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The Small Men of Confederation
With Charest more popular than ever in Quebec, John Baird decides to go on the attack: QUEBEC CITY–An Ontario-Quebec accord on climate change has yet to be officially unveiled, but Ottawa is already slamming it as nothing more than “smoke and mirrors.” Premier Dalton McGuinty and Quebec Premier Jean Charest are to release their proposal […]
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New Liberal
“In aiming to form government we should not reject who we are or what we believe in simply to win. We should not abandon the liberal philosophy as the foundation of our party. But our interpretation of that philosophy must change. Likewise, our organization must be made to be competitive. And our attitude both within […]
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The Delightful Dismemberment of the Democratic Hopescape
The Democrats have reached a compromise, giving Florida and Michigan half votes and splitting the Michigan delegation 69-59 in favour of Clinton. Immediately, some Clinton supporters and organizers have begun to raise the spectre of a challenge to this ruling at the convention – presumably to get an extra 4 half votes out of Michigan, […]
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Poll Time
The next foreign affairs Minister? Lawrence Cannon Tony Clement Stockwell Day David Emerson Jim Flaherty Michael Fortier Peter MacKay Jim Prentice Hugh Segal Other pollcode.com free polls
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Munsinger Deux
L’Affair Bernier’s Briefs, as I think I will hereafter call it, has certainly proven to be a far sexier scandal than Cadscam, the In & Out scandal, or even Mulroney-Schreiber. It was front page news for the third consecutive day in Canada, and has been grabbing international headlines, including a front page story in Italy. […]
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So long, and thanks for all the Joe Louis…
Highlights from Maxime Bernier’s 9 Months in Foreign Affairs April 18, 2008: Maxime Bernier suggests that Afghan President Hamid Karzai replace the governor of Kandahar, setting off an international uproar. May 7, 2008: The “hey, hey, you, you, I don’t like your girlfriend scandal” breaks wide open, with opposition parties pouncing on connections between Bernier’s […]
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Coyne Calls It
I was scanning my archives for old Maxime Bernier posts when I came across this gem – a recap of last June’s “At Issue” panel on CBC: Who we’ll be talking about in one year…Coyne: Maxime BernierGregg: Jim Prentice and aboriginal fileHebert: Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft (“and I did look up his name”)Russo: Philip […]
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Things I Now Care About
Maxime Bernier’s ex-girlfriends. What looked like a non-issue a week ago has exploded with the surprising firing/resignation of Maxime Bernier, ending a rather underwhelming year as foreign affairs minister. Once touted as a possible heir to Harper, his political future is pretty much toast: Maxime Bernier has resigned as foreign affairs minister, after he acknowledged […]
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Carbon Tax
I just got into Calgary – here for the next few days and likely won’t have much time to blog so I’m tossing out an open thread, on the topic of the Liberals possibly promising a carbon tax during the next campaign. Good policy? Bad policy? Good politics? Bad politics? Discuss.
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Reasonable
The Bouchard-Taylor report on reasonable accommodation in Quebec, having already drawn a backlash from separatist leaders, was officially released today. The “abridged” report is 99 pages, making it about 96 pages more than I feel like reading, so don’t expect any profound insight on this blog. Reading the media recaps (which is perhaps risky, since […]