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Tue, 21 May 2013 12:38:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/mulroney-on-thatcher-clashes-common-causes-and-a-duet-on-white-cliffs-of-dover/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/mulroney-on-thatcher-clashes-common-causes-and-a-duet-on-white-cliffs-of-dover/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:06:12 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/mulroney-on-thatcher-clashes-common-causes-and-a-duet-on-white-cliffs-of-dover/feed/ 0 The former PM on clashes, common causes, and a 'White Cliffs of Dover' duet with the Iron Lady http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/video-the-rehabilitation-of-brian-mulroney/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/video-the-rehabilitation-of-brian-mulroney/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:55:40 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/video-the-rehabilitation-of-brian-mulroney/feed/ 0 John Geddes on how the former prime minister managed a comeback http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/hes-back-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/hes-back-2/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:00:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337965 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/hes-back-2/feed/ 0 Brian Mulroney is out of political purgatory and only too happy to tell Canadians (and Stephen Harper) what real leadership is about http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/listening-to-brian-mulroney-on-trade-tactics-and-more/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/listening-to-brian-mulroney-on-trade-tactics-and-more/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:06:49 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338480 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/17/listening-to-brian-mulroney-on-trade-tactics-and-more/feed/ 0 John Geddes on the charismatic leader's 2012 road show http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/29/yet-another-years-federal-politics-in-12-chapters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/29/yet-another-years-federal-politics-in-12-chapters/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:44:59 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=332258 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/29/yet-another-years-federal-politics-in-12-chapters/feed/ 0 A search for coherence at the closing of the year http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/stephen-harper-statesman/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/stephen-harper-statesman/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292426 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/stephen-harper-statesman/feed/ 0 Stephen Harper is your statesman of the year for 2012 (as determined by the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/26/thomas-mulcairs-historical-challenge/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/26/thomas-mulcairs-historical-challenge/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:14:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270724 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/26/thomas-mulcairs-historical-challenge/feed/ 0 Whatever the impact of the attack ads run against him, one historical note on... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/harper-wonders-how-bad-his-luck-can-get-in-quebec/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/harper-wonders-how-bad-his-luck-can-get-in-quebec/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2012 03:59:53 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270378 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/harper-wonders-how-bad-his-luck-can-get-in-quebec/feed/ 0 A midnight blogpost about what the PM was thinking when he called Mulroney http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/lee-richardson-resigns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/lee-richardson-resigns/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 20:00:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262393 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/lee-richardson-resigns/feed/ 0 The Conservative MP for Calgary Centre rose after QP today to announce his resignation.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-commons-john-baird-saves-your-family/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-commons-john-baird-saves-your-family/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:56:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258530 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-commons-john-baird-saves-your-family/feed/ 0 Or perhaps the minister misspoke... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/the-layton-legacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/the-layton-legacy/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:44:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248404 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/the-layton-legacy/feed/ 0 The four videos that were part of Friday night’s tribute.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/finding-your-way-into-the-house/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/finding-your-way-into-the-house/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:30:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240596 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/finding-your-way-into-the-house/feed/ 0 Brian Topp tells the CBC that, if he’s elected leader of the NDP, he’ll... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/23/right-place-right-time-right-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/23/right-place-right-time-right-party/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:15:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/right-place-right-time-right-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/23/right-place-right-time-right-party/feed/ 24 Paul Wells on how Ted Byfield helped pave the way for Harper's majority win http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/from-the-backroom-to-centerstage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/from-the-backroom-to-centerstage/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:08:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213562 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/from-the-backroom-to-centerstage/feed/ 4 After consulting with the Twitter hive mind, it seems the most comparable precedent for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/31/good-to-be-lucky-lucky-to-be-good/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/31/good-to-be-lucky-lucky-to-be-good/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:58:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212390 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/31/good-to-be-lucky-lucky-to-be-good/feed/ 6 Ian Brodie quibbles with the suggestion that luck explains Stephen Harper’s success. Merging the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/newsmakers-august-4-11-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/newsmakers-august-4-11-2011/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:15:27 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208571 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/newsmakers-august-4-11-2011/feed/ 0 Sean Avery gets arrested, the youngest Mulroney gets hitched and Amélie gets to say goodbye to all that http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/16/prime-minister-of-the-last-50-years/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/16/prime-minister-of-the-last-50-years/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:11:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=209763 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/16/prime-minister-of-the-last-50-years/feed/ 26 Angus-Reid asks a thousand Canadians to identify the best and worst prime ministers since... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/capital-diary-mitchel-raphael-on-mrs-harper%e2%80%99s-run-in-with-some-hoary-marmots/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/capital-diary-mitchel-raphael-on-mrs-harper%e2%80%99s-run-in-with-some-hoary-marmots/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:59:10 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208508 Wild kingdom Laureen Harper... has gone on an annual summer hike for a few]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/15/capital-diary-mitchel-raphael-on-mrs-harper%e2%80%99s-run-in-with-some-hoary-marmots/feed/ 5 Wild kingdom Laureen Harper... has gone on an annual summer hike for a few http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/this-years-models/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/this-years-models/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 14:43:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192333 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/this-years-models/feed/ 65 Welcome to live coverage of this morning’s cabinet shuffle, wherein we find out which... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/ignatieffs-pitch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/ignatieffs-pitch/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:55:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186196 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/ignatieffs-pitch/feed/ 29 I have a story in this week’s print edition about Michael Ignatieff’s position going... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/putting-mulroney-through-the-wring-cycle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/putting-mulroney-through-the-wring-cycle/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:33:22 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179121 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/putting-mulroney-through-the-wring-cycle/feed/ 1 The former PM's life gets treated as a campy cartoon in Mulroney: The Opera http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/statistical-probabilities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/statistical-probabilities/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:18:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175639 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/03/statistical-probabilities/feed/ 51 The last three changes in government were not obviously foretold by publicly available polling data http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/24/go-big-go-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/24/go-big-go-home/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:50:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=168510 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/24/go-big-go-home/feed/ 25 Brian Mulroney offers some free advice to Stephen Harper. “We make enough mistakes in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/30/those-who-do-not-remember-history/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/30/those-who-do-not-remember-history/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:42:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=160973 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/30/those-who-do-not-remember-history/feed/ 138 From the Prime Minister’s statement today on last night’s by-election results. “Though it is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/16/canadian-health-care-putting-cost-worries-in-context/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/16/canadian-health-care-putting-cost-worries-in-context/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:45:54 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=158415 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/16/canadian-health-care-putting-cost-worries-in-context/feed/ 34 Why there's no need to panic about the quality of care in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/brian-mulroneys-frontbench-top-three/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/brian-mulroneys-frontbench-top-three/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:25:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=154730 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/brian-mulroneys-frontbench-top-three/feed/ 0 The former prime minister picks his three stars. Instead the Mulroney honours go to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/19/a-serious-adult-discussion-is-called-for/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/19/a-serious-adult-discussion-is-called-for/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:34:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=153402 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/19/a-serious-adult-discussion-is-called-for/feed/ 0 Brian Mulroney considers the future of health care (among other matters). On health care,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/what-lies-beneath-quebecs-scandals/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/what-lies-beneath-quebecs-scandals/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:50:42 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148969 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/what-lies-beneath-quebecs-scandals/feed/ 0 COYNE: The factors behind the province’s penchant for money politics http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/31/the-unexperienced-lifer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/31/the-unexperienced-lifer/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:05:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=144600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/31/the-unexperienced-lifer/feed/ 0 Do MPs generally have too little experience or too much? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/24/whats-in-a-name/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/24/whats-in-a-name/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:04 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=143288 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/24/whats-in-a-name/feed/ 0 And he’s not the first prime minister’s grandson to carry the family name http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/19/better-know-a-talking-point/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/19/better-know-a-talking-point/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:53:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=139042 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/19/better-know-a-talking-point/feed/ 0 From the official government lines distributed over the weekend. The Ignatieff Liberals promise to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/04/the-judge-isnt-buying-it-nor-should-we/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/04/the-judge-isnt-buying-it-nor-should-we/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:00:18 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130194 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/04/the-judge-isnt-buying-it-nor-should-we/feed/ 73 COYNE: Justice Oliphant’s report leaves no doubt about Mulroney’s credibility http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/01/the-commons-in-search-of-loose-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/01/the-commons-in-search-of-loose-change/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:17:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130008 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/01/the-commons-in-search-of-loose-change/feed/ 49 Because it would be "utterly indefensible" to spend any less than $1 billion http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/oliphant-on-mulroney-and-schreiber-the-last-official-report-perhaps-but-not-the-last-word/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/oliphant-on-mulroney-and-schreiber-the-last-official-report-perhaps-but-not-the-last-word/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 21:40:58 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=129843 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/oliphant-on-mulroney-and-schreiber-the-last-official-report-perhaps-but-not-the-last-word/feed/ 30 Richard Wolson isn’t offering Canadians any hope of a satisfying conclusion—ever http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/i-will-leave-it-to-others-to-assess-the-full-impact-of-these-events/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/i-will-leave-it-to-others-to-assess-the-full-impact-of-these-events/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 20:18:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=129802 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/i-will-leave-it-to-others-to-assess-the-full-impact-of-these-events/feed/ 44 Brian Mulroney releases a statement in response to the Oliphant report. “While I have... 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... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/these-dealings-do-not-reflect-the-highest-standards-of-conduct/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/these-dealings-do-not-reflect-the-highest-standards-of-conduct/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 17:24:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=129774 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/31/these-dealings-do-not-reflect-the-highest-standards-of-conduct/feed/ 64 Justice Oliphant’s public statement on his findings in the matter of Brian Mulroney and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/02/didn%e2%80%99t-we-used-to-be-friends/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/02/didn%e2%80%99t-we-used-to-be-friends/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:00:22 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=118419 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/02/didn%e2%80%99t-we-used-to-be-friends/feed/ 156 Hillary Clinton knows Stephen Harper has trouble getting Barack Obama’s attention http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/22/the-real-trouble-at-rights-and-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/22/the-real-trouble-at-rights-and-democracy/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:52:54 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/22/the-real-trouble-at-rights-and-democracy/feed/ 64 Sen. Linda Frum on the controversy; Paul Wells responds 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 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/22/private-lives-and-the-public-interest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/22/private-lives-and-the-public-interest/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:39:21 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=108722 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/22/private-lives-and-the-public-interest/feed/ 40 Whenever a scandal arises, the same debate is replayed: does the public have a right to know about a politician’s private affairs? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/newsmakers-stealing-the-show/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/newsmakers-stealing-the-show/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:43:23 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95803 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/newsmakers-stealing-the-show/feed/ 2 Harper's U-Turn http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/newsmakers-09-political-yearbook/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/newsmakers-09-political-yearbook/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:22:04 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=96292 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/newsmakers-09-political-yearbook/feed/ 6 Newsmakers '09: Ottawa's hall monitor, gossip girl, head cheerleader and more http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/love-and-hate-but-mostly-hate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/love-and-hate-but-mostly-hate/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:07:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=92103 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/love-and-hate-but-mostly-hate/feed/ 17 Frank McKenna considers Michael Ignatieff’s situation. Frank McKenna, a former Canadian ambassador to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/28/remembering-the-chretien-pmo-will-that-be-donolos-way/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/28/remembering-the-chretien-pmo-will-that-be-donolos-way/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:18:16 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=89479 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/28/remembering-the-chretien-pmo-will-that-be-donolos-way/feed/ 23 Peter Donolo returns to Ottawa enjoying high standing among the media and political insiders....