Dec 17, 2010
The state of the federal contenders
Brian Topp
Anything can happen in politics. But the prudent assumption is that there will be a federal election in the spring of 2011, after Stephen Harper engineers the defeat of his own government.
Michael Ignatieff
Dec 14, 2010
Bring on the Liberal Green Democrats
Early in 2011, a budget debate in Parliament is expected to trigger an election show down. It is time the opposition parties plan together to fight the Harper Conservatives.
Nov 24, 2010
No more war: Don't extend it, end it
In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and “opposition leader” Michael Ignatieff want to extend the war in Afghanistan for the third time.
Nov 3, 2010
Ignatieff and the death of Liberal class
Ken Bilsky Billings
In a two-faced move, the Liberal leader shows apparent support for one of his own MP’s bills -- Bill C-300 on mining company accountability -- and then doesn't show up to vote for it.
Oct 5, 2010
The Liberals' Employment Insurance shame
Ten years after Pierre Trudeau's death, no issue demonstrates more clearly the moral bankruptcy of the Ignatieff-led Liberal Party than the treatment it just handed out to the Canadian unemployed.
Oct 4, 2010
American war resisters struggle on
Krystalline Kraus
Canadian war resisters lost a battle in parliament on September 29 when Bill C-440 was defeated on its second reading, and while this Liberal betrayal was grim there are other glimmers of hope.
Sep 22, 2010
Stiffed with the bill: A private banquet at civil society's expense
Elizabeth Littlejohn
Nowhere is the civil society being served or protected -- by our police, by our elected representatives, by our city councilors, our mayor, or by our media.
Sep 13, 2010
Attack on the long-gun registry: An interview with Wendy Cukier
Cathryn Atkinson
The president of the Coalition of Gun Control says she fears shooting deaths will rise if the registry is scrapped, and adds the NDP will play the determining role in the final vote.
Sep 7, 2010
The Liberals: Whatever happened to the greatest good for the greatest number?
At his caucus retreat, Michael Ignatieff talked about the big red Liberal tent, where all Canadians could find a place. It is fair to ask: To do what? Few know what they stand for.
Sep 3, 2010
Time to get the NDP house in order and vote with the Liberals on the rifle and shotgun registry
David J. Climenhaga
Fighting to save the rifle-and-shotgun registry -- without which undoubtedly lives will be needlessly lost -- is a political hill worth dying on.
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