A Family Affair
For columnist Andrew Coyne, a telltale line in last spring’s budget was the promise to improve the tax treatment of capital gains for fishers; for Jeffrey Simpson it was the …
Read MorePolitics
Our latest stories on Canadian politics, elections, parties, and policy, from the municipal to the federal level, plus the politics of the world around us and how they affect our democratic systems.
Feng Shui Federalism
If things devolve and decentralize in a lot of ways, then what is Canada beyond a concept —Liberal Member of Parliament Ken Dryden Support people rather than places. “—From Bronze …
Read More
Election After-Math
The chimeric effect of the polls turned us into strategic voters. The question was how should I vote to avoid this or that.
Read MoreSoldiers, Not Peacekeepers
Content Briefly describe the anecdote at the beginning of the article. What is the difference between a peacekeeper and a soldier Why is one Canadian soldier sick of being called …
Read More
Shades of Greenpeace
The venerable environmental pressure group looks to strengthen its profile in the press
Read More
The Separatist Curve Ball
How the Bloc Québécois cornered federalism
Read More
Hubris in Paradise
Marshall Islands missile tests
Read More
Equality in the Making
“I have come here for two days to see the vote on same-sex marriage, to bear witness to history…”
Read MoreFuneral March to Freedom
arlington—The American military anthem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” describes an apocalyptic vision in which Christian soldiers become the sacrificial liberators of all mankind: “As He died to make …
Read MoreBetting on Separation
How speculation on the Quebec referendum nearly ended in financial disaster
Read More