Published Mar. 25, 2013, in The Waterloo Region Record.
The federal Liberals are prisoners of past glories. Only now, as their leadership “race” ambles into its final weeks, are they turning some of their thoughts to their central dilemma, an issue that should have been front and centre since the 2011 election, if not earlier.
Published Mar. 18, 2013, in the Waterloo Region Record.
Back in 2006, when Stephen Harper was still in opposition and was campaigning for the keys to 24 Sussex Dr., he was all for open government. He was wedded to the principles of transparency and accountability.
Published Mar. 11, 2013, in the Waterloo Region Record.
That horrible grinding, smashing noise you may have heard from Ottawa a couple of weeks ago was the sound of the Stephen Harper government’s grand F-35 dream self-destructing.
Published Mar. 4, 2013, in The Waterloo Region Record
The headline fairly leapt off the front page of the Toronto Star last week:
“Senate in crisis.”
A subhead, printed in black and red, declared: “PM backing off support of Wallin as swirling controversies over spending, shocking sexual assault allegations have upper chamber on the defensive.” A separate box invited Star readers to look inside for “in-depth coverage” in four additional stories.
Published Feb. 25, 2013 in The Waterloo Region Record.
The Senate of Canada, that venerable and mostly irrelevant appendage, is much in the news of late.
Teapot tempests over residency rules and senators’ travel and living expenses are impeding a more important debate: do we need a senate and, if so, what do we want it to do?
