The last thing the Conservative Party of Canada should be doing is entertaining the distraction of changing its leader. Throughout the campaign, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole built connections with Canadians by campaigning and communicating effectively, and is well positioned to build upon them in the next election.

Annamie Paul didn’t resign as Green party leader on Monday. She surrendered, with an extraordinarily vivid description of how it felt to be tormented out of a Canadian political party. Paul talked of how she staggered, “spitting up blood,” to the finish of the recent federal election, admitting she just didn’t have any fight left […]

Last week’s election may, in retrospect, look far from inconsequential; it may even look momentous, notwithstanding the absence of a radical shift in seats. If it produces an affordable national child care program, for example—and that work is well underway—families, especially women, (along with the economy) will benefit far into the future. True, that work […]

Unlike episodes of “Seinfeld,” elections are never about nothing. While our 44th general election might have felt like it didn’t accomplish much in light of the final seat count, it is false to suggest that this vote doesn’t hold valuable lessons for regular Canadians and politicos alike in the future. One of the major underpinnings […]

It was on this date in 1882 that a young man from Prince Edward Island would begin his journey through history with Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Joseph Pope, who was destined to become one of the greatest Prime Ministerial assistants in our history, started his work as the Father of Confederation’s […]

While there are many reasons to be concerned about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s naive view of China as reflected in his government’s policies, his handling of the two Michaels case isn’t one of them. In this instance, the Trudeau government was caught in the cold war between two superpowers — China and the U.S. — […]

Should Erin O’Toole stay on as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada? After all, it was O’Toole and his closest advisers who decided all on their own (without authorization from caucus or members), to oversteer the party to the left without producing anything resembling an electoral breakthrough.

I watched the 1988 federal election debate sitting on the floor of our family room as a child. Three hours. Three leaders. I remember the body language of the politicians. I remember some of their words. I never imagined one day I would moderate the leaders’ debate myself. Since the night of the English-language debate […]

The dust is quickly settling on an acrimonious and confusing election campaign. And with post-mortems well underway, parliamentarians find themselves returning to a House of Commons that, at first glance, looks much like it did at dissolution. Throughout the country, there is a pervasive sense that this was the election that nobody wanted, that it […]

Conservative crows are circling but will they eat their prey? These are difficult days for Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, who announced on election night that despite a disappointing result he has no intention to quit. If the Conservatives want him out, they need to show him the door. So will they? In short, it depends […]