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Offers observations on the 2000 election race in Canada. Uproar created by the leak of Canadian Alliance background papers which would allow citizen referendums; Strategists who are concerned that Alliance candidate Stockwell Day is defined favorably in the eyes of voters; Outlook for tougher attacks from the Liberal Party on Day.

The article discusses the author's last days as a part of outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's office. He mentions various pranks that the staff talked about pulling and reminisces about his first day on the job. He notes that you can tell a lot about a country by the natures of its motorcades.

The article criticizes the Canadian political party the Liberal Party for its immigration policies and practices as of early 2018. According to the article, the Canadian government was deporting Haitian immigrants, and the refusal of many refugees from countries such as Nigeria, Somalia, and Turkey. The article also discusses the actions of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

The article reports on the research institute Canada 2020 and its relationships with the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It mentions the ethical questions that have come up regarding the relationships, including opportunities for lobbying as well as corporate sponsorship which is seen to imply access to Canadian Liberals.

The author suggests that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper should appoint Liberal politician Bob Rae as Canada's foreign minister. He states Rae's views often are more conservative than the government's and mentions that Rae shamed the Canadian government into staying in Afghanistan in a training capacity, along with his proposal to gradually open the Canadian airline market to Emirates Airlines. It suggests Rae has expertise and gravitas in foreign policy and would be a credible choice.

The article discusses how Canada's Liberal party Leader Michael Ignatieff is trailing in opinion polls and is attacking prime minister Stephen Harper in election-style speeches. The document "Canada in the World: A Global Networks Strategy" attacking Harper is noted. How Ignatieff's name was once associated with intellectualism as an author and documentary filmmaker is discussed.

The article profiles Paul Szabo, a Canadian member of parliament representing the Liberal Party and winner of the hardest working Parliamentarian of the Year Award, presented by the magazine. A number of Szabo's actions are cited including his work on an investigation into political corruption and his commitment to family issues.

The article looks at the 2015 Canadian election, focusing on the victory of the Liberal Party under party leader Justin Trudeau. It discusses Trudeau's election campaign and strategies in comparison to those of the other two major candidates, incumbent Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair of the New Democratic Party.

The article looks at the economic policy proposals of the major candidates in the 2015 Canadian national election, incumbent Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of the Conservative Party, Tom Mulcair of the New Democratic Party (NDP), and Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party. Topics include taxation, spending, and the federal budget; infrastructure investments; and federal aid to child care.

Discusses how Canadian Liberals are girding for a fight over social reforms. Minister of Human Resources Lloyd Axworthy's plans for social program reform; Need for social programs to get people into the labor force and end dependence on welfare; Critics who say that Axworthy, long identified with the left wing of the Liberal party, is fronting for Finance Minister Paul Martin.

The article discusses the Liberal Party's commitment to change Canada's electoral system. Topics discussed include the strain in the relations between the Liberal and New Democratic Party (NDP) and Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef's acceptance of the proposal of NDP Member of Parliament (MP) Nathan Cullen for a committee lineup that would require the government MPs to seek opposition support.

The article provides news briefs regarding activities in the Canadian government. Roundtable discussions organized by Member of Parliament and Liberal Anita Neville focused on women's issues. Former foreign minister Flora McDonald advised attendees to visit the exhibition "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures," at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Speaker Peter Milliken is mentioned regarding letters he wrote during prorogation.

The article presents a humorous look at methods of electing new leadership in Canada as Paul Martin leaves the leader's post and the Liberals convene in Montreal. The author suggests that Stéphane Dion may have a chance after 10 months of campaigning. The Liberal party is portrayed as having drifted from its core mission and needing to focus on Canadian prosperity.

Presents news briefs. Fears of chemical attack prompt Americans to build safe rooms of tape and plastic sheeting. Sheila Copps uses Tim Hortons donut shop to sell her bid for Liberal leadership to a party membership glazed with indifference. Luna the killer whale's attention-seeking lingering presence turns docks at Vancouver Island town of Gold River into petting zoo.

The article presents information on Canadian politics and government, as of March 21, 2011, focusing on the efforts of Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff to improve his standing in opinion polls in preparation for a potential federal election. An analysis of the Liberal Party's challenges in generating enthusiasm amongst Canadian voters is offered.

The article focuses on Canadian politics and government. Particular attention is given to the status of the Canadian Liberal Party. The author compares the party in 1960 to the party in 2010 in regard to how quickly they could regain power. Information about clues explaining why the Liberal Party is reportedly failing is also presented.

The article reports on developments in Canadian politics current during the week of November 2, 2009. The central focus of the article is on a decline in the popularity of Michael Ignatieff, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, among the Canadian electorate. Among other issues the article examines attempts to improve Ignatieff's image.

The article profiles Ruby Dhalla, a Canadian member of parliament representing the Liberal Party. The central focus of the article are allegations that Dhalla hired immigrants to perform domestic tasks and subsequently mistreated them. Also addressed is Dhalla's status as the first Canadian legislator of south Asian descent, her open ambition and her rise in the Liberal Party.

The article profiles Justin Trudeau, son of the late Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau and in 2008 elected to the Canadian parliament as a member representing the Liberal Party. A number of issues are addressed in the article including his status as a parliamentary backbencher, his advocacy for youth issues and his status as a political celebrity.

The article discusses difficulties faced by Stéphane Dion, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. The Liberal Party lost several by-elections in Quebec. The author suggests some members of the Liberal Party support deputy leader Michael Ignatieff over Dion. He compares Dion to former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien. Dion comments on how he will oppose policies of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

This article reports on the political campaign of Stéphane Dion, the Canadian Liberal leader voted into office in December 2006. Topics of the article include secret campaign meetings, private political deals, personal betrayals against Dion, and late nights of work. Both chided and respected for his intellectualism, on the election's first ballot, 83% of delegates voted for someone other than Dion. The historical significance of holding the Liberal party leadership is also discussed.

The article profiles Liberal Member of Parliament Stéphane Dion who is running a campaign to replace Paul Martin as leader of Canada's Liberal Party. Dion's key opponents include Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae. The article provides data from polls about who Liberals would prefer as their leader. The article suggests that Dion's lofty goals and inability to express himself clearly in English are hindering his campaign.

The article discusses Canadian Member of Parliament Belinda Stronach, who in May, 2005 dumped boyfriend and Conservative Party leader Peter MacKay, left the Conservative Party, and joined the Liberal Party. Stronach is now languishing in the Liberal Party, while MacKay is enjoying success. Stronach has been implicated in an adultery scandal with former professional hockey player Tie Domi. The article remarks on how Canadians handle political notoriety of female politicians.

This article reports on whether or not Jack Layton, head of Canada's National Democratic Party (NDP), can persuade Canadians to give his NDP enough seats in the House for him to gain a firmer grip on the balance of power in what is likely to be another minority House. The danger, for Layton, is a repeat of what happened to the NDP after it propped up Liberal minorities in the '60s and early '70s -- a Liberal resurgence at the NDP's expense, partly fuelled by the popularity of the very policies New Democrats pushed onto the agenda.

Looks at environmental issues in Canada as of 1998 and the views of Liberal MP Charles Caccia. Caccia's criticism of his party's failure to make the government greener; Information in the pledge `Turning Talk into Action'; Caccia's role in formulating federal environmental policy; Discussion of attempts to overhaul Canada's environmental protection law; Comments about the political skills of Environment Minister Christine Stewart.

Reports on possible disciplinary reprisals for several Liberal Members of Parliament for voting against their own government on two pieces of legislation. Vote against Justice Minister Allan Rock's gun control bill and another bill that toughens sentences for hate crimes against minority groups.

Profiles Lyn McLeod, the Canadian Liberal Party's candidate for prime ministership in the June 8, 1995 elections. Weakened support for the Liberals; Biographical information; Education; Professional career.

Provides the inside story of the campaign of Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell that shook the political establishment. Worrisome traits in Campbell's character that would eventually undo the Tories; Proposals that were rejected by Campbell during the campaign; Federal cabinet and bureaucracy apparently incapable of generating innovative policy; How the Liberals escaped serious damage; Effective television ads for Chretien.

Predicts that Jean Chretien's Liberals sweep to power will radically reshape Canada's political map. Most striking result of the election was how voters broke with the past; All but gone are the Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party; Mix in the 35th Parliament; Policy and personnel decisions facing soon-to-be Canadian Prime Minister Chretien; His background in politics; Challenges to other leaders; Expected appointments; Details.

Focuses on Canada's Liberal leader Jean Chretien who is running for prime minister in Canada's federal election and questions whether he would make a good prime minister. Born in Shawinigan, Quebec; Has great intuition about politics; Political philosophy a product of the 1960s; His claim to be able to put Canadians back to work and preserve the social safety while cutting the deficit; His early career; His autobiography `Straight From The Heart.'

In this article the author discusses Michael Ignatieff, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and examines the 2009 party convention at which Ignatieff was installed in that post. The author accuses Ignatieff of taking contradictory positions on a number of issues including the Iraq War, a tax on carbon emissions and nation building. Also addressed is the fact that Ignatieff has spent long periods living in foreign countries.

Focuses on James Leigh, an alleged spy working for the Canadian Alliance. His claims that the Alliance hired him to spy on the Liberal Party; Biographical and career information; His belief that the Alliance used him.

Offers observations on the Canadian federal election campaign. Use of invective during the campaign; View that the Canadian Alliance ran a campaign on the image of candidate Stockwell Day, rather than issues; How the Liberal Party used Alliance information against them; Attacks on the credibility of Prime Minister Jean Chretien. INSET: AN ALL-OUT ATTACK , by Mary Janigan.

Outlines recent campaigning by Canadian Liberal leader Jean Chretien, 57, and notes the feisty, emotional, almost always sincere man may never emerge again. Repackaging the candidate of Canada's once pre-eminent party; Compromises from Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark; Demand for the removal of Winnipeg Tory MP Dorothy Dobbie as the constitutional committee's leader; Attack on Chretien by his predecessor John Turner.

Examines how Canada;s political leaders are fighting separatism with silence. Insistence of Liberals that a Parti Quebecois win in the September 12, 1994 provincial elections, won't alter plans for many controversial and key measures; Premiers who have found that silence is the best weapon for dampening enthusiasm for separatism; Pitfalls facing sovereigntists. INSET: Having it both ways.

The article looks at the 2015 election in Canada, focusing on British Columbia (B.C.) and discussing factors accounting for the rise in popularity of the Liberal Party and the drop in popularity of the Conservative Party, or Tories, over the course of the campaign in the province. Topics include Conservative Party parliamentary candidate Dianne Watts and political attitudes in B.C. versus the rest of Canada.

The article looks at the 2015 Canadian election campaign, focusing on the competition between New Democratic Party (NDP) head Tom Mulcair and Liberal Party head Justin Trudeau for all voters who are not firmly on the side of the Conservative Party, headed by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The author suggests the policy positions of Mulcair and Trudeau are largely similar, leaving them to compete on relatively few issues including possible Quebec secession.

The article looks at politics and government in Canada, focusing on the challenge of reforming the country's democracy and on a range of policy proposals recently offered by Liberal Party head Justin Trudeau. The author outlines Trudeau's proposals in areas including public access to government information, government accounting methods, parliamentary procedures, and the electoral system. He says many of the ideas are worthy and have been proposed before, but are not likely ever to be adopted.

The article discusses the reasons why the author believes that the Quebec branch of the Liberal Party of Canada is in disarray as of 2015, and it mentions a political battle involving candidate Mélanie Joly and five other people who are vying for the party's nomination. Political leader Justin Trudeau is mentioned, along with the claim that the Liberal Party of Canada has dropped 11 percentage points in the public opinion polls since September 2014. An open nomination process is examined.

The article discusses news briefs about Canadian government figures for the week of July 16, 2012. The Toronto, Ontario Gay Pride Parade celebrated New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair. The Liberal party Pride Parade participants were stationed behind several leather-men. Immigration minister Jason Kenney attended a reception held by Conservative senator Salma Ataullahjan in honour of the Canada-Pakistan Parliamentary Association.

In this article the author comments on the Liberal Party of Canada. The central focus of the article is that the political difficulties that the party suffers are of their own devising and that such problems are likely to be exploited by the opposition Conservative Party. Reapportionment of some seats in parliament will benefit the Conservative Party at the next election, the author maintains.

The article reports on Conservative Party criticism of Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff voiced in the Canadian legislature. It is suggested that the attacks are a political strategy pursued by the Conservatives in an attempt to define the Liberal Party as a faction dedicated to tax increases and to question Ignatieff's qualifications for government.

The article discusses the economic beliefs of Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff. His adoption of the economic principles of 18th-century Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is described, noting that he believes in a regulated market economy. The need for Ignatieff to present positive economic ideas on behalf of the Liberal Party without revealing too much to the ruling Conservative Party is also discussed.

The author reflects on youth unemployment in Canada and plans from the Liberal party led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to encourage hiring. It is suggested that the government should not include teenagers in their strategy. Emphasis is given to topics such as youth unemployment statistics, the search for permanent employment, and changes to the recording of unemployment data.

The article examines the state of the Liberal Party of Canada in the period before a series of special elections scheduled for March 2008. Success in the elections would serve as an endorsement of the policies of party leader Stéphane Dion. Martha Hall Findlay, a candidate for a district considered to be safely liberal, is quoted on the disarray in the Liberal Party.

The article reports that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most notable successes in his first three months in office have been on the international scene. Harper has eaten with troops in Afghanistan, cut aid to the Palestinian Authority and denounced the Tamil Tigers. In spite of Harper's strictly domestic agenda on the campaign trail, Canadians seem to be looking favorably on a government that stands firm internationally after years of Liberal equivocation.

Focuses on the dispute between Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin and Industry Minister Allan Rock over the Liberal party's membership rules. Details of the dispute; Their accusations against one another; Why Jack Siegel, co-chairman of the Liberal constitutional and legal affairs committee, opposes the Martin-backed membership restrictions.

Focuses on four Members of Parliament (MP) in Canada who appear to work outside of the interests of the Liberal Party. Efforts of MPs John Bryden, John Godfrey, Albina Guarnieri and Dan McTeague to reform Canadian politics; Attitudes of other party members to these MPs; Belief that they represent many Canadians.

Reports on the scandal in Ottawa, Ontario over misspent billions that continues to plague the federal human resources department. Attack on the Liberal government for misappropriation of funds; The lack of a government scapegoat in the scandal; The role of Human Resources Minister Jane Stewart and former Minister, Pierre Pettigrew.

Speculates that Jean Chretien's election in 1993 offered him freedom from the past. Chretien's reaction when Pierre Eliott Trudeau delivered a scathing essay on the Charlottetown constitutional accord; Charges Chretien was beholden to Trudeau; Relationship between the two men; Tasks now facing Chretien demand a break with the past; How Chretien is expected to differ from Trudeau; Little visible evidence of Trudeau's influence on the Liberal party during the campaign; Details.