Liberal leader John Turner predicted in the 1988 federal election debate that the free-trade deal then prime minister Brian Mulroney had negotiated with the U.S. would "reduce us, I'm sure, to a colony of the United States." Mulroney went on to win that...

The countries that are — Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and the U.K. — have far less generous social programs. Rapidly expanding capitalist entitlement began in the 1980s with the election of neo-conservatives Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and...

Radwanski, who was found in contempt of Parliament; the RCMP pension and insurance fraud and contempt proceedings against former RCMP deputy commissioner Barbara George; the sponsorship scandal that toppled the Liberals; businessman Karlheinz...

"He asked whether or not western countries are complacent. My answer is 'yes,' and that includes Canada," Beatty said. Beatty, a senior cabinet minister in the 1984-93 Progressive Conservative government, said Harper should consider spending some of...

The Liberal Party under Pierre Trudeau ranged from being openly hostile to the region to simply ignoring it. The Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney failed to live up to expectations. They came to be seen as wolves in sheep’s clothing who...

“He asked whether or not western countries are complacent. My answer is yes, and that includes Canada,” Beatty said. Beatty, a senior cabinet minister in the 1984-93 Progressive Conservative government, said Harper should consider spending some of his...