THEPROVINCE.COM Michael Smyth Mike Smyth: All eyes on B.C. as the federal election comes down to the wire Opinion: The bloom came off the Trudeau rose in a nasty…
Andrew Scheer had a funny look on his face, at a rally in Fredericton this morning. He was trying to look like a winner.But instead he ended up looking like…
THE NDP NEVER DID EXPLAIN… WHAT IS WRONG W/ RANKED BALLOT?! In case you forgot, the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, AKA ERRE, was an all-party Parliamentary…
THREAD ALERT! Anyone remember FIPA? The Canada-China trade agreement that Stephen Harper signed w/o ever tabling it in Parliament? #cdnpoli #elxn43 1/10 FIPA has given China UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS to Canada’s…
Justin Trudeau is less popular than Donald Trump. Say it aloud, so that those still considering voting for Trudeau can hear you. Because, you know, Donald Trump. The most sexist,…
Here, discussing how Justin Trudeau is campaign entirely according to the formula so thoroughly documented by Martin Lukacs – and why voters seeking change need to reject politicians committed to…
All day, Liberal candidates, such as Marc Garneau, have been tweeting and re-tweeting a little snippet of Canadian political history that really underscores Andrew Scheer's deep disrespect for this country…
All day, Liberal candidates, such as Marc Garneau, have been tweeting and re-tweeting a little snippet of Canadian political history that really underscores Andrew Scheer's deep disrespect for this country…
All day, Liberal candidates, such as Marc Garneau, have been tweeting and re-tweeting a little snippet of Canadian political history that really underscores Andrew Scheer’s deep disrespect for this country…
It's been almost thirty years since Preston Manning and his Reform Party cowboys galloped into Ottawa and started trampling on our country and its values.They had "The West Wants In"…
I was Jean Chretien’s special assistant. I helped oversee his war room when he won in 1993 and 2000. I ran for the Liberals in B.C. in 1997. And I…
For years I dreamed of a mighty progressive coalition that would unite to topple the increasingly sinister Stephen Harper.And I will never forget how happy I was to see progressives…
Usually the thought of Thanksgiving invokes images of family and friends sitting around the dining room table enjoying good food, sparkling conversation and laughter…as well as reminiscing over past thanksgiving…
Two weeks ago after a man tried to attack Justin Trudeau at the Climate March in Montreal, I warned that the threats against Trudeau were escalating out of control.And that…
A reasonable apprehension of bias — that’s what we learned to call it in law school. It’s the legal standard, in Canadian law, for disqualifying a judge or decision-maker in…
Ever since Justin Trudeau became Liberal leader the grubby Cons have been trying to smear him in the most vile manner.Stephen Harper did his best to debase him by claiming…
Rumours. It’s more than a Fleetwood Mac album. Rumours about Justin Trudeau have littered Canadian newsrooms like confetti since the start of this election. Rumours about Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins interviews Eugene McCarraher about the cultivation of capitalist greed as a new religion. And Annie Lowrey writes about the value of…
