in the cards, prompting an election about democratic themes, like a lack of transparency. Music to the ears for those

So there are rumblings that a spring election wouldn’t end up being about corporate tax cuts and fighter jets after all. Marlene Jenning’s has suggested a non-confidence vote might be in the cards, prompting an election about democratic themes, like a …

Civil servants were informed that the Government of Canada no longer exists. It’s the Harper Government please. Not much to say about that is there?

Civil servants were informed that the Government of Canada no longer exists. It’s the Harper Government please.Not much to say about that is there?

This is interesting.(I can only see the first line of this, I seem to have misplaced by iPolitics password) For the past couple weeks I’ve been asking myself what kind of policy could get people excited. We know how the Conservatives are playing the next election. They’ve greased the wheels

This is interesting.(I can only see the first line of this, I seem to have misplaced by iPolitics password)For the past couple weeks I’ve been asking myself what kind of policy could get people excited. We know how the Conservatives are playing the nex…

A fantastically clear post from Stephen Gordon on how we went from persistent surpluses to a structural deficit. Really should go read it, or at least have a look at the graphs. Ends with this conclusion:Here are the policy decisions made between 2005 …

This was pointed out to me on the Ministry of the Attorney General’s website:The Ministry of the Attorney General wants to hear your suggestions about how liquor laws in Ontario can be modernized. The Ministry is accepting submissions from organization…

I got to page 3 of this article and then stopped because it was too depressing. So the question is how do you fix it? For Conservatives the answer is you don’t, debate just gets in the way of Dear Leader. But for those of us who do care about Canada’s …

So says Dan Gardner.This government is comically bad… unless you’re a Canadian with an ounce of sense, then it’s just depressingly bad.What else can be said about these guys? Gaff after gaff, rotten policy after rotten policy, and yet they continue t…

Helpfully defined by Hugh Segal:Segal predicts that there will be opposition to his proposal. He writes that while Canadians share certain strengths of decency, compassion, moderation and tolerance, some are also struck with something he calls the “Can…