Looking for Change in the Trudeau Cabinet Shuffle

 Like many avid Trudeau watchers, I am puzzled by his recent cabinet shuffle purporting to represent an energized team that will propel Canada forward and is designed to win the next election against increasing odds. This, while the polls show that all the public wants is real change. For me,

How Trudeau Senior Refreshed his Image and Beat Stanfield in the 1974 Election

 This is a story with some relevance to the situation Justin Trudeau faces today. He seems to have lost the energy and spontaneity of his 2015 victory campaign, just as his father, Pierre Trudeau’s remoteness, had been a factor in his 1972 near defeat. Justin is being beaten in the

The Langevin Block

 The imposing sandstone structure on Wellington facing the Hill and the War Memorial has quite a story. The Langevin Block has morphed from being the first building outside the Hill to house a growing civil service into a symbol of the power and influence of the Prime Minister’s Office which

Remembering Jim Coutts: Civility in Politic

  By: Tom Axworthy (from his speech) on May 21, 2014  at the Jim Coutts Memorial Dinner at the University Club, Toronto, Ontario Photo Credit:  V. Tony Hauser "Jim Coutts had political opponents a plenty, but he never thought of them as enemies and he taught all of us that civility." - Tom Axworthy The joy of working in