Canadian Politics
How many memberships did Pierre Poilievre sell?
The second half of the Conservative Party leadership race is now underway. Midnight on June 4th represented the cut-off for new memberships sold for party…
Abortion
9 posts on Abortion from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Media
Free Speech in Canada?
What mistake did these students make? They forgot to identify themselves as bombastic foreign Members of Parliament whom have provided material support to…
Michael Ignatieff
Ignatieff out of step with the UN on abortion
So there I was watching the National on CBC. It’s been quite a few days of discussion, at least in Conservative circles, about the partisan affiliation (or…
Jack Layton
Jack Layton’s awkward dance on abortion
At the moment, I’m watching MPs vote on motions before the House of Commons. A controversial vote on a Liberal motion on “Maternal and Child Heath” was just…
Michael Ignatieff
What the Conservatives might say about Ignatieff and abortion
The Prime Minister at the World Economic Forum last week announced an initiative to put the health of mothers and children on the agenda at the G8 conference…
Stephen Harper
Obama, Harper and Ignatieff
Extraordinary Rendition: The extrajudicial transfer of terror suspects from one state to another, usually to states with lower standards on human rights in…
Stéphane Dion
What of the Liberals and abortion?
From the National Post: OAKVILLE – Stephane Dion has challenged the Prime Minister to clarify his view on abortion, threatening to reignite the debate as…
Parliament of Canada
Call the Parliament Hill window police
Spotted in Hedy Fry’s 5th floor office window at the Confederation Building on Parliament Hill: I’m not sure how Fry qualifies as a veteran, but she’s got the…
Elections
Liberals are hypocrites on abortion
In their last ditch effort to keep the Conservatives from forming government, Paul Martin’s war room is doing its best to try label Conservatives “regressive”…