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...

Canada is More Than Quebec, Mr. Trudeau

During the first season of the classic TV show, Gilligan’s Isle—a series about seven people trapped on a desert island—the theme song introduced the cast as: “Gilligan, the Skipper too, a Millionaire and his wi...

I, Big Shot

You don’t have to tell Stephen Harper that these are troubling times.  He knows.  Bad stuff is happening all over the place, particularly in Ottawa.  In the latest polls, his party and personal brand trail the ...
In Eldritch terror I gazed into the room, but with the question on my lips, the only response was a period.

Question. Period?

  My fellow Canadians, the skies have darkened, and the threat of despotism looms on the horizon once again. Two days after the end of the holidays for our elected representatives, the leader of the...