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New Crime Laws Bad Government
After The Bulldog complained about the constant fighting between Mike Pearson and Dief in the previous post, perhaps it’s time to return to the debating at the fall sitting of the House of Commons this...
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Oh No, More Tory Crime Laws: Whopper Watch
Just what we need … more expensive and unnecessary crime legislation in the face of a large federal deficit: “This is not the end; this is just the beginning of our efforts in this regard,” Justice...
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David McGuinty Should Run For Liberal Leadership
Ottawa South MP David McGuinty is weighing whether or not to run for the Liberal leadership. He’s very bright, young, knows the value of a dollar, and fluently bilingual. McGuinty espouses traditional...
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Robocalls: A Coverup Would Get You
Ottawa is a big city, yet its political-media-public service-diplomatic community constitutes but a small town. And like all small towns, gossip gets around … it’s pretty hard to keep a secret in this...
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Robocalls: The Tories’ Bizarre Strategy
PM parliamentary secretary Dean Del Mastro: he needs a new plan. —- The Tory strategy in defending itself against the robocall issue smacks of desperation rather than logic. Take this for example from...
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Robocall Advice: Richard Nixon Speaks From The Grave
Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae equated robocalls to the strategy of the late U.S. president Richard Nixon. In an exclusive seance with The Bulldog last night, Richard Milhous Nixon, the late 37th...
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Defence Procurement Barbs – Conservatives Defending the “Decade of Doofus”...
By David Pugliese Defence Watch The battles continue in the House of Commons over military procurement issues. Liberal interim leader Bob Rae outlined what he said were a litany of problems that have...
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Bob Rae Does The Right Thing
Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae with David McGuinty looking over his shoulder. Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae did the right thing when he said he would not run for his party’s leadership. Rae said, when...
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When the big money comes out to play
We’ll begin with Lecia Stewart, billed as RTG’s spokesperson. As I wrote here last week, she’s a former B.C. transit official who oversaw the effort to build a SkyTrain extension there until the...
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‘We wouldn’t want another Iraq, would we?’
That’s the cliche that started it. It proceeded to allowing that Syria’s Baathist regime might be onto something with its talk about Salafi terrorists in the rebel leadership. Where that led was to a...
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Op-Ed: Foul balls: The Blue Jays and political debate
In 1991 after a jocular exchange during question period in the House of Commons, Opposition leader Jean Chrétien heckled prime minister Brian Mulroney: “You’re like the Blue Jays yesterday, Brian, not...
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Ottawans quietly join OLG board
Two Ottawans have been quietly appointed to the board of the province’s gambling agency, part of the effort to give new direction to an outfit left adrift when Premier Kathleen Wynne gave up on her...
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After the fight: On the rise, on the ropes
On the evening of March 31, 2012, almost exactly two years ago, two minor but well-known politicians waited nervously for the opening bell of a charity boxing match at an Ottawa convention centre. It...
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Reevely: Let the police do their jobs, Liberals say, so we can have an...
OTTAWA — Ontario ministers have a mantra when they’re asked about the gas-plant scandal haunting their government: Let the police do their work. In the meantime, the subtext goes, we’ll keep running...
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The new language debate: Justin Trudeau’s f-bomb raises eyebrows
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau earned jeers and cheers for his use of the f-word, and reviews are just as mixed as to whether he’s damaged his image as a potential prime minister in waiting. While it’s...
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Op-Ed: An optional oath to the Queen
On Tuesday, the Ontario Court of Appeal will hear a case involving three would-be Canadians who meet all our requirements for citizenship except one: they won’t express allegiance to the Queen or her...
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Jim Flaherty celebrated for his commitment and character
“It has been an honour to serve Canada. Thank you for the opportunity.” As well as anything, the pithy 55-character farewell tweet Jim Flaherty posted moments before he walked out the door of his...
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Tom Mulcair's pitch for why he should be prime minister
In the next federal election, for the first time, the NDP and leader Tom Mulcair will campaign as official Opposition. Mulcair sat down with Citizen parliamentary bureau chief Mark Kennedy to discuss...
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Mulcair: NDP government won't hike personal taxes
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he will make a “firm” pledge to Canadian voters in the next election not to raise their personal taxes if he becomes prime minister. Mulcair made the comment in an interview...
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Bill Wilkerson's battle to cure mental illness
Bill Wilkerson put depression on Canada’s corporate radar more than a decade ago, when talking about mental illness was taboo – even though it was the fastest-growing cause of disability, lost time and...
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