Canadian Politics
François-Philippe Champagne is the new Minister of Foreign Affairs
According to a well-placed leak to CBC News, Canadians have learned that François-Philippe Champagne will be Canada’s 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
Nafta
9 posts on Nafta from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
US Politics
My question for John McCain
Senator McCain initially jokes that he’s non-committal on making Canada his first foreign visit, however, he followed this up with the following, “Certainly, I…
US Politics
John McCain’s remarks today in Ottawa
Thank you all very much. I appreciate the warm welcome to Ottawa, and the hospitality of the Economic Club of Toronto. The reputation of the Economic Club as a…
Conservative Party of Canada
The Death of Oily – the tragic premature demise of an almost Canadian icon
It was the first brillantly sunny pre-summer weekend of June. Joggers in Ottawa hit the river parkway and canal while sun-bathers converged on Parliament Hill.…
Canadian Media
On naming and dealing with scandal
As some of the air has been taken out of the so-called “Cadscam”, I thought it might be interesting to take a quick look at which communications goals were…
Jack Layton
Transcript of Jack Layton on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight
The following is a transcript of NDP leader Jack Layton’s appearance on CNN’s Lou Dobbs tonight on March 6th, 2008: DOBBS: Let’s take a different perspective…
Conservative Party of Canada
Stephen Harper shows leadership on softwood – Where’s Paul Martin?
If you’ve ever had the feeling that Paul Martin is a reluctant leader, (save his decade-long campaign to replace Chretien), if you’ve ever thought that he’d…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
44 government agencies control the US-CDN border
It’s true, 44 American and Canadian agencies have jurisdiction over the border that separates the two countries and it comes at quite a cost. The staggering…
Elections
French Debate Summary
Paul Martin came off stronger than expected Gilles Duceppe was very effective and looked comfortable Jack Layton smiled during every syllable he uttered…