Justin Trudeau might have been joking when he praised China’s dictatorship to his ladies soiree last week. But his audience didn’t laugh, or more appropriately choke, at his daffy admiration for China’s environmental record. Click here to read the rest.

The tragedy of Rob Ford is horrible to watch. He must resign, for our sakes and his own. But he deserves our sympathy too, for his sake and ours. Click here to read the rest.

Even The New York Times has noticed there’s something odd about Barack Obama lurching aimlessly from crisis to crisis like some leftover Halloween zombie unable to find any brains. Click here to read the rest.

Unless it is OK for the prime minister to lie repeatedly and openly on an important matter, Stephen Harper must resign or be dismissed. Click here to read the rest.

Honourable senators, were I among your number I would rise to remind you, at this moment of political and constitutional crisis, that in the Red Chamber we are masters in our own house. Click here to read the rest.

It’s disorienting to discover, by the light of a flaming cop car, that we don’t even agree what “lawless” means. To most Canadians, it’s burning RCMP cruisers at a New Brunswick fracking protest. But to Native activists and their sympathizers, it’s enforcing Canadian law on aboriginal land. Click here to read the rest.

Saying “cheese” is supposed to make you smile. So why doesn’t it work in trade negotiations?Click here to read the rest.

So what exactly is this quaint throne speech ritual? Just one more chance for carefully focus-grouped, insincere, pompous PR that further reduces our ability to control politicians. What else would it be? Click here to read the rest.