Politicians are Animals: The Paintings of Tony Taylor

Call it a zoo, a jungle, or even a vet’s office. However you want to spin it, there’s one common message uniting these commonly used analogies; politics is animalistic. Beyond the façade of polite photo-ops and...

Mike Duffy and Harper, the Witless Witness

  Mike Duffy faces 31 charges stemming from his alleged professional tomfoolery while serving as a Senator in and (loosely) around the Ottawa area. If he is found guilty on multiple counts, he will ...

Senate Appointments: Harper To Set New Record?

Harper could be the new King—the Mackenzie King of partisan senate appointments, that is. Charles Tupper was Prime Minister for two months and he appointed one senator. John Turner was Prime Minister for les...

Mayors Under Scrutiny: Robertson, McCallion, and Ford

Over the last few weeks, media coverage of Canada’s major metropolitan mayors has largely focused on personal issues. Gregor Robertson has had his alleged marital problems paraded across around the web. Hazel M...

Natural Disaster Photo-Ops: Harper in Manitoba

Political photo-ops in disaster situations are old hat, but they’re really only fun when both sides are given equal opportunity to pose. Such was not the case for Mulcair in Manitoba. Open government, transp...

Tories Block Mulcair’s Manitoba Flood Tour

Sometimes the Harper government likes to flex their veto powers just 'cause. Last night, in a stunning move of cunning prissiness, Tory Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, rejected Thomas Mulcair's request to vi...