By Montreal Simon It couldn’t have been more of a fairy tale beginning. Prince Justin, his princess Sophie, and the Liberal cabinet marching up the driveway to Rideau Hall to be sworn in, after having toppled the tyrant. And yes what a difference a day makes … One moment we were living in his grim Harperland, […]
Justin Trudeau further lowers expectations
By Frank Moher Justin Trudeau is such an easy target, so easy to reflexively dismiss, that the wait-and-see attitude taken by much of the media towards his candidacy for the Liberal leadership is only prudent. However, we have now seen him, on the night when he had his best shot at presenting an image of […]
The Globe’s cracked Alberta history
By Brian Brennan Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives are celebrating 40 uninterrupted years in power. A Globe and Mail reporter talks to some unnamed “Tory stalwarts, opposition leaders and observers.” He concludes that the PC dynasty was “forged in the fire of Alberta’s hatred for Pierre Trudeau and his national energy policy.” Sorry, Globe and Mail, but […]
