“Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.” – Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, quoting the prose-poem, Desiderata, Oct. 30, 1972. That was election night, 49 years ago, when the first Trudeau […]

William Grenville Davis, who died yesterday morning at the age of 92, was a key transitional figure in the political history of Ontario and Canada. When “Brampton Billy,” as he was fondly known, became premier in 1971, his hometown was […]

If, as they say, necessity is the mother of invention, she must surely be the mama of our new-fangled hybrid Parliament, as the House of Commons ventured into the digital age in its effort to carry on as normally as […]

Is it too late to pull the country back from the brink of a late summer or early fall federal election? Yes, I know the polls have spoken. They have told the prime minister that a majority Liberal government is […]

Election? What election? If there were an election, you would think the prime minister would know. But no. “In an election campaign, you make promises about what you might do once you’re elected. Right now, we’re continuing the work that […]

Rt. Hon. Justin TrudeauRideau Cottage1 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON K1A 0A1 My Dear Prime Minister, I hope you will not think me impertinent, but I must ask you: Why the devil don’t you get on with it? Why, Sir, don’t you […]

Catherine McKenna, the infrastructure minister in the Liberal cabinet and champion of the party’s green wing, offered her friend Mark Carney, the former central banker – governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England – the brass […]

There have not been very many feel-good moments in Ottawa of late. There was one last week, although it was thoroughly overshadowed by the horror that gripped the capital, like the rest of the country, at the discovery of hundreds […]