But the truth is, the one-member, one-vote process being used by the NDP to select a successor to the late Jack Layton is entirely different than the delegate convention process that produced Dion. And it’s much harder to manipulate. In 2006, Liberal...

He’d initially thought it would be called The Making of a Prime Minister, the prime minister in question being former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. After the widely acknowledged failure of Stéphane Dion, the veteran political observer expected...

“I have the impression that’s where we’re heading,” the MP for Saint-Jean said, referring to widespread chatter in NDP circles. Mr. Brahmi said the current situation reminds him of the 2006 Liberal convention, where Stéphane Dion came from behind to...

Both Trudeau’s reputation as a political thinker and his identity as a “real” Québécois have frequently come under attack from the Quebec intelligentsia. Among others, the Nemnis quote Léon Dion, the eminent Quebec political scientist (and father of...

And like Mr. Dion, Mr. Ignatieff’s results were realized in the context of a multi-million dollar negative campaign. Which brings me to our current interim leader. Let me be clear, I think our interim leader is doing a fine job. He’s a wonderful...

Since it is a market-based approach, it should appeal to conservatives, provided it is revenue neutral and not an additional tax burden. That’s where the Liberals blew it. When Stéphane Dion promoted the carbon tax in 2008, it was seen as a means to...