Kelly McParland

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Poilievre needs to earn an extension as leader - He should face a leadership review if he wants to stay in the job

Poilievre needs to earn an extension as leader - He should face a leadership review if he wants to stay in the job

Canada’s federal Conservatives are stuck with a dilemma as they consider whether to do anything different in the next two years than they did in the last two. At the centre of the dilemma are a host of riddles. As in, did they actually lose the last election? Sure, they didn’t win, but did they lose lose? Like, did Canadians...

Carney's change agenda should start with fixing up 24 Sussex Drive

Carney's change agenda should start with fixing up 24 Sussex Drive

Every prime minister since Pierre Trudeau has failed to rehabilitate the official residence. Carney has a chance to show us he's different.

Monday's election was a wake-up call for the Conservatives

Monday's election was a wake-up call for the Conservatives

Poilievre failed to adapt as the campaign unfolded, which cost him the election

Carney, Poilievre talk fiscal prudence, but offer the opposite - Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be

Carney, Poilievre talk fiscal prudence, but offer the opposite - Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be

Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be

Danielle Smith's election help isn't helping

Danielle Smith's election help isn't helping

Pierre Poilievre must wake up in the morning and wonder what it will take to get Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to quit trying to help him. The Conservative leader has his hands full right now. He’s got an election to win at a time his once-substantial lead has dwindled away into a neck-and-neck race. A Liberal party that seemed to...

Trudeau skis while his party unites in calls for his resignation

Trudeau skis while his party unites in calls for his resignation

The chorus of Liberals demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation has swollen to the point that it’s now fair to ask just who the prime minister thinks he’s still leading. Days after the Ontario caucus — the country’s biggest by far, with 75 members — concluded it was time for Trudeau to step aside, Atlantic Liberals sent a letter to...

Trudeau Liberals have a Biden problem, but lack a Pelosi to press the case

Trudeau Liberals have a Biden problem, but lack a Pelosi to press the case

A month after kicking him down the White House stairs, Democrats welcomed Joe Biden to the stage of their Chicago convention, the better to profess how much they well and truly love him. “We started out … with President Biden, who we all love, we all adore, we look forward to seeing him tonight,” convention chairperson Minyon Moore burbled Monday...

The disappearance of Tom Mulcair

Greg Selinger overstayed his welcome