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Fri, 24 May 2013 23:52:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/whats-really-up-and-down-with-incomes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/whats-really-up-and-down-with-incomes/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:27:24 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/whats-really-up-and-down-with-incomes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/whats-really-up-and-down-with-incomes/feed/ 82 Soaring inequality would be terribly concerning if there were any factual basis for it http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:26:25 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/feed/ 11 Jobs’s story reminds us not only of the heroism of the entrepreneur, but of the nobility of craft http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/how-we-really-beat-the-deficit-or-revisionism-revisited/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/how-we-really-beat-the-deficit-or-revisionism-revisited/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:26:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/how-we-really-beat-the-deficit-or-revisionism-revisited/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/17/how-we-really-beat-the-deficit-or-revisionism-revisited/feed/ 82 Andrew Coyne on why spending cuts played a bigger role than economic growth http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/cut-it-in-half-and-no-one-would-notice/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/cut-it-in-half-and-no-one-would-notice/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 20:49:16 +0000 Erica Alini https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/cut-it-in-half-and-no-one-would-notice/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/cut-it-in-half-and-no-one-would-notice/feed/ 106 As we wait for Stephen Harper to appoint a new cabinet, it is worth... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/thats-kind-of-the-sentiment-were-getting-at/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/thats-kind-of-the-sentiment-were-getting-at/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 00:48:24 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/thats-kind-of-the-sentiment-were-getting-at/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/thats-kind-of-the-sentiment-were-getting-at/feed/ 308 People in politics have no idea how loathsome they sound http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/ottawas-new-power-couple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/ottawas-new-power-couple/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 22:12:43 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/ottawas-new-power-couple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/ottawas-new-power-couple/feed/ 74 Harper's is the first majority to rely equally on Ontario and the West http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/fascist-takeover-commalition-consensus-at-last/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/fascist-takeover-commalition-consensus-at-last/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:44 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/fascist-takeover-commalition-consensus-at-last/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/fascist-takeover-commalition-consensus-at-last/feed/ 96 Polls show the Fascists continuing their march on the capital while a Commie insurgency is brewing http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/22/commies-leading-traitors-a-special-investigation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/22/commies-leading-traitors-a-special-investigation/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:55:51 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/commies-leading-traitors-a-special-investigation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/22/commies-leading-traitors-a-special-investigation/feed/ 107 Updated seat projections, reflecting Commies’ recent surge. Fascists still short of “absolute power,” Visitors... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/is-harper-preparing-another-king-byng/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/is-harper-preparing-another-king-byng/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:49:55 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/is-harper-preparing-another-king-byng/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/is-harper-preparing-another-king-byng/feed/ 217 Harper's dogmatic opposition to coalitions raises a few questions http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/oh-look-new-coyne-v-wells/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/oh-look-new-coyne-v-wells/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:57:06 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/oh-look-new-coyne-v-wells/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/oh-look-new-coyne-v-wells/feed/ 0 On Layton’s surge, and whether Harper’s fiscal plan is really decentralizing as all that.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/the-macleanscpac-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/the-macleanscpac-debate/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:03:04 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/the-macleanscpac-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/the-macleanscpac-debate/feed/ 5 Anyone who missed the outstanding debate last night (or wants to see it again!)... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/carrement-une-premiere-presque/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/carrement-une-premiere-presque/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:26:22 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/carrement-une-premiere-presque/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/carrement-une-premiere-presque/feed/ 18 Fun fact: If the NDP take a plurality of the vote in Quebec this... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/18/your-seat-projections-have-arrived/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/18/your-seat-projections-have-arrived/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:46:59 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/your-seat-projections-have-arrived/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/18/your-seat-projections-have-arrived/feed/ 124 At this point, everybody is losing http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/thoughts-on-the-debate-and-other-stuff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/thoughts-on-the-debate-and-other-stuff/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:26:30 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/thoughts-on-the-debate-and-other-stuff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/thoughts-on-the-debate-and-other-stuff/feed/ 225 COYNE: We’re not picking the best debater. We’re picking a prime minister. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/who-will-save-us-now-part-iii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/who-will-save-us-now-part-iii/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:50:00 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181579 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/who-will-save-us-now-part-iii/feed/ 103 Barring a miracle, we are about to enter the third cycle of Parti Québécois government in Quebec http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/03/that-seventies-platform/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/03/that-seventies-platform/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:50:38 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/that-seventies-platform/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/03/that-seventies-platform/feed/ 174 The Liberal platform wants to take the country back 40 years http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-3-the-whole-thing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-3-the-whole-thing/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:21:04 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-3-the-whole-thing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-3-the-whole-thing/feed/ 43 Andrew Coyne on the urgent necessity of reforming leaders debates http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-2-harper-v-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-2-harper-v-ignatieff/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:53:11 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-2-harper-v-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-2-harper-v-ignatieff/feed/ 23 Some propose going further than just excluding the Greens. Why, they say, are even... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-1-the-greens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-1-the-greens/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:15:43 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-1-the-greens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/the-debates-mess-1-the-greens/feed/ 53 Let’s suppose Ford, GM and Chrysler sat down with all the television networks, and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/gilles-duceppe-federalist-hardliner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/gilles-duceppe-federalist-hardliner/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:10:41 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/gilles-duceppe-federalist-hardliner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/gilles-duceppe-federalist-hardliner/feed/ 67 “Mr. Duceppe clarified that he, too, would never be part of a formal coalition... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/is-canada-a-nation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/is-canada-a-nation/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:22:00 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/is-canada-a-nation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/is-canada-a-nation/feed/ 87 COYNE: Ignatieff has no doubt Quebec is a nation. But is Canada? And if so, are Quebecers part of it? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/iggys-continuing-problem-harpers-opportunity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/iggys-continuing-problem-harpers-opportunity/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:33:50 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/iggys-continuing-problem-harpers-opportunity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/iggys-continuing-problem-harpers-opportunity/feed/ 113 As others have pointed out, and as I’ve said myself, Ignatieff’s formal disavowal of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/whos-on-first-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/whos-on-first-3/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:06:50 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/whos-on-first-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/27/whos-on-first-3/feed/ 51 Argh. I had a feeling something wasn’t quite right as I was typing it,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/26/harpers-hypocrisy-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/26/harpers-hypocrisy-problem/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:37:35 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179674 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/26/harpers-hypocrisy-problem/feed/ 413 Andrew Coyne on why he considers the coalition issue settled http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/iggys-coalition-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/iggys-coalition-problem/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:49:47 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/iggys-coalition-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/25/iggys-coalition-problem/feed/ 373 Red door, blue door? This was the best answer the Liberal leader could come up with? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/more-ado-about-oda/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/more-ado-about-oda/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:51:07 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=173778 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/more-ado-about-oda/feed/ 172 Andrew Coyne responds to Colby Cosh's defence of Bev Oda http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/a-test-of-our-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/a-test-of-our-democracy/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:20:21 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=173108 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/16/a-test-of-our-democracy/feed/ 377 Andrew Coyne on why we should be wondering whether this government can be held to basic norms of civilized behaviour http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:17:24 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/22/in-time-for-the-vote-as-it-happens/feed/ 0 We learned via the Star’s Susan Delacourt that MP Scott Simms “has a raw,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/the-iowa-car-crop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/the-iowa-car-crop/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:48:46 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/the-iowa-car-crop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/the-iowa-car-crop/feed/ 0 I’m borrowing this from Mike Moffatt, who got it from Stephen Gordon, who cut-and-pasted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/of-jobs-and-jets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/of-jobs-and-jets/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:18:53 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/of-jobs-and-jets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/of-jobs-and-jets/feed/ 0 COYNE on the F-35 controversy http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/yankee-go-get-em/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/yankee-go-get-em/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:35:31 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147256 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/yankee-go-get-em/feed/ 0 The “revelation” (shock! horror!) that the NRA has been offering advice to Canadian groups... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/vive-le-transit-libre/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/vive-le-transit-libre/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:39:34 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/vive-le-transit-libre/feed/ 0 Transit and traffic are emerging as major issues in the Toronto mayoral election, with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/13/none-dead-in-crash-of-metaphor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/13/none-dead-in-crash-of-metaphor/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:10:19 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138259 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/13/none-dead-in-crash-of-metaphor/feed/ 0 Oh for the love of… The bus carrying Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff broke down... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/12/that-david-johnston-scandal-in-full/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/12/that-david-johnston-scandal-in-full/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:31:29 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138110 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/12/that-david-johnston-scandal-in-full/feed/ 88 ANDREW COYNE: A reasonable person would conclude there was neither quid, nor pro, nor quo http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/how-will-they-know-how-many-boaters-to-haras/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/how-will-they-know-how-many-boaters-to-haras/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:06:32 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=137696 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/how-will-they-know-how-many-boaters-to-haras/feed/ 0 In the name of reducing government intrusion in people’s lives, the Conservative government is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/on-second-thought-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/on-second-thought-4/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:24:22 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=137659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/on-second-thought-4/feed/ 0 Having been appointed to the Senate 18 months ago on a solemn promise to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/the-best-of-canada-indeed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/the-best-of-canada-indeed/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:09:19 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=137624 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/the-best-of-canada-indeed/feed/ 0 The more I think about this David Johnston appointment, the more I’m inclined to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/27/the-final-communique/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/27/the-final-communique/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:19:00 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/the-final-communique/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/27/the-final-communique/feed/ 9 Stephen Taylor, whose contacts within government are pretty good, posts what he says is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/26/strange-outbreak-of-gratitude-at-g8/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/26/strange-outbreak-of-gratitude-at-g8/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:53:57 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/strange-outbreak-of-gratitude-at-g8/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/26/strange-outbreak-of-gratitude-at-g8/feed/ 9 Summitry is difficult enough for the summiteers — witness the months of preparation and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/25/fake-lake-wake/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/25/fake-lake-wake/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:43:00 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/fake-lake-wake/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/25/fake-lake-wake/feed/ 101 Let’s get this out of the way off the top, while we’re waiting for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/how-can-a-bloc-mp-take-this-oath/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/how-can-a-bloc-mp-take-this-oath/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:53:27 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/how-can-a-bloc-mp-take-this-oath/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/how-can-a-bloc-mp-take-this-oath/feed/ 169 COYNE: MPs have to "bear true loyalty to Canada and to its people" in order to see Afghan detainee docs http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/the-committee-will-have-access-to-all-documents-so-will-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/the-committee-will-have-access-to-all-documents-so-will-it/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:00:06 +0000 Andrew Coyne https://macleans.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/the-committee-will-have-access-to-all-documents-so-will-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/16/the-committee-will-have-access-to-all-documents-so-will-it/feed/ 22 Cancel my initial reaction. I think the NDP and this Globe story have it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/18/coalition-of-the-pundits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/18/coalition-of-the-pundits/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 18:33:20 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=127175 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/18/coalition-of-the-pundits/feed/ 31 Wells and I debate whether the UK coalition offers any lessons or examples for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/16/the-montreal-sovereigntists/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/16/the-montreal-sovereigntists/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 20:50:22 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=126788 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/16/the-montreal-sovereigntists/feed/ 56 The Montreal Canadiens are the precise embodiment of everything the Parti Québécois has ever stood for http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/the-government-put-other-conditions-on-the-table/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/the-government-put-other-conditions-on-the-table/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 23:04:49 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=126380 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/the-government-put-other-conditions-on-the-table/feed/ 168 So the question is, will the opposition allow themselves to be played in this way?