Selinger Remains Manitoba NDP Leader

After a very close leadership convention with a final vote of 759 to 726, the Manitoba NDP elected to keep party leader Greg Selinger rather than chief opponent, former cabinet minister, and current MLA for Sei...

Infrastructure? Bah, Humbug says Joe Oliver

Christmas may have come and gone, but Canada’s unrepentant Scrooge is still hard at work. Joe Oliver, successor to the late Jim Flaherty, recently found himself in a(nother) feud with the provinces, this time o...

Former Ontario Premier Goes to Pot

While Tories enjoy blaming the Ontario Liberals for the decrepit state of the province’s social services, for Ontario’s staggering deficit, and for the manufacturing sector’s decline, there may be another culpr...

Danielle Smith and the Wildrose “Victory”

The wonderful thing about politics is that everyone always wins. Consider Danielle Smith, the Leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Party. Last month she left her party and joined her former enemies, the Progressive Con...

Five Manitoba MLAs Resign from Cabinet

I can hardly believe the news, unable to determine whether we are in the midst of a divine miracle or witnessing a sign of the rapture. In all my politically disgruntled life, I never thought I'd live to see th...

Premiers Celebrate Charlottetown Conference In Style

As most Canadians probably know, September 1, 2014 marks the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference. The Conference was a milestone in our nation’s history. It marked a time where separate groups cam...