Policy Options

”œI’m actually surprised that it took this long” was my ini- tial response to the journalist who called me back in September. New population estimates had been released by...

“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” The Hedgehog and the Fox Isaiah Berlin (1953) Isaiah Berlin, the last great 19th century liberal, lived...

Whenever we discuss Canada’s future, people come at it from a full range of perspectives. In the world of politics and policy-making it is only too easy to see...

Should Quebec be recognized as a nation in the Constitution? Michael Ignatieff thinks so. In his view, ”œQuebecers…have come to understand themselves as a nation, with a language, history,...

Choosing a leader and passing policy resolutions are not the most important business of the 2006 Liberal convention. Its dominant purpose should be to make the party again home...

Le 18 février 1980, les libéraux de Pierre Trudeau récoltaient la victoire électorale la plus éclatante de leur histoire au Québec avec 74 des 75 sié€ges et une autre...

Responding to the gathering global climate crisis is the paramount political challenge of our time. Whether we are indeed the uniquely ”œpolitical” ani- mals Aristotle described, who use the gifts...

The new Liberal leader is lucky. When picked just a few weeks from now, he will stand on the shoulders of the achievements of two excellent leaders. While it...

The decision made by some 5,000 delegates at the Liberal leader- ship convention in December will be determined by the level of risk they are willing to assume with...

Canada’s future prosperity and quality of life are directly related to our ability to thrive and compete in a knowledge-based, global economy in which science and technology play a...

The benefits of learning are well documented. For individuals, higher levels of learning are associated with higher wages, better job prospects, improved health and a more fulfilling personal life....

”œ Prime Minister Stephen Harper.” The first time a reporter addressed him by that title in public ”” before he was sworn in, so before it was strictly accu-...

In the last three short years, stu- dents of Canadian politics have been treated to no fewer than three federal leadership races, two gen- eral election campaigns, the election...

The internationally renowned scholar of federalism, Daniel Elazar, wrote in 1994 that ”œthe federalist revolution is among the most widespread ”” if one of the most unno- ticed ””...

L’année 2006 marquait le cinquantié€me anniversaire du rapport de la Commission royale d’enqué‚te sur les problé€mes constitu- tionnels. Mise sur pied en 1953 par le gouvernement de Maurice Duplessis,...

Honourable members of Parliament, in Afghanistan, in a very respectful place, you wear your hat, so I will wear my hat as a mark of respect. I thank you...

POLICY OPTIONS: Looking back, was it necessary to divide the right in order to unite it? René Lévesque used to say that you have to break eggs in order...

En prenant connaissance du Manifeste que j’ai eu l’honneur de co-signer, l’an dernier aÌ€ pareille date, il s’est trouvé beaucoup de nos lecteurs pour prédire que notre démarche aboutirait...

When they first read the Manifesto I had the hon- our of co-signing a year ago today, many of its readers predicted that our initiative would result in the...