John Turner

It's 2018 and we're starting to get a clearer impression of the true meaning of free trade with the United States. Thanks a load, Brian Mulroney!

Get used to it. As Otto von Bismarck famously observed, politics is "the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best."

If the party truly disapproved of the racist imagery, the Wildrose whip, his caucus mates and the people who want to merge them into the PCs are going to have to work a lot harder to prove it.

Tonight, we will have four candidates, three of whom are lawyers , and only one of whom is likely to be in a position to benefit from the wildly unexpected.

Farewell to Jim Coutts, who died on New Year's Eve at 75. He played a big role in Canadian history, never forgot his hometown and made a big impression on this blogger.