Justin Trudeau raised a bit of a stir last week with his comments that he’d consider supporting Quebec separatism if the Harper government took Canada too far to the right. Most have already weighed in on this, and my opinion comes closest to Andrew Coyne’s: I don’t doubt that some of the things the Harper […]

The #TellVicEverything meme has exploded on Twitter today, in response to Vic Toews’ proposed legislation to force Internet service providers to monitor their customers’ online activities and turn the information over to the government (without a warrant). On Monday, Vic said “you’re with us or you’re with the pornographers“…and it appears many Canadians have chosen […]

The by election in Toronto Danforth (or, as it must be referred to in every article on the subject, “Jack Layton’s old seat”) has been called for March 12 March 19. If you’re looking for political excitement, by elections may be as good as it gets over the next three years of majority government politics. […]

I’ve spent much of the past two days trying to draft a blog post on Alberta’s 2012 budget. After all, this was not only Allison Redford’s first budget, but a pre-election document – surely, there would be plenty in it to critique and/or praise. But really, this may be one of the most innocuous budgets […]

33.5 million or 9 million, depending on who you ask. I blame the scrapping of the mandatory long form census for this discrepancy…

After spending the week talking about Liberal leadership on this blog, a brief look at what else is making news. 1. The Harper government has made noise about pension reform, prompting a round of howls from the opposition benches about Harper throwing grannies out on the street. I’ll reserve judgment until I see the final […]

Alison Redford looks to have her first caucus defection on her hands, as former Finance Minister Lloyd Snelgrove is out, according to Redford’s Chief of Staff: While losing your first MLA is never fun, this shouldn’t dampen Redford’s momentum or end her honeymoon. After all, Snelgrove has been critical of Redford since she was elected […]

With an Alberta election on the horizon this spring, the Wildrose Alliance have brought on Tom Flanagan to manage their campaign. For those of you who have never heard of Tom Flanagan, he was a political science professor at the University of Calgary (go Dinos!), and a key Harper strategist during his leadership run. Flanagan […]

The Liberal convention earlier this month grabbed a lot of headlines – Mike Crawley’s 26-vote victory over Sheila Copps for party President, the party’s move to the supporter system, the decision to, like, totally legalize marijuana. As important as those events were, the real work of rebuilding the party will happen behind the scenes. That’s […]

The marijuana legalization policy, which passed at last weekend’s Liberal convention, has been generating a fair amount of media buzz this past week. The strongest arguments in favour of it come, somewhat surprisingly, from this National Post editorial and Toronto Sun column, while this Globe article raises some legitimate questions about the feasibility of legalization. […]