Alberta Politics
One or the other
There’s an election in Canada. And the classic divide is between two parties. One party has been endorsed by the National Post, the other by the Globe and…
Paul Martin
180 posts on Paul Martin from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
Thomas Mulcair’s NDP
Seven Months, 131,000 members, 69,000 votes, 4 ballots, Thomas Mulcair: 57%. This past weekend in Toronto, the federal New Democrats elected the next leader of…
Liberal Party of Canada
Anne McLellan at #lpc12
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…
Canadian Media
Political Guest Stars
Ok, so it’s a slow week in Ottawa. The sun is out, the Byward market patios are in full swing and there’s really not too much Ottawa-based political news to…
PC Party of Alberta
Daryl Fridhandler joins Mar’s campaign?
First, an intro of Mr. Fridhandler from his website, I was first attracted to the Liberal Party in the 1968 election after having seen Pierre Trudeau ride into…
Conservative Party of Canada
Ralph Goodale is hilarious
The latest from the Regina Monologues, “The most costly Cabinet in Cdn history would be the best place for Treasury Bd Tony Clement to start chopping.…
By-elections
The Tony Genco ATIP request
The Tories are concerned that Downsview Park is stalling on releasing information regarding Tony Genco’s tenure as that organization’s CEO. Genco is the…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
The politics of paternalism
The big news this week was the bombshell interview given by CSIS director Richard Fadden to CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on The National where Canada’s spy chief…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Universal or selective human rights?
This week, the Prime Minister is in China to supposedly thaw relations he has been criticized for frosting since the years he was in opposition criticizing the…