http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/why-the-cbc-should-be-more-like-hbo/feed/ 0 Whatever their motives might be, the CBC's antagonists are, on the whole, right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/decency-alone-can%e2%80%99t-save-parliament/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/decency-alone-can%e2%80%99t-save-parliament/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:40:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/decency-alone-can%e2%80%99t-save-parliament/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/decency-alone-can%e2%80%99t-save-parliament/feed/ 0 Andrew Coyne on an institution that's largely irrelevant and increasingly impotent http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/a-chance-for-the-liberals-to-take-a-chance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/a-chance-for-the-liberals-to-take-a-chance/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:40:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/a-chance-for-the-liberals-to-take-a-chance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/a-chance-for-the-liberals-to-take-a-chance/feed/ 0 COYNE: The assumption the Liberals have a guaranteed place in Canadian politics is obsolete http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/a-central-banker-for-a-volatile-age/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/a-central-banker-for-a-volatile-age/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:40:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/a-central-banker-for-a-volatile-age/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/a-central-banker-for-a-volatile-age/feed/ 0 Carney understands that policy isn't just about making new rules http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:10:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/feed/ 0 What's the result of the hundreds of billions of dollars the government spends on innovation? Bupkes. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/minister-overboard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/minister-overboard/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/minister-overboard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/minister-overboard/feed/ 0 Keeping meddling politicians out of the shipbuilding contract decision worked. Is there a lesson here? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/a-phony-class-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/a-phony-class-war/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:10:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/a-phony-class-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/a-phony-class-war/feed/ 138 Andrew Coyne on why the Occupy Wall Street movement has it wrong http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/between-bohemia-and-business/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/between-bohemia-and-business/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:40:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/between-bohemia-and-business/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/between-bohemia-and-business/feed/ 18 From mere number-crunching marvels, Jobs made computers into tools for the artistic imagination http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/how-canadian-conservatives-lost-their-nerve/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/how-canadian-conservatives-lost-their-nerve/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/how-canadian-conservatives-lost-their-nerve/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/how-canadian-conservatives-lost-their-nerve/feed/ 79 Andrew Coyne on the big leads squandered by the Manitoba and Ontario Tories http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/a-state-of-perfect-disharmony/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/a-state-of-perfect-disharmony/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:30:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/a-state-of-perfect-disharmony/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/a-state-of-perfect-disharmony/feed/ 8 COYNE: You'd think provinces would not have to be bribed to act in their own interest http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:30:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/the-brilliant-john-a-biopic/feed/ 19 Who said Canadian history was devoid of excitement? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/election-time-and-hyperbole-is-in-the-air/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/election-time-and-hyperbole-is-in-the-air/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:20:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/election-time-and-hyperbole-is-in-the-air/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/19/election-time-and-hyperbole-is-in-the-air/feed/ 6 The election talk in Ontario over “foreign workers” has reached a new level of “huh?” http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/a-merger-just-doesnt-add-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/a-merger-just-doesnt-add-up/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:00:51 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213643 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/a-merger-just-doesnt-add-up/feed/ 42 Andrew Coyne on why this is a case where two and two sum to a good deal less than four http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-war-on-terror-10-years/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-war-on-terror-10-years/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:30:34 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212249 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/the-war-on-terror-10-years/feed/ 12 Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells debate the successes and failures of the world’s response after 9/11 and how safe we are today http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/jack-laytons-last-act-on-the-public-stage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/jack-laytons-last-act-on-the-public-stage/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:55 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212299 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/jack-laytons-last-act-on-the-public-stage/feed/ 40 Andrew Coyne on how Layton inspired the public even in the shadow of death http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/everyone%e2%80%99s-gone-mad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/everyone%e2%80%99s-gone-mad/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:15:46 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210136 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/23/everyone%e2%80%99s-gone-mad/feed/ 24 Andrew Coyne on the facile explanations being used to explain the London riots http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/the-25000-cow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/the-25000-cow/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:40 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208726 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/the-25000-cow/feed/ 111 That’s the average value of a milk quota per cow under a supply-management system http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/two-crises-but-one-is-far-more-dangerous/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/two-crises-but-one-is-far-more-dangerous/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:00:23 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205609 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/two-crises-but-one-is-far-more-dangerous/feed/ 4 COYNE: In the U.S. and Greece, fears of debt spirals compete with fears of default http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/18/a-nation-infected-by-scandal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/18/a-nation-infected-by-scandal/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:00:56 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201882 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/18/a-nation-infected-by-scandal/feed/ 13 Andrew Coyne on how the culture of corruption did not just infect Rupert Murdoch's empire, but much of the British establishment http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/were-all-in-the-royal-family/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/were-all-in-the-royal-family/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:30 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/were-all-in-the-royal-family/feed/ 224 COYNE: Perhaps we've grown out of our insecurities—and growing into the monarchy http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/our-upper-house-of-ill-repute/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/our-upper-house-of-ill-repute/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:30:55 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199590 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/04/our-upper-house-of-ill-repute/feed/ 40 Andrew Coyne on why the Senate is intolerable http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/rain-or-shine-the-monopoly-must-end/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/rain-or-shine-the-monopoly-must-end/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:00:25 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197184 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/rain-or-shine-the-monopoly-must-end/feed/ 134 Andrew Coyne on why Canada's postal service should open up to competition http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/lets-show-a-little-restraint-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/lets-show-a-little-restraint-here/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:30:03 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196231 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/lets-show-a-little-restraint-here/feed/ 59 Will it be hard to cut $4 billion? Andrew Coyne gives it a try. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/kill-the-subsidy-but-kill-them-all/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/kill-the-subsidy-but-kill-them-all/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:40:53 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194853 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/03/kill-the-subsidy-but-kill-them-all/feed/ 247 Andrew Coyne on how political parties should be funded http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/finally-time-for-a-real-agenda/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/finally-time-for-a-real-agenda/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 11:00:59 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/13/finally-time-for-a-real-agenda/feed/ 132 Andrew Coyne spells out what's on the Tory to-do list http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/a-new-power-couple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/a-new-power-couple/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 11:00:43 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189783 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/a-new-power-couple/feed/ 147 How the election led to an unprecedented realignment of Canadian politics http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/a-price-must-be-paid-but-by-whom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/a-price-must-be-paid-but-by-whom/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:00:48 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187464 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/a-price-must-be-paid-but-by-whom/feed/ 454 Andrew Coyne decides his ballot question, and who he will vote for http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/the-odds-are-against-the-grits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/the-odds-are-against-the-grits/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:30:57 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=185977 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/the-odds-are-against-the-grits/feed/ 143 In this election, there are a number of possible scenarios, none of which help the Liberals much http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/what-the-party-leaders-just-wont-say/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/what-the-party-leaders-just-wont-say/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:28 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=183852 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/what-the-party-leaders-just-wont-say/feed/ 64 Andrew Coyne on why it's madness to ignore the fact that the boomers are about to retire http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/time-for-a-truth-in-politics-act/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/time-for-a-truth-in-politics-act/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:00:04 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=182017 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/time-for-a-truth-in-politics-act/feed/ 85 Andrew Coyne on how to stop politicians from lying, or at least reward the honest ones http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/01/dont-call-it-a-coalition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/01/dont-call-it-a-coalition/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:55:25 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180688 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/01/dont-call-it-a-coalition/feed/ 132 But Andrew Coyne believes Harper has every right to point out the real choices voters face http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/all-the-wrong-reasons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/all-the-wrong-reasons/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:20:25 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=178928 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/all-the-wrong-reasons/feed/ 66 Andrew Coyne on why an election call should be about bold proposals and restoring democracy, not some trivial sums in a budget http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/11/electoral-fraud-tell-it-to-the-judge/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/11/electoral-fraud-tell-it-to-the-judge/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:45:22 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=176534 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/11/electoral-fraud-tell-it-to-the-judge/feed/ 217 COYNE: The Tories were gaming the system, but transfers of campaign funds are not illegal http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/06/time-for-a-new-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/06/time-for-a-new-party/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:02:14 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175524 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/06/time-for-a-new-party/feed/ 184 The only thing that can pull federal politics from its death spiral is a new option—a coalition of the serious http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-biggest-hurdle-to-reform-unions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-biggest-hurdle-to-reform-unions/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:10:08 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174164 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/28/the-biggest-hurdle-to-reform-unions/feed/ 117 COYNE: The most effective deterrent to reform is the power of public sector unions to make their lives miserable http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/21/why-canada-has-nothing-to-fear-but-itself/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/21/why-canada-has-nothing-to-fear-but-itself/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:00:51 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172858 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/21/why-canada-has-nothing-to-fear-but-itself/feed/ 28 Those old Canadian devils—fear of foreigners, a vacuum of national leadership, petty provincialism—are conspiring to rob us http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/the-liberals-should-pick-a-side-any-side/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/the-liberals-should-pick-a-side-any-side/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:46:06 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171074 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/14/the-liberals-should-pick-a-side-any-side/feed/ 176 The party's message is clear. It's just that the Liberal record doesn't support it. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/28/the-damage-done-by-doing-so-little-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/28/the-damage-done-by-doing-so-little-2/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:00:04 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=168692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/28/the-damage-done-by-doing-so-little-2/feed/ 152 Andrew Coyne argues that the Conservatives' drive to stay in power imperils the state of politics itself http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/21/we-get-the-politics-we-pay-for/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/21/we-get-the-politics-we-pay-for/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:00:24 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=167681 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/21/we-get-the-politics-we-pay-for/feed/ 180 Andrew Coyne on why the Conservatives' latest attack ads debase us all http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/18/why-harper-should-hire-bob-rae/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/18/why-harper-should-hire-bob-rae/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:01:50 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166470 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/18/why-harper-should-hire-bob-rae/feed/ 98 Isn't it time Harper appointed Rae as foreign minister? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/07/how-to-make-a-cabinet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/07/how-to-make-a-cabinet/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:00:36 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/07/how-to-make-a-cabinet/feed/ 12 In Canada it involves a complex mix of postal codes and chromosomes http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/raise-taxes-now-cut-them-later/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/raise-taxes-now-cut-them-later/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:00:26 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163787 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/raise-taxes-now-cut-them-later/feed/ 24 Everyone agrees that the deficit has to be cut sometime http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/a-rudderless-ship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/a-rudderless-ship/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:00:32 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=162765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/a-rudderless-ship/feed/ 25 No sooner had Gordon Campbell left than British Columbia’s NDP caucus decided Carole James should go too http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/mutual-pocket-pickers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/mutual-pocket-pickers/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:00:33 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=160926 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/mutual-pocket-pickers/feed/ 59 COYNE: Edmontonians saw federal funding not as a favour, but as an entitlement http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/26/why-should-polygamy-be-a-crime/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/26/why-should-polygamy-be-a-crime/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:00:47 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=159709 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/26/why-should-polygamy-be-a-crime/feed/ 306 COYNE: We don’t need to ban polygamy to ban rape: it’s banned already.