Preston Manning and the Vancouver riots
Yes, of course, it is a big stretch to suggest that Preston Manning, for the former head of the Reform Party had anything to do with the rioting in Vancouver…
Murray Dobbin
Harper’s Goal: Create a New Irrational Reality
In observing Stephen Harper for the past 20 years, I have often been reminded of the line from Shakespeare: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Replace…
The ongoing evil of asbestos exports
The ongoing fight to get this country to ban the export of the world’s deadliest industrial material has finally reached the Comedy Network and Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. The…
Will Libyans See Us as Saviours?
Canada is at war again but you would hardly know it from the media. We should pay attention, for our part in the Libyan “mission” is a stunning example of…
Will the NDP become the new Liberal Party?
Almost since he was elected NDP leader in 2003, Jack Layton has mused about replacing the Liberal Party as the official opposition. He was roundly ridiculed for this fantasy and…
A Conservative majority. Now what?
There is no point dwelling on the obvious other than to simply reiterate it. The election of a Conservative majority government will usher in wrenching change in Canada and we…
Strategic voting is more important than ever
Analysts and activists across the country are still trying to get a serious grip on the stunning rise in the polls of Jack Layton’s NDP—almost pinching themselves in the aftermath…
Layton’s Surge and the Intentional Citizen
The flurry of polls last week suggesting an unprecedented surge in support for the NDP has stunned political commentators and given progressives something to cheer about for the first time…
Preparing for Harpergeddon
Looking for a suitable theme for Easter weekend isn’t difficult when you have a born-again Christian as prime minister who actually may think he is God. Renaming the Canadian government…
Alan Blakeney versus Stephen Harper: Nation builder versus nation destroyer
Politicians come and go but some go leaving a genuine legacy and that is the case with former Saskatchewan premier Alan Blakeney who died yesterday at 85. Unlike too many…
Dr. Harper’s New and Improved Medicare
Medicare is turning out to be the sleeper issues in this election as Canadians continue to say that public health care—universal, comprehensive, publicly administered care, transferable across provincial lines—is their…
John Duncan: Another Conservative Hypocrite
The Bruce Carson story, involving a former, senior Harper advisor who managed to hook up with not one but two escort mistresses, is rich with irony. Conservatives in their previous…