It’s January in Ottawa and it’s freezing cold. Parliament is on break and the next major political event scheduled is the federal budget. The Ottawa Convention Centre is a warm place and there’s not much else to do. For…

I asked Bill Graham about his thoughts of the convention, the good and bad of this administration’s foreign policy, multi-lateralism and Iran and his thoughts — as former interim leader — about the current interim…

Sheila Copps is running for President of the Liberal Party of Canada. I ask her to address the criticism of her competitors and why the Liberal Party didn’t appeal to the electors last time around.

I interviewed Anne McLellan at the 2012 biennial Liberal convention in Ottawa. McLellan is the former Minister of Public Safety for the Paul Martin government and she’s also a former Edmonton-area MP. I asked McLellan…

Ottawa has been covered by a fresh blanket of snow this second week of January giving the nation’s capital an idyllic calm as delegates, press, and observers gather for the Liberal binennial convention. The party was…

A few news stories have been written about the Advanced Leadership Program exposed yesterday. National Post Postmedia Papers QMI Papers Huffington Post Of note, the NDP and the Public Sector Alliance of Canada have…

Senior bureaucrats are flying around the world on lavish multi-destination trips on the taxpayer dime, all under the guise of “leadership training”, and seeing how bureaucrats handle their jobs in other countries. The…

You may have come here by googling “why are unions bad?” If a private company was contracted for snow removal, they certainly wouldn’t be wasting labour costs like this (and any city would be foolish to pay for snow…

Late last week, I wrote about an email received by Dr. Roy regarding his interest in covering the upcoming Liberal convention as a blogger. He received a response from the Liberal Party stating that, Media Accreditation…

I’ve learned the news today that the Liberal Party of Canada will host the first modern political convention that doesn’t accredit bloggers. Our friend Dr. Roy received a letter from the party rejecting his request for…