Plain Speak
- The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting
- The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting
- The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting
- 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

- A recent Abacus Data survey found the federal Conservatives had a nine-point lead over the Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A recent Abacus Data survey found the federal Conservatives had a nine-point lead over the Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A recent Abacus Data survey found the federal Conservatives had a nine-point lead over the Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A resignation is often framed by strategists as a loss to be avoided at all costs. The thinking on this needs to change and
- A resignation is often framed by strategists as a loss to be avoided at all costs. The thinking on this needs to change and
- A resignation is often framed by strategists as a loss to be avoided at all costs. The thinking on this needs to change and
- Symbolically, a sense of losing is becoming a metaphor for the Liberal leader.

- Symbolically, a sense of losing is becoming a metaphor for the Liberal leader.
- Symbolically, a sense of losing is becoming a metaphor for the Liberal leader.

- Though no government will be won or lost at the Quebec gathering, Conservatives should prepare for the inevitable challenges they will face at the

- Though no government will be won or lost at the Quebec gathering, Conservatives should prepare for the inevitable challenges they will face at the
- Though no government will be won or lost at the Quebec gathering, Conservatives should prepare for the inevitable challenges they will face at the

- No one should write off Justin Trudeau or the Liberal Party, but neither should the Liberals be so naïve as to just dismiss recent
- No one should write off Justin Trudeau or the Liberal Party, but neither should the Liberals be so naïve as to just dismiss recent
- No one should write off Justin Trudeau or the Liberal Party, but neither should the Liberals be so naïve as to just dismiss recent
- The late former senator is being so fondly remembered today because he stands out as having been an authentic figure in a political environment
- The late former senator is being so fondly remembered today because he stands out as having been an authentic figure in a political environment
- The late former senator is being so fondly remembered today because he stands out as having been an authentic figure in a political environment
- We are too far away from an election to emphatically state that the Liberals' Atlantic fortress will fall, but it is corroding now and
- We are too far away from an election to emphatically state that the Liberals' Atlantic fortress will fall, but it is corroding now and
- We are too far away from an election to emphatically state that the Liberals' Atlantic fortress will fall, but it is corroding now and
- Hockey Canada still has work to do, and new challenges will of course emerge. But they have made a brilliant move by appointing Kathy

- Hockey Canada still has work to do, and new challenges will of course emerge. But they have made a brilliant move by appointing Kathy
- Hockey Canada still has work to do, and new challenges will of course emerge. But they have made a brilliant move by appointing Kathy

- The early-summer challenges thousands of families are facing have political potency and recast issues in a different light.
- The early-summer challenges thousands of families are facing have political potency and recast issues in a different light.
- The early-summer challenges thousands of families are facing have political potency and recast issues in a different light.
- Everyone will be trying to win the summer as we get closer to an election, and the stakes for each party are getting higher.
- Everyone will be trying to win the summer as we get closer to an election, and the stakes for each party are getting higher.
- Everyone will be trying to win the summer as we get closer to an election, and the stakes for each party are getting higher.