Politics and its Discontents

Some will remember the abuse heaped upon NDP leader Thomas Mulcair back in 2012 when he said that Canada was suffering from the same Dutch d...

H/t The Toronto Star Yesterday, Tom Clark on The West Block asked both Mulcair and Clark for their thoughts on Harper's 'anti-ter...

Regular readers of this blog will know that I have no particular use for Rex Murphy. Yet last night I found myself in total agreement with h...

Two posts I recently wrote were highly critical of both Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair for their apparent embrace, for political purpo...

I think this video amply illustrates their relationship: UPDATE: How surprising - despite his continued proclamations of innocence, the...

In which Parliamentary Secretary Paul Calandra, a loyal Harper soldier, does his utmost to discourage Canadians from watching the misnamed ...

Noted recently is the widespread criticism that both Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair have earned by either their silence or their very ...

Given the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, many in Canada have been dismayed, not by the predictable and uncritical enthusiasm for all thi...

Watch as Thomas Mulcair denounces quite calmly, incisively and eloquently the myriad problems both of the Fair Elections Act and the entire...

First and foremost, how do you see yourself? Are you a citizen more than a consumer, or vice-versa? Are high-minded principles and vision ...

I suspect that the Harper regime's capacity for fear-mongering, character assassination and bald-faced lies, so much in evidence in...

And like the good Pavlovian creatures the Conservatives assume the electorate to be, they eagerly await our unbridled panic .

Although one wouldn't know it by listening to the predictable, hysterical, and politically-motivated campaign Harper Inc. is moun...

Given the widespread support that the the NDP Leader of the The Official Opposition is enjoying these days, it is hardly surprising to...

Despite the ongoing Harper-led campaign of vilification against Thomas Mulcair for his comments about the Alberta tarsands and Dutch di...

Oh, how I hope this news shakes up Harper's arrogant smugness.

The other day I wrote a brief post linking to a site developed by the Conservative party that seeks to sow fear about Thomas Mulcair&#...

While the purpose of this Harper-initiated site may be to inspire fear of the NDP under Thomas Mulcair, I think it suggests a measure...

In the throes of some form of political delirium tremens since Thomas Mulcair's election as leader of the NDP, the Globe and Mail has...

While it is probably impossible to define the soul of a nation, one aspect of the Canadian psyche must surely be a generosity of spirit and ...