The shock and sorrow that greeted Jim Flaherty’s sudden death are a tribute to the genuine warmth he brought to the often cold and ugly world of politics. He deserves to be remembered for his grit, kindness and the twinkle in his eye. But his legacy was not what they claim. Click here to read the rest.

Heartbleed scares me. Internet weaknesses really are big news, unlike a lot of things that get headlines. So our reaction scares me even more. Click here to read the rest.

With Vladimir Putin drooling over the rest of Ukraine the plan seems to be to stick our tongues out at him. Laden with sententious rhetoric, to be sure. But we can’t shake our fist at him because we haven’t got one. Click here to read the rest.

Do we want a beau gallant as prime minister? That is the question now before us. Click here to read the rest.

With the PQ dusting off their threat to take their province and go straight home, I find myself dusting off some reflections from the last referendum crisis that still seem relevant. Including that people’s obsession with “Will Quebec go?” and “Should Quebec go?” should not stop us from giving some thought to the fact that, if it does go, it won't go far. Click here to read the rest.

Here’s a surprise. Ontario’s all-day kindergarten program to produce the creative, secure, early developing multicultural Wunderkinds of the future is in trouble. Cost overruns? Pedagogic issues? Um no. Seems they haven’t managed to build the classroom space on time. Click here to read the rest.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Wolfe, Dauntless and Co. Advertising Agency faces a serious challenge. Our client Lise LaFleur needs a new campaign to sell the “Canadian” product line or she’s leaving us. And field research and past experience indicate we’re up a maple stump on this one. Click here to read the rest.

There are many things I could say about the upcoming Quebec election, some of which my editors would even let me print. But can we start with this “fixed election date” business? Click here to read the rest.