Plain Speak
- Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
- Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
- Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
- The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
- The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
- The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
- Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
- Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
- Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
- Success in sport has currency, particularly for a president who has a simple application for winners and losers.
- Success in sport has currency, particularly for a president who has a simple application for winners and losers.
- Success in sport has currency, particularly for a president who has a simple application for winners and losers.
- Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.
- Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.
- Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.
- With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
- With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
- With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
- The push by the main candidates to make the U.S. president the Canadian campaign issue is the one you choose when there’s nothing else

- The push by the main candidates to make the U.S. president the Canadian campaign issue is the one you choose when there’s nothing else
- The push by the main candidates to make the U.S. president the Canadian campaign issue is the one you choose when there’s nothing else

- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- The Democrats got lost on a moral crusade as Trump successfully peddled shopping-channel solutions.
- The Democrats got lost on a moral crusade as Trump successfully peddled shopping-channel solutions.
- The Democrats got lost on a moral crusade as Trump successfully peddled shopping-channel solutions.
- As the Liberals push the narrative that Pierre Poilievre poses a threat to the country, the Conservatives are pushing out policy items that don’t
- As the Liberals push the narrative that Pierre Poilievre poses a threat to the country, the Conservatives are pushing out policy items that don’t
- As the Liberals push the narrative that Pierre Poilievre poses a threat to the country, the Conservatives are pushing out policy items that don’t
- Knives seem to have been replaced by quills in this gentle revolt to oust the prime minister.
- Knives seem to have been replaced by quills in this gentle revolt to oust the prime minister.
- Knives seem to have been replaced by quills in this gentle revolt to oust the prime minister.
- Are the Liberals content to walk into the political valley of Death as the Light Brigade did in Alfred Tennyson’s poem?
- Are the Liberals content to walk into the political valley of Death as the Light Brigade did in Alfred Tennyson’s poem?
- Are the Liberals content to walk into the political valley of Death as the Light Brigade did in Alfred Tennyson’s poem?
- We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
- We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
- We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
- Just like the wrestling pros, politicians on Parliament Hill are posturing for a prime position come election time.
- Just like the wrestling pros, politicians on Parliament Hill are posturing for a prime position come election time.
- Just like the wrestling pros, politicians on Parliament Hill are posturing for a prime position come election time.
- The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their
- The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their
- The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their
- It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
- It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
- It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
- The late MP was a true model for how to be both a good family man, and a committed public servant.
- The late MP was a true model for how to be both a good family man, and a committed public servant.
- The late MP was a true model for how to be both a good family man, and a committed public servant.
- We should be thanking Canada's Olympians for the way they've lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of

- We should be thanking Canada's Olympians for the way they've lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of
- We should be thanking Canada's Olympians for the way they've lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of

- Playing people off of one another, and exploiting collective anxiety is a common practice among the major party leaders, and is tip-toeing to something

- Playing people off of one another, and exploiting collective anxiety is a common practice among the major party leaders, and is tip-toeing to something
- Playing people off of one another, and exploiting collective anxiety is a common practice among the major party leaders, and is tip-toeing to something

- Strategy can’t outplay the public’s deeply entrenched, times-up temperament.
- Strategy can’t outplay the public’s deeply entrenched, times-up temperament.
- Strategy can’t outplay the public’s deeply entrenched, times-up temperament.
- During the lead up to former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s funeral service, the strength and decency of his family were striking.
- During the lead up to former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s funeral service, the strength and decency of his family were striking.
- During the lead up to former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s funeral service, the strength and decency of his family were striking.
- Canadians have been lectured by the Liberal government on carbon pricing, but rarely has the message been properly co-opted with a reminder of its
- Canadians have been lectured by the Liberal government on carbon pricing, but rarely has the message been properly co-opted with a reminder of its
- Canadians have been lectured by the Liberal government on carbon pricing, but rarely has the message been properly co-opted with a reminder of its
- A functioning, healthy sport system is more important than ever in a time when the deliberate division of people and communities is far too
- A functioning, healthy sport system is more important than ever in a time when the deliberate division of people and communities is far too
- A functioning, healthy sport system is more important than ever in a time when the deliberate division of people and communities is far too
- Brian Mulroney wore so many hats, but I bet he would take great joy in being known as a loving father and husband.
- Brian Mulroney wore so many hats, but I bet he would take great joy in being known as a loving father and husband.
- Brian Mulroney wore so many hats, but I bet he would take great joy in being known as a loving father and husband.
- None of us is winning—and the planet certainly isn’t—when commentary veers all over the climate road.

- None of us is winning—and the planet certainly isn’t—when commentary veers all over the climate road.
- None of us is winning—and the planet certainly isn’t—when commentary veers all over the climate road.

- While we must absolutely be guided by physicians, mental health experts, researchers, and ethicists, among others, it is vital in these discussions to be
- While we must absolutely be guided by physicians, mental health experts, researchers, and ethicists, among others, it is vital in these discussions to be
- While we must absolutely be guided by physicians, mental health experts, researchers, and ethicists, among others, it is vital in these discussions to be
- A winning strategy out East seems to include flushing the words ‘Liberal’ and ‘Liberal Party’ until the national mood on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- A winning strategy out East seems to include flushing the words ‘Liberal’ and ‘Liberal Party’ until the national mood on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- A winning strategy out East seems to include flushing the words ‘Liberal’ and ‘Liberal Party’ until the national mood on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- The prime minister’s resilience, the opposition’s strategy, the U.S. election, and the Canadian economy make for interesting watching between now and June.
- The prime minister’s resilience, the opposition’s strategy, the U.S. election, and the Canadian economy make for interesting watching between now and June.
- The prime minister’s resilience, the opposition’s strategy, the U.S. election, and the Canadian economy make for interesting watching between now and June.
- Broadbent and Chrétien were politicians in a time when political theatre was more about the showcasing of one’s attributes than about muting them in

- Broadbent and Chrétien were politicians in a time when political theatre was more about the showcasing of one’s attributes than about muting them in
- Broadbent and Chrétien were politicians in a time when political theatre was more about the showcasing of one’s attributes than about muting them in

- If you are the prime minister, what you do is viewed from many different lenses, some of them highly partisan and critical.
- If you are the prime minister, what you do is viewed from many different lenses, some of them highly partisan and critical.
- If you are the prime minister, what you do is viewed from many different lenses, some of them highly partisan and critical.