When Liberals Lose Montreal
The Carnage is not over
David Graham
A Political Near Death Experience
When a blog post from 2006 came back to bite
Substantive Reform
What, exactly, are some of the real social reforms we could be making to make a difference to our country for the long term?
Redecorating Isn’t Reform
Not only in Canada
Don’t Count Your Chickens
It was a remarkable turn of events.
The Death of Canadian Medicare
Nearly a fifth of New Brunswick residents don’t have access to a family doctor. Over 400 family doctors in Quebec have left the public healthcare system altogether, and are free…
Woke: The Weirdest Insult
What is it? What isn't it?
The Final Election
Trump isn't even pretending any more
The American Circus Act Risks Canada
Trump and Poilievre is not good for our autonomy
The Most Sincere Liberal Vice
Democratic liberals tend to self-defeat
Are you familiar with Project 2025?
If not, take the time to read up.
Trumping Democracy
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its split ruling in the jarringly ironic case, “Trump v. United States” in which the former President claimed immunity from…
When Liberals Lose Toronto
Monday night, Liberal candidate Leslie Church lost the by-election for Toronto—St Paul’s, the Toronto riding held by the Honourable Carolyn Bennett since 1997, to Conservative Don Stewart. There are many…
A Year On
It has been one year since I started this SubStack. The idea began shortly after I lost the election in 2019. I had blogged before, starting somewhere around 2001, and…
Foreign Interference in Canada
Last week, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians issued its Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions. As has been widely reported, several Members…
Winning the Nomination
At my nomination meeting at the Mont-Tremblant bowling alley on September 18th, 2014, party officials had assumed that my opponent would win. My opponent had told her supporters and local…
On Deciding To Run
When I first moved to Ottawa, I did not believe I could ever be a Member of Parliament. In spite of Marva’s observation years earlier that politicians also put their…
The Lighter Side of Hill Work
When I started working for him, Scott Simms was the elected chair of the Atlantic Liberal Caucus, and, as the biggest regional caucus in the emaciated 2011 National Liberal Caucus,…
Full-Time Just On Time
When I arrived in Ottawa in mid September, 2010, I gave myself two years to find full time work on the Hill. Following the federal and Ontario campaigns in 2011,…
Survivor’s Guilt
After the 2011 election, McGuinty’s job was to go through the painful process of laying off nearly all the staff from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, which…