Macleans.ca » Andrew coyne 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 Parliamentarians of the Year Awards party http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards-party/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:11:19 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227090 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/25/parliamentarians-of-the-year-awards-party/feed/ 0 Maclean’s 5th annual Parliamentarians of the Year Awards ceremony at the Fairmont Château Laurier.  ... A novice bureaucrat (and future PM) on supply management http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/15/a-novice-bureaucrat-and-future-pm-on-supply-management/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/15/a-novice-bureaucrat-and-future-pm-on-supply-management/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:11:58 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225320 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/15/a-novice-bureaucrat-and-future-pm-on-supply-management/feed/ 0 Here’s a stray bit of commentary from the distant past to mull over along... In the shadow of 9/11 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/16/in-the-shadow-of-911/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/16/in-the-shadow-of-911/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/in-the-shadow-of-911/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/16/in-the-shadow-of-911/feed/ 2 Debating the impact of the attacks and how it changed Canadian life, laws and liberties Jack Layton’s last act on the public stage 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 That old deficit war re-revisited: the tale of the taxes http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/that-old-deficit-war-re-revisited-the-tale-of-the-taxes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/that-old-deficit-war-re-revisited-the-tale-of-the-taxes/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:25:36 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210402 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/that-old-deficit-war-re-revisited-the-tale-of-the-taxes/feed/ 16 How much can a government afford to cut spending if economic growth is tepid?... Andrew Coyne on the Liberals' platform http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/andrew-coyne-on-the-liberals-platform/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/andrew-coyne-on-the-liberals-platform/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:00:55 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/andrew-coyne-on-the-liberals-platform/feed/ 1 Your daily campaign minute from Maclean's columnists Mitchel Raphael on Jason Kenney versus Justin Trudeau http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/mitchel-raphael-on-jason-versus-justin-the-best-cat-fight-on-the-hill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/mitchel-raphael-on-jason-versus-justin-the-best-cat-fight-on-the-hill/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:21:27 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179107 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/mitchel-raphael-on-jason-versus-justin-the-best-cat-fight-on-the-hill/feed/ 20 The best cat fight on the Hill From the archives: "Nation? You can have it." http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/from-the-archives-nation-you-can-have-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/from-the-archives-nation-you-can-have-it/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:44:05 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179967 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/from-the-archives-nation-you-can-have-it/feed/ 8 I read my colleague Andrew Coyne’s impassioned, insightful “Is Canada a nation?” item, and... Coyne v. Wells on the protests in Egypt http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/03/coyne-v-wells-on-the-prospects-for-democracy-in-egypt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/03/coyne-v-wells-on-the-prospects-for-democracy-in-egypt/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:47:54 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=169756 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/03/coyne-v-wells-on-the-prospects-for-democracy-in-egypt/feed/ 34 Columnists Paul Wells and Andrew Coyne discuss the prospects for democracy Coyne v. Wells on five years of Harper http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/27/coyne-v-wells-on-five-years-of-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/27/coyne-v-wells-on-five-years-of-harper/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:04:41 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=168816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/27/coyne-v-wells-on-five-years-of-harper/feed/ 39 Paul Wells' and Andrew Coyne's weekly podcast is back When ministers of the crown tweet http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/14/when-ministers-of-the-crown-tweet-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/14/when-ministers-of-the-crown-tweet-4/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:28:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163704 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/14/when-ministers-of-the-crown-tweet-4/feed/ 41 With the government announcing new funding for Pratt & Whitney yesterday, Greg Weston posted... Here's a crazy thought, Chantal http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/01/heres-a-crazy-thought-chantal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/01/heres-a-crazy-thought-chantal/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:19:05 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=150422 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/01/heres-a-crazy-thought-chantal/feed/ 0 No political commentator working in Canada today is read with as much anticipation as... Coyne v. Wells on thin ice http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/coyne-v-wells-on-thin-ice/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/coyne-v-wells-on-thin-ice/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:58:02 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147339 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/coyne-v-wells-on-thin-ice/feed/ 0 Our Video postcast with Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells Playboy + Strombo + Coyne = TIFF evening 2 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/11/playboy-strombo-coyne-tiff-evening-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/11/playboy-strombo-coyne-tiff-evening-2/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:58:35 +0000 Stephanie Findlay http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=146767 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/11/playboy-strombo-coyne-tiff-evening-2/feed/ 0 Policing the Playboy bunnies, Big Boi's tame set, and the secret to TIFF partying from George S. Oh, Mr. Munk…. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/oh-mr-munk/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/oh-mr-munk/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 19:39:42 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=129798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/oh-mr-munk/feed/ 38 “Your article is malicious, ludicrous, and possibly libelous as well. For all intents and... In Conversation: Rethinking health care http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/10/macleans-in-conversation-comes-again-to-toronto/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/10/macleans-in-conversation-comes-again-to-toronto/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 17:20:46 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=125349 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/10/macleans-in-conversation-comes-again-to-toronto/feed/ 1 Join Andrew Coyne and Regina Herzlinger on May 18th Coyne v. 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Harper’s hard right turn http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/19/harper%e2%80%99s-hard-right-turn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/19/harper%e2%80%99s-hard-right-turn/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:04 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116008 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/19/harper%e2%80%99s-hard-right-turn/feed/ 465 Social conservatism is on the rise in Ottawa, and across Canada Canada Reborn http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/11/canada-reborn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/11/canada-reborn/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:38:24 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=113576 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/11/canada-reborn/feed/ 48 Own the Podium was more than just good sport. It was a picture of our country as it was always supposed to be. What has changed in Ottawa in two months? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/01/what-has-changed-in-ottawa-in-two-months/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/01/what-has-changed-in-ottawa-in-two-months/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:28:47 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=111599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/01/what-has-changed-in-ottawa-in-two-months/feed/ 121 Parliament’s first week back will see a war of narratives as Harper fires up his big guns: the budget and the Throne Speech Cheering for our athletes and ourselves http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/26/cheering-for-our-athletes-and-ourselves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/26/cheering-for-our-athletes-and-ourselves/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:40:59 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=111694 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/26/cheering-for-our-athletes-and-ourselves/feed/ 15 ANDREW COYNE: We have all, to a greater or lesser extent, undergone a change in national temperament Coyne v. 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And you all laughed http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/and-you-all-laughed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/and-you-all-laughed/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:48:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=104494 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/and-you-all-laughed/feed/ 35 Jack Layton, Sept. 1, 2006. “A comprehensive peace process has to bring all the... Are taxes the only way out of the deficit? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/26/we-will-pay-for-this-one-way-or-another/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/26/we-will-pay-for-this-one-way-or-another/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:51:10 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102864 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/26/we-will-pay-for-this-one-way-or-another/feed/ 48 ANDREW COYNE: The government has a choice. It can either break its promise not to raise taxes. Or it can break its promise not to cut transfers. It's all Andrew's fault http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/26/its-all-andrews-fault/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/26/its-all-andrews-fault/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:46:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=103826 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/26/its-all-andrews-fault/feed/ 104 Christopher White, founder of that Facebook group, talks to the Tyee. Q. How did... The Mailbag: Pat Robertson, The Beaver, Andrew Coyne’s satire problem http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/20/the-mailbag-pat-robertson-the-beaver-andrew-coyne%e2%80%99s-satire-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/20/the-mailbag-pat-robertson-the-beaver-andrew-coyne%e2%80%99s-satire-problem/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:40:52 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102765 makes fun of answers your most pressing questions]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/20/the-mailbag-pat-robertson-the-beaver-andrew-coyne%e2%80%99s-satire-problem/feed/ 10 Scott Feschuk makes fun of answers your most pressing questions Coyne v. Wells: Looking west http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/18/looking-west/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/18/looking-west/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:30:32 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=101660 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/18/looking-west/feed/ 45 How much clout do the western provinces have? And to what end? The dirty little secret behind attack ads http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/15/the-dirty-little-secret-behind-attack-ads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/15/the-dirty-little-secret-behind-attack-ads/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:43:16 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=101668 The Liberal ads are an appeal to the reptile part of our brains, the ‘fight or flight’ part, where panic, rage and fear reside

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 I'm Colby Cosh, and I approve this sullen cynicism http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/im-colby-cosh-and-i-approve-this-sullen-cynicism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/im-colby-cosh-and-i-approve-this-sullen-cynicism/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:01:24 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=100876 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/im-colby-cosh-and-i-approve-this-sullen-cynicism/feed/ 12 Revealing moment in the new CoyneWellsCast: A.C. calls for an American-style “I’m Joe McGraft... Coyne v. Wells on those Liberal attack ads, and others http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/coyne-v-wells-on-those-liberal-attack-ads-and-others/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/coyne-v-wells-on-those-liberal-attack-ads-and-others/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:03:50 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=100836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/coyne-v-wells-on-those-liberal-attack-ads-and-others/feed/ 28 Our Video podcast The market has spoken http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/11/the-market-has-spoken/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/11/the-market-has-spoken/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:24:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=100831 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/11/the-market-has-spoken/feed/ 71 Catching a point our Andrew Coyne missed, Stephen Harper explains the trouble with this... In Conversation with Maclean's http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/08/in-conversation-with-macleans/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/08/in-conversation-with-macleans/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:00:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=89153 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/08/in-conversation-with-macleans/feed/ 4 Featured panellists include Melissa Blake, Lindsay Blackett, Lloyd Axworthy and Nancy Heppner 'We deserve better' http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/05/we-deserve-better-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/05/we-deserve-better-2/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:15:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=99832 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/05/we-deserve-better-2/feed/ 28 Beginning at about the 23-minute mark here—and after an interview with Michael Douglas—George Stroumboulopoulos... Coyne v. Wells on the prime minister's prorogative http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/05/coyne-v-wells-on-the-prime-ministers-prorogative/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/05/coyne-v-wells-on-the-prime-ministers-prorogative/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:16:10 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=99678 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/05/coyne-v-wells-on-the-prime-ministers-prorogative/feed/ 56 Our Video podcast Look who crashed the NDP Christmas party http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/24/look-who-crashed-the-ndp-christmas-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/24/look-who-crashed-the-ndp-christmas-party/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:11:32 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=99083 Nathan Cullen (right) and MP Glenn Thibeault... with half moustaches.  . MP Don]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/24/look-who-crashed-the-ndp-christmas-party/feed/ 5 MP Nathan Cullen (right) and MP Glenn Thibeault... with half moustaches.  . MP Don Parliament will fight http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/21/parliament-will-fight/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/21/parliament-will-fight/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:10:16 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=98267 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/21/parliament-will-fight/feed/ 263 What’s at stake here is nothing less than our system of government Where to draw the line on child poverty http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/where-to-draw-the-line-on-child-poverty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/where-to-draw-the-line-on-child-poverty/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:12:03 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95635 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/where-to-draw-the-line-on-child-poverty/feed/ 46 COYNE: We need a measure of poverty that tells us if we’re making progress against it Coyne v. Wells on China and last year's coalition madness http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/coyne-v-wells-on-china-and-last-years-coalition-madness/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/coyne-v-wells-on-china-and-last-years-coalition-madness/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:45:07 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=96637 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/coyne-v-wells-on-china-and-last-years-coalition-madness/feed/ 17 Our weekly video podcast. Coyne v. Wells on torture spin and HST pirouettes http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/01/coyne-v-wells-on-torture-spin-and-hst-pirouettes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/01/coyne-v-wells-on-torture-spin-and-hst-pirouettes/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:23:13 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95364 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/01/coyne-v-wells-on-torture-spin-and-hst-pirouettes/feed/ 11 Our weekly video podcast.