In League With The Elite
Carol Goar writes that the NDP has forsaken its traditional role as the champion of the poor. That is the case with Tom Mulcair’s federal party. And it certainly is…
Owen Gray
Hudak’s Hallucinations
Tim Hudak has been traveling around Ontario, pledging to create a million jobs by cutting taxes. Linda McQuaig writes that the problem is that Hudak’s plan is an hallucination: But…
Napoleon In The Asylum
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s rejection of Marc Nadon and Stephen Harper’s plan to reform the Senate, now comes word that the Ministry of Justice is slashing its…
They Were — And Are — Expendable
Last week’s Day Of Honour, we were told, was about Canada’s veterans.The vets know better. The day was about Stephen Harper. Michael Harris writes: If you want the quintessential Stephen…
Things To Come
The Ontario election is a preview of coming attractions. Tim Harper writes: It may appear Stephen Harper is being dragged into the Ontario election campaign by responding to goading by…
National Interest and Self Interest
Stephen Harper’s enemies list grows ever longer. But, Gerry Caplan writes, the list includes not only persons but nations as well. When asked last week if Canada would support a…
Free Trade Is Not Fair Trade
Stephen Harper has been travelling around the world, signing “free” trade deals like a hockey player signing autographs. But those deals have been particularly detrimental to Ontario’s economy — and…
Sleeping Through The Drama
Thomas Picketty’s new book, Capital In The 21st Century, is generating a flurry of interest south of the border. Paul Krugman has praised the book’s scholarship and its conclusion that…
Rob’s Ghost
Rob Ford, we’re told, is somewhere in rehab. But his ghost haunts the Ontario Election. John Barber writes that his absence may, for the time being, be a blessing: Would…
Out Of Control
Yesterday, Peter MacKay renewed his attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Andrew Coyne writes: Watching the Harper government stumble from one needless controversy to another — picking fights, settling scores,…
The Making Of A Banana Republic
Michael Harris doesn’t mince words. Canada, he writes, is at a watershed moment: What’s it going to be: a modern democracy or a Steve’s banana republic of the north? The…
Things Could Get Very Nasty
Kathleen Wynne has three opponents in Ontario’s election — Tim Hudak, Andrea Horwath and Stephen Harper. Her budget represents everything that Harper abhors — government spending to stimulate the economy,…
Mr. Harper And The Judge
You can add Beverley McLachlin’s name to Stephen Harper’s Enemies List. In case your memory needs refreshing, Errol Mendes reviews some of the prominent names on that list: The growing…
Tolerating Rot
As Rob Ford heads off to rehab in Chicago, Carol Goar writes that Canadians are besotted with shameless politicians: A casual lawlessness has crept into the high offices of the…
Labour Racketeering
There has been a lot of sound and fury of late about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. Terry Glavin writes that the program was set up in 1974 to ease…
Someone Else Will Pick Up The Tab
The Harperites promised Canada’s Afghan Veterans a National Day of Honour. But they’re not going to pay for it. Tim Harper writes: Corporate Canada and True Patriot Love, the charitable…
The Big Dog
It really is time to bury the notion that Stephen Harper is a brilliant strategist. Andrew Coyne writes: We are so heavily invested, we media types, in the notion of…
The Real Face Of The Conservative Party
In his eulogy for Jim Flaherty, Stephen Harper said, “It is a fact that Jim, as fiercely partisan as he was, was also genuinely liked and respected by his opponents,…
Perhaps It’s Just Stupidity
In at least one way, Stephen Harper is absolutely consistent: He is the author of his own misery. That was apparent in 2008, when he almost brought his government down…