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He may be the saviour Montreal needs. But can even that enormous job possibly satisfy the uber-ambitious, relentlessly political Denis Coderre? It's the smile you notice first. Broad, toothy and [...]

THE DAY THE PAUL MARTIN tsunami rolled into town, late in April, the World Health Organization decided to lift the notorious SARS travel advisory. An ocean away, in Geneva, Health […]

Albertans have never forgotten that in 1980, Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau imposed the National Energy Program (NEP) upon the West. Characterized by former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed as 'the [...]

Alberta is both the heart and soul of the Reform Party of Canada. The RPC elected its first MP, Deborah Grey, in Beaver River in 1989 and followed it up [...]

It was not the opening week the Liberals wanted. Although two opinion polls showed them maintaining their commanding first-place lead, the Liberals ended their three years, five months and 24 [...]

All that has been missing from federal politics lately have been bell-bottom pants and peace pendants, as Ottawa suffers a 30-year acid flashback. The release two weeks ago of the [...]

The Liberal Party of Canada has a well-deserved reputation for trampling democracy in its riding associations. Before the 1993 election, the Liberals parachuted candidates into 14 ridings; among the hand-picked [...]

The floor of the House of Commons is only a few yards wide, but when Toronto MP John Nunziata crossed it to talk to Jean Chretien on December 1, it [...]

Two weeks ago at a fund-raising dinner in Toronto, Jean Chretien declared, 'I am not going to try to buy votes with the Canadian people in the next election.' That [...]

The Grits consider appointing their candidates, to strengthen Chretien's control of caucus The Liberal Party of Canada is considering a plan which could turn the upcoming re-nomination process for its [...]

When Heritage Minister Sheila Copps announced the formation of the Canadian Information Office (CIO) last week, more than one pundit commented on the irony of how little information she provided. [...]

Jean Chretien's Liberal government is not known for its hard-line conservatism, but his caucus does contain a few parliamentarians whose political leanings could be fairly described as modestly right-of-centre. One [...]

Prime Minister Jean Chretien got a chuckle last week out of the 1,500 Fort McMurray residents and visiting VIPs who gathered to hear the PM officially announce $5.6 billion in [...]

Since the passage of Bill C-68 last November, law-abiding firearms owners have nervously waited for Justice Minister Allan Rock to follow with a set of complicated, onerous regulations to implement [...]

The House of Commons exploded last week into fireworks the likes of which had not been seen for years. Reform MP Deborah Grey threw a copy of the Liberal's Red [...]

It is a privilege and a pleasure to honor to a great Canadian tonight, Lester B. Pearson. A privilege because, more than anyone else, he showed Canadians why international affairs [...]

In the most recent Angus Reid poll, support for the federal Liberals stood at 53%. Numbers like that usually make re-election-hungry politicians drool in anticipation, and the ruling Grits are [...]

Among the many faults of the Liberal Party of Canada, originality has never been one. Historically, however, it has always stolen ideas from the Left. Suddenly it has switched. In [...]

Just a day into his job as Canada's new, never-elected Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Stephane Dion dramatically reversed the federal government's direction on a key aspect of the national unity [...]

During the 1993 federal election campaign, Sergio Marchi wooed voters by saying he would be the 'friend' refugees and immigrants never had under the Tories. His party, he claimed, would [...]

À un an des élections fédérales, le chef libéral Justin Trudeau, 43 ans, publie un livre dans lequel il lève le voile sur son enfance au 24 Sussex (la résidence [...]

Never a politician known to be sensitive to his western roots, Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark wielded unusually blunt language when he told journalists in Vancouver four years ago he [...]

In a move apparently designed to embarrass Liberal leadership hopeful Paul Martin, the Chretien government has proposed legislation to reform the financing of political parties. As outlined by Liberal House [...]

Canadian bishops have responded collectively and individually to Mr. Justin Trudeau's reckless statement on his new policy that only pro-choice candidates will be nominated for the federal Liberal party. Archbishop [...]