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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:26:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/18/in-this-new-crisis-the-faint-echo-of-a-previous-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/18/in-this-new-crisis-the-faint-echo-of-a-previous-crisis/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=385264 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/18/in-this-new-crisis-the-faint-echo-of-a-previous-crisis/feed/ 0 From the coalition crisis of 2008 to the Senate crisis of 2013 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/justin-trudeau-wants-to-know-what-youd-ask-stephen-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/justin-trudeau-wants-to-know-what-youd-ask-stephen-harper/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:14:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=383483 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/justin-trudeau-wants-to-know-what-youd-ask-stephen-harper/feed/ 0 Taking QP to the people http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/attack-ads-dont-work-except-when-they-do/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/attack-ads-dont-work-except-when-they-do/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:28:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=374796 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/attack-ads-dont-work-except-when-they-do/feed/ 0 The Obama campaign seemed to have no regrets http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/the-commons-james-moore-refuses-to-believe-his-government-would-increase-a-tax/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/the-commons-james-moore-refuses-to-believe-his-government-would-increase-a-tax/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:44:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/the-commons-james-moore-refuses-to-believe-his-government-would-increase-a-tax/feed/ 0 The Commons: The hideousness of taxation http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/17/the-last-time-the-conservatives-launched-attack-ads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/17/the-last-time-the-conservatives-launched-attack-ads/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:48:16 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373404 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/17/the-last-time-the-conservatives-launched-attack-ads/feed/ 0 Besides the ads' targets, has anything changed? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/14/the-commons-the-ndp-convenes-with-its-past-and-its-future/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/14/the-commons-the-ndp-convenes-with-its-past-and-its-future/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:17:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=371340 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/14/the-commons-the-ndp-convenes-with-its-past-and-its-future/feed/ 0 A weekend in Montreal with Mulcair and his brothers and sisters http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/garneau-challenges-trudeau-to-a-duel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/garneau-challenges-trudeau-to-a-duel/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:33:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353873 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/garneau-challenges-trudeau-to-a-duel/feed/ 0 A challenger seeks a mano-a-mano match-up with the frontrunner http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/hall-findlays-class-remark-echoes-through-canadian-politics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/hall-findlays-class-remark-echoes-through-canadian-politics/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:40:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352395 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/hall-findlays-class-remark-echoes-through-canadian-politics/feed/ 0 What it means to be out of touch http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/the-legend-of-the-delegated-convention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/the-legend-of-the-delegated-convention/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:34:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340910 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/the-legend-of-the-delegated-convention/feed/ 0 They're entertaining, but not quite as wild and crazy as you remember http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/who-wants-to-raise-the-gst/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/who-wants-to-raise-the-gst/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:09:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335580 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/who-wants-to-raise-the-gst/feed/ 0 Former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay does, apparently. An important thing she mentioned was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-and-the-long-gun-registry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-and-the-long-gun-registry/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:00:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322537 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/justin-trudeau-and-the-long-gun-registry/feed/ 0 Over the weekend, Justin Trudeau used the word “failure” to describe the long gun... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/the-general/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/the-general/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:46:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320042 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/27/the-general/feed/ 0 Conservative Senator Doug Finley, one of the primary architects of the Conservative party’s electoral... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/six-degrees-of-barack-obama/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/six-degrees-of-barack-obama/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:43:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/six-degrees-of-barack-obama/feed/ 0 A few years ago, the NDP consulted with some of Barack Obama’s campaign organizers.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/its-just-that-easy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/its-just-that-easy/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:53:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=313915 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/its-just-that-easy/feed/ 0 Globe and Mail, today. Team Trudeau aims to create supporter-recruitment machines in all 308... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/06/is-parliament-dying/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/06/is-parliament-dying/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:04:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311767 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/06/is-parliament-dying/feed/ 0 Michael Ignatieff worries. “I think something really bad has happened to parliamentary democracies all... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/on-partisanship-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/on-partisanship-2/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:51:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=310756 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/on-partisanship-2/feed/ 0 As referenced earlier this week, here is Michael Ignatieff’s speech on enemies and adversaries.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/fundamental-disconnects/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/fundamental-disconnects/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:00:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=309078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/fundamental-disconnects/feed/ 0 Michael Ignatieff tries to draw a line between adversaries and enemies. In his speech,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/local-man-accepts-teaching-position-at-prestigious-university/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/local-man-accepts-teaching-position-at-prestigious-university/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:01:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291035 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/local-man-accepts-teaching-position-at-prestigious-university/feed/ 0 Michael Ignatieff will soon be splitting his time between faculty positions at the University... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/05/a-fight-about-policy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/05/a-fight-about-policy/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:48:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272278 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/05/a-fight-about-policy/feed/ 0 Greg Fingas considers the Conservative attack ad and finds reason for New Democrats to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/03/election-2011-the-leaders/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/03/election-2011-the-leaders/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:30:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=271714 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/03/election-2011-the-leaders/feed/ 0 For the next little while, I’m going to dig through the Canadian Election Study‘s... 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/2012/05/30/hes-never-been-in-it-for-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/hes-never-been-in-it-for-you/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 15:47:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262288 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/30/hes-never-been-in-it-for-you/feed/ 0 Daniel Kitts notes an interesting detail of the Obama campaign’s general election plan. But... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/the-language-of-politics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/the-language-of-politics/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 20:04:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=261468 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/25/the-language-of-politics/feed/ 0 This speech is a few months old—it was delivered in March—but it has only... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/mitchel-raphael-on-ignatieffs-freedom-of-speech-and-munks-gold/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/mitchel-raphael-on-ignatieffs-freedom-of-speech-and-munks-gold/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:32:01 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256415 Of duelling ribbons Columnist Richard Gwyn... took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/mitchel-raphael-on-ignatieffs-freedom-of-speech-and-munks-gold/feed/ 0 Of duelling ribbons Columnist Richard Gwyn... took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/the-liberal-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/the-liberal-crisis/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:59:01 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256405 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/the-liberal-crisis/feed/ 0 Only Justin Trudeau, who has seemed to rule out a run, rivals Rae for generating interest http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/and-now-a-word-from-michael-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/and-now-a-word-from-michael-ignatieff/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:43:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256313 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/and-now-a-word-from-michael-ignatieff/feed/ 0 On the anniversary of the end of his first and last national campaign, Michael... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/one-year-ago-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/one-year-ago-2/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256242 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/one-year-ago-2/feed/ 0 Three-hundred and sixty-six days ago a rather remarkable election culminated in a rather remarkable... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/michael-ignatieffs-purgatory/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/michael-ignatieffs-purgatory/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:05:52 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254713 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/michael-ignatieffs-purgatory/feed/ 0 Saying provocative things as a public intellectual is, after all, the former Liberal leader's forté http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/national-unity-watch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/national-unity-watch/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:30:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254421 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/24/national-unity-watch/feed/ 0 Denis Coderre said yesterday that a Wild Rose win in Alberta might have an... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/the-opposition-leaders-honeymoon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/the-opposition-leaders-honeymoon/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:52:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254287 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/23/the-opposition-leaders-honeymoon/feed/ 0 In light of the NDP’s recent bump in opinion polling, Eric Grenier looks at... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/the-f-35-and-clarity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/the-f-35-and-clarity/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:30:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=252708 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/the-f-35-and-clarity/feed/ 0 On account of this, two previous appeals to clarity as it pertains to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/05/about-that-contract/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/05/about-that-contract/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:00:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=250677 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/05/about-that-contract/feed/ 0 As noted yesterday, the idea of there being a “contract” to purchase the F-35... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/thomas-mulcairs-first-question/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/thomas-mulcairs-first-question/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:24:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248460 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/thomas-mulcairs-first-question/feed/ 0 From his scrum after QP, Mr. Mulcair explains his decision to make jobs and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/24/the-commons-as-good-a-guess-as-any/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/24/the-commons-as-good-a-guess-as-any/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:17:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248233 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/24/the-commons-as-good-a-guess-as-any/feed/ 0 The first sound Thomas Mulcair made when he reached the lectern was a sigh http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/20/define-or-be-defined/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/20/define-or-be-defined/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:30:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=246663 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/20/define-or-be-defined/feed/ 0 The NDP says it is prepared to launch an ad campaign around its new... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/candice-hoeppner-political-scientist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/candice-hoeppner-political-scientist/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:04:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241367 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/candice-hoeppner-political-scientist/feed/ 0 Speaking in the House before the vote to eliminate the long-gun registry last week,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-spectre-of-stephane-dion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-spectre-of-stephane-dion/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:54:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238522 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-spectre-of-stephane-dion/feed/ 0 A New Democrat MP worries that the party might end up with its third... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/liberal-biennial-convention-2012-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/liberal-biennial-convention-2012-ottawa/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:12:05 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/liberal-biennial-convention-2012-ottawa/feed/ 0                            ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/ignatieff-on-mike-crawley/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/ignatieff-on-mike-crawley/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:30:20 +0000 Jordan Owens http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/14/ignatieff-on-mike-crawley/feed/ 0 This morning, Anonymous Liberal Sources sat down again with Michael Ignatieff. We talked about... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-commons-i-didnt-get-there/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-commons-i-didnt-get-there/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:19:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233780 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-commons-i-didnt-get-there/feed/ 0 Michael Ignatieff shows that politics is a matter of time and timing as much as it is personality and policy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/michael-ignatieff-says-thank-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/michael-ignatieff-says-thank-you/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:47:27 +0000 Adam Goldenberg http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233763 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/michael-ignatieff-says-thank-you/feed/ 0 The last time Michael Ignatieff addressed a Liberal convention, he had just won the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/and-now-some-words-from-michael-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/and-now-some-words-from-michael-ignatieff/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:27:57 +0000 Jordan Owens http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233743 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/and-now-some-words-from-michael-ignatieff/feed/ 0 Earlier today, Adam and I sat down with our old boss, Michael Ignatieff.  We’ll... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-ghosts-of-liberal-backrooms-past/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-ghosts-of-liberal-backrooms-past/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:42:08 +0000 Adam Goldenberg http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233591 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-ghosts-of-liberal-backrooms-past/feed/ 0 Sure, there are divisions in the Liberal party. There are divisions in every party. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-little-rae-of-sunshine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-little-rae-of-sunshine/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:43:14 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233203 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-little-rae-of-sunshine/feed/ 0 “Better a Rae Day than a Harper lifetime.” Not a bad line, is it?... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/see-the-politician-run/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/see-the-politician-run/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:11:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232524 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/see-the-politician-run/feed/ 0 From the latest issue of the print edition, 1300 words or so on the...