Monthly Archives: May 2009

When Canada rocked the world

When the Tories attacked Michael Ignatieff for having been abroad and seen the world, the Liberal leader did not respond with an attack on narrowness and parochialism. Instead he succumbed to it, saying sometimes you had to go abroad to … Continue reading

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Madely in the morning

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The best, most lurid show in town

The Mulroney and Dhalla inquiries are media magic, at once lurid and relevant. But between the accusations, self-pity and sobs I occasionally wonder if there isn’t a bit more to public policy.
I’m not saying these inquiries aren’t important. If an … Continue reading

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STV x 3?

Out in B.C., the Ottawa Citizen reports, voters reelected Gordon Campbell’s Liberals, possibly faute de mieux. But they decisively rejected a referendum to switch from first-past-the-post to a complex Single Transferrable Voting system. Again.
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