I’ll let you in on a little secret: they’re lot friendlier than you know. Members of Parliament, that is. Partisan differences notwithstanding, durable friendships persist behind the scenes. And ...

Justin Trudeau didn’t decide to resign this week, sources say. The decision was made weeks ago, in plain view. And few noticed. It happened on December 18. On that date, Trudeau’s PMO abruptly ...

It’s a phrase we hear a lot in times like these. It’s tossed around like confetti, I think, until it becomes as trivial as confetti. But those four little words are so, so important. And they, deserve ...

Yes, the government is still the government. Yes, the Official Opposition is still the Official Opposition. Yes, the turnout was low. Yes, nothing really changed. Yes, the punditocracy reads too much ...

Not to get all conspiratorial, here, but we need to talk. About, you know, conspiracies. All cards on the table, big guy: the country has had its fill, and then some, of Justin Trudeau. From coast to ...

Justin Trudeau – finally, blessedly – is gone. Mark Carney, the charisma-free zone who takes showers in three-piece suits, is the Selected Prime Minister. The polls suggest he could soon become the ...

I was Jean Chretien’s special assistant. I helped oversee his war room when he won in 1993 and 2000. I ran for the Liberals in B.C. in 1997. And I can’t vote Liberal. I won’t. And I don’t think you ...

A few years ago, I wrote this: “[Pierre Poilievre]is one of the Conservative Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Like the Biblical Horsemen, everything he says and does is bad. Everything that is good that he ...

What if the Conservatives lose? Every poll, just about, now suggests they will. The seat projections are worse. Even the polls that describe a very tight race – like Mainstreet – project a Mark Carney ...

Name ten federal cabinet ministers. Just ten. It’s not a lot. Ten represents just a quarter of Justin Trudeau’s cabinets in recent years. So, name ten. But you can’t, can you? You’re not alone. Few ...

When the story of the 2025 election campaign is written, when it takes up its place in the history section in the library, what will be said? What will be the moral of the tale? Every election is like ...