Musings

Gordie

At Carleton, my closest political pals were James Villeneuve, Bob Richardson, Jim Watson and Gordie Brown. I haven’t stayed in touch with the other guys as much, over the years,…

One woman every other day

That’s how many women and girls are killed in Canada so far this year. The Yonge Street massacre drove that grim number up even higher. Fifty-seven women have been killed…

The final days are closer, now

It’s happening. It’s happening. WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he…

Gomery the Second?

I am reliably informed that the new Ontario government may well launch an inquiry into the fees paid, here, and also to a certain Wizard and an allied “speechwriting” firm,…

Jess Spindler won!

Lisa and I were very unhappy when it looked like she was going to be denied the opportunity to compete for the St. Paul’s nomination – but the Premier eventually…

The women-haters

From next week’s column in the Hill Times. Twenty-nine years earlier: it is around four o’clock in the afternoon, on a bitterly-cold Wednesday. I am a lawyer at an Ottawa…

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