Tag: The Robocall Scandal

That was the question Senator Howard Baker asked as the United States Congress moved toward its decision to impeach Richard Nixon. And that is the question Lawrence Martin asks this morning. At present, we have no definitive answer: Thus far, the evidence as to the incidence of the dirty work

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 history, is responsible for the current level of disdain and lack of interest that Canadians have for politicians and politics

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 — for “uninterested:” In a 1971 interview with the Canadian Press, pollster Martin Goldfarb said that his art — still

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 that’s true, they must appoint a fully independent, fully empowered judicial inquiry. And why shouldn’t they? To paraphrase what many

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, it’s inappropriate behaviour to say the least.” But Lawrence Martin provides a catalogue of Tory subversion, starting with their first

  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 minister. Two weeks ago, the government’s Internet surveillance bill blew up in its face. Last week, the Robcall scandal