How The New West Got Old
...the underlying message of eastern criticism was that he was Not Us. Other. A prairie outlier in the scented salons of the Liberal Party’s traditional corridor of power.
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John Oliver Gets His Way
There are reasons aplenty for the Liberals coming from off the pace to win a majority. The NDP’s total collapse was a crucial one. The Eastern elites were able to seize power once again from the renegade westerners. But, as HBO’s John Oliver made plain, Stephen Harper was the only issue that mattered.
Read MoreLights! Camera! Election!
There has always been political theatre. Teddy Roosevelt came back from Africa to challenge his close friend Bill Taft in 1912 when the portly Ohioan tried to dull TR’s environmental record. The Reform press ate it up.
Read MoreCanada, Just Watch Me
The latest spasm has the Tories clearly establishing a buffer between themselves and the… what?
Read MoreElection 2015, The Shame Of It All
In a land that thinks Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, lamenting Canada’s fallen status is considered a political kill shot by the media.
Read MorePolitical Pillow Fight
While the Americans (both left and right) are ripping themselves apart in polarity conflict and the British Labour Party has elected Trotsky in a tweed suit, Canada’s leaders are waging a pillow fight. With very comfy pillows.
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