Michael Ignatieff on PoliticsWhen asked if he'd break up his holidays to have a coffee with Stephen Harper, he says, "Well, there are other things I'd rather be doing." LOL! No, seriously, I thought Rae was the funny guy, but Ignatieff is no slouch on earnest one-liners either ( Read more... )

Over in Poland, Canada's received four Fossil-of-the-Day awards so far for our efforts to block progress in fighting climate change.

Canada has so far earned four Fossil of the Day awards, a daily tongue-in-cheek "prize" handed out at these conferences to the country that does the most to block progress on fighting climate change. The award is ( Read more... )

I don't mind where we're going, but a few things about how we're getting there bug me.

First the good news. Michael Ignatieff will be the new leader of the Liberal party. Rae was a bit more naturally likable in my opinion, but Ignatieff will do, too. And the best news of all is that there seems to be, so far, some solidarity on this. Nobody's ( Read more... )

Stéphane Dion is the new Liberal leader, a francophone technocrat who came up from fourth place in committed delegates to third on the first ballot, gaining a little on the second, and leading after the fourth ( Read more... )