Leitch’s mea culpa part of the problem, not the solution
Dr. Kellie Leitch wants to be leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. She’s been part of the party for a long time, and was part of the team that […]
The NDP need a Bernie Sanders
How dare I suggest that the one thing the NDP needs right now is actually American? It may amount to political blasphemy to suggest that the pro-Canada New Democrats need to rely so heavily from […]
Ending Ontario’s US-Style Super PACs
Campaign finance reform is finally on the policy agenda, thanks to some enterprising journalism by the Toronto Star’s Martin Regg Cohn and other journalists from other media outlets that have […]
It’s déjà vu in Ontario’s energy procurement
One of the issues during the gas plant scandal was how Eastern Power ever got the OK to build the power project in the first place. According to the Auditor General, […]
The perils of a “non-partisan” Senate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made some appointments to the Senate, and the punditry has in been in full swing ever since. Admittedly, I am part of that punditry for I […]
The free tuition shell game
One of the big takeaways from the Ontario budget was its pledge to make tuition “free.” That was the main headline that the Liberals were seeking in the papers the next […]
Maybe it’s the carbon that will balance itself
Climate change has been much debated policy space over the past several decades, and it’s about to get hotter in the post-Paris Agreement era. The point is that there is […]