This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, November 17, 2019. On Wednesday, the first public hearings began in an impeachment process that seems to have been crafted for our era of reality television. Watching the testimonies of Bill Taylor, George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch, I was struck by the soap-opera nature of the hearings. […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Since the launch of the federal election, which feels like an eternity ago, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has been dogged by variations on the same question: Will you attend a Pride parade? Do you believe homosexuality is a sin? Why did you compare equal […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, November 3, 2019. This week saw Toronto City Council endorse, by a wide margin, a new transit plan proposed by the Ford government. Federal support is expected soon to follow. This is good news for the residents of Toronto — but also for the Premier’s Office, a […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, October 27, 2019. So, just what happened on Monday night and how did we end up with the most divided and regionalized Parliament we have seen in recent memory? In my view, it was the utterly predictable outcome of the campaign our leaders chose to run. The […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Given the haze, ambiguity and, crucially, the unpredictability of this election campaign, it is becoming harder to determine how everything will shape up after Canadians head to the polls on Monday. While still unclear, seat distributions seem to signal a return to the minority governments […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, October 13, 2019. As we all gathered around to celebrate thanksgiving this weekend, I felt especially grateful for my incredible family and so lucky to have with us my amazing mother, a woman whose view of the world and commitment to the service of others has so […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, October 6, 2019. Watching the first French-language leaders’ debate this past Wednesday, I was struck by the increasing banality of our current election campaign. Over the course of my career, I’ve seen — and been involved in — many elections. I have seen promising candidates brought […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Saturday, September 28, 2019. In a week with no shortage of international political theatre, from the launch of impeachment proceedings in Washington to the showdown between Parliament and the Supreme Court in London, I found myself returning again to watch a clip of 16-year-old Greta Thunberg in […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, September 22, 2019. This week, the federal election campaign was thrown into chaos when years-old pictures emerged of Justin Trudeau dressed-up in a way most would deem highly inappropriate. Commentators around the country, indeed around the world, have weighed in with comments on the prime minister’s […]
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday, September 15, 2019. With the prime minister’s visit to Rideau Hall on Wednesday morning, Parliament was formally dissolved and the summer’s so-called “fake” election campaign, mercifully, brought to an end. And with it, Canadians began to hear not just the noise of the campaign messaging but […]