Bart’s Books: Stephen Harper, Episode II
“On any day, has a choice, he can do the big conservative thing that would be the end of his career, or he can do some of the small conservative…
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Bart’s Books: The Michael Ignatieff Experiment
“I had made myself into a politician, and I didn’t much like what I was becoming.” On my Christmas reading list this year was Michael Ignatieff’s latest book, Fire and…
2014: Year in Preview
We don’t know what will make headlines in 2014. After all, most political predictions are about as accurate as a Forum poll. So I won’t try to guess how 2014…
2013: Year in Review
January: SunTV applies for corporate welfare, arguing that they cannot survive unless the government forces people to watch them. Later this year, they would give Rob and Doug Ford their…
The Year in Photos
You know what they say: Dress for the job you want, not the job you have Those left-wing media elites at the Toronto Sun have always had it in for…
Quotes of the Year
Scroll to the bottom to vote on your favourite quote… “I am Conservative. I am a traditionalist. I wish I left Cabinet in the traditional way – with a sex…
What’s a 9-letter word for obsessive preoccupation with one’s self?
Behold, the taxpayer-funded, Brian Jean crossword puzzle!
Persons of the Year
Every December, I like to name a “Person of the Year” – the individual who left their mark on Canadian politics over the past year. The only rules are that…
The Best Intentions
Michael Chong is one the most respected people in the country when it comes to democratic reform. He quit his cabinet position on principle, and proposed a series of thoughtful…
Liberals: The Next Generation
The Liberal Party is old. I’m not talking about its history, but about the faces it puts before Canadians. The average age of Liberal MPs in Ottawa is 56, with…
Margin of Error
They were up late counting the votes in Brandon-Souris Monday night. That, despite the fact that the final poll of the campaign showed the Liberals with a commanding 29-point lead.…
Wheat Kings
Trudeau was so confident in the wake of the Forum poll, that he started waving “Vote PC” signs on the campaign trail. On the surface, nothing really happened last night.…
He sees nothing
Stephen Harper adds “Sargent Schultz” to his list of impersonations PM didn’t know staff asked Conservative Party to pay Duffy’s expenses: spokesperson Prime Minister Stephen Harper had no idea his…
Joe Who?
“I don’t know, just use a name that nobody has ever heard of” Spotted by alert reader RC in a Boston Staples.
Let he who is without sin…
“You know what, I’m not perfect.. Maybe you are, but I’m not.” -Rob Ford Rob is right. We should all cut the guy some slack. After all, who among us…
The 2015 Tory Playbook
Step 1: Inherit igloo in working orderStep 2: Break roofStep 3: Write compelling narrative about how you fixed igloo We got a good reminder today of why it would be…
Remember when the big Rob Ford controversy was that he talked on his cell phone while driving?
Warning – very graphic language.
Great Moments in Scandal Management
Ford makes Torontonians long for the statesmanlike leadership of Mel Lastman. “Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine. But no, do I, am I an addict? No. Have I tried it?…
The vast left-wing media conspiracy against Rob Ford grows
Yes, the news is bad for the mayor, but c’mon, the Sun has always had it in for him…
Trick or Treat
New Liberal fundraising tactics Yeah, so it likely wasn’t the most exciting political news of the day, but the quarter 3 fundraising numbers are out, and the story is all…