Canada's new leader of the opposition has passed away less than one year into his tenure. R.I.P. This figures to make the shape of Canada's party system even more unclear in the short-term.
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While it can be a useful shorthand to describe my native province as the "Canadian Texas," it's important to remember that the "Canadian" does a lot more work than the.
Via Plumer, I award this the Lee Atwater memorial award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence in negative advertising: The city deserves an NHL team again for this.
Quebec premier Jean Charest has, for the second time, selected a cabinet with equal numbers of men and women, perhaps establishing this as a norm for future premiers. Lysaine Gagnon is displeased:This development is being touted as a progressive move by Mr. Charest. It certainly...
I had only been to MSG once before, so it was very nice last weekend to see the Flames somehow eke out a victory despite barely leaving their own zone.
I've been in transit for much of the week so haven't been able to say as much about the story as I'd like, but Canada's Governor-General has permitted Stephen Harper.
Despite their ideological dissimilarity, Stephen Harper seems to be emulating the parliamentary strategery of Joe Clark, which apparently will lead to Canada's left-leaning electoral majority retaking power. A couple notes:This was really an incredible blunder on Harper's part. Did he think that the opposition parties...