Globe and Mail Columnist since 2002. Author of 10 books (above). Was Washington and Moscow correspondent. McMaster, Harvard but mainly student of golf.
Ottawa, Ontario
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Reform won 52 seats in the 1993 election, Tories 2. If that isn't tantamount to a takeover, what is?
Reform never took over the Tory Party in 1993, there was a split and no formal merger happened until 2003. Before 1993 the Tories had only been in power for 9-10 years between 1963-1993.
This guy is a senior columnist for the Globe, Jesus!
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In Canada the biggest debate ever should be taking place on one of the biggest issues ever - AI. Its consequences, as Bill Gates says, are staggering.
But so far, very little debate.
How senseless is that?
Since Confederation in 1867 conservatives have been in power roughly one-third of the time. Was supposed to get better with Reform takeover. But since then it's one-quarter of the time (given Liberals' current mandate running till '29.)
Which house really deserves that adjective? Norway's or his White House? politico.eu/article/donald-t…
Here's Friedman's AI column, which everyone in the Carney government should read, on artificial brains taking over the planet. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/opini…
Yep. A victory for "normal" Conservatives. Should give incentive for the normals at the federal level to move against the populist hard liners at the controls under Poilievre. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Since Manning and Harper’s Reform takeover of the Tory party in 1993, Conservatives have been in power only 9 years. That tells us what a disaster the move has been for them.
Trump has turned "the White House Rose Garden into what looks Liberace's bathroom." Bill Clinton.
Am researching book on the life of the PM. "The Making of Mark Carney." Anyone got any Carney anecdotes they'd like to share? Or tips on possible interview sources or story lines? If so much appreciated. I'm at [email protected].
Well said here. In the course of research for a biography I'm doing on Carney I find he was indeed "firmly titled toward Europe in any event." @sproudfoot.bluesky.social
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Lawrence Martin retweeted
Not by the ad, but by those who objected to it.
Vance says he's 'disgusted' by GOP pushback to Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother nationalnewswatch.com/2026/1…
Former deputy prime minister John Manley tells it like it is. He says U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra is spewing nonsense.
Did the media get conned into making a huge deal of this referendum? One which showed that there's still a substantial minority of malcontents in Alberta - as there always been.
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Someone called the whole referendum exercise a nothingburger. And I suppose you can make that case. Alberta has always had a minority of malcontents prepared to leave. As this week's vote showed, nothing has changed. It still does.
The separatists, as I say in column this morning, had as little chance of winning the referendum vote as Eddie the Eagle of winning the ski jump gold at the Calgary Olympics. There should be no gloating from the federal side.