It was Quebec Premier Jean Charest who most eloquently analyzed the new economic realities of Canada. “Oil, gas and potash — and others. That’s the financial situation of the country,” Charest bluntly told his fellow premiers last month in Victoria. Char

Liberal reform critic Stephane Dion and MP Marc Garneau offered up some vague warnings Thursday that the Conservatives might be ready to meddle in the redrawing of electoral boundaries. Federal electoral districts are reviewed after each 10-year census t

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OTTAWA — Parliament resumes Monday for what could be one of the most acrimonious sessions in years with arguably the most important federal budget in a political generation. Thousands of public-sector jobs, billions of dollars in federal spending cuts an

Politics may be the only profession in which experience is considered “baggage” and age discrimination is not only tolerated, but blandly accepted. For evidence, consider the contests to lead the New Democratic Party and to rebuild and rebrand the federa

While I was sitting with some teammates in the beer room after my Ajax hockey league game on Monday night, the talk turned to politics and ultimately to Bob Rae and the Liberals. “There’s no way the Liberals can win with this guy,” said one player. “Too