The Prairie Premiers and their wrongness

 ABOVE: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Manitoba Premier Brain Pallister, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. Look, I get I’m beating this drum pretty hard. But the data just keeps piling up. To wit: in the last couple days, two polls have come out ranking voter satisfaction with the various provincial governments across the

What to do with the West?

 Grumbling in Western Canada about the Trudeau Liberals started months before, and reached a fever pitch on election night. Aside from a few lone MPs in and around Winnipeg, the Liberal Party was wiped out from the Ontario-Manitoba border straight through to West Vancouver. Even the Liberal Party stalwart Ralph

Beyak’s Anti-Native Comments Shock in Many Ways

 Lynn Beyak is not someone who would usually make much of an impression on the public world, with her background in real estate, insurance, and selling cars. But in 2013 the Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed her to the Senate, where she remained fairly anonymous. Until, that is, her appalling

Charlie Angus Would Be A Great Prime Minister

 The stakes are high. The choices between tens of thousands of NDP members in the coming days will determine whether or not the NDP will continue in their traditional spot as the third place party in Parliament, or will manage to return to their brief period of glory between 2011

Parliamentary Wrap-Up Session With Rona Ambrose

 Attention: Rona Ambrose is not running for the Conservative leadership. However, after a stellar performance in the last Parliamentary session many wish she would. We sat down with the interim Leader of the Official Opposition to discuss the last Parliamentary session. OTTAWA LIFE MAGAZINE: What are your observations of the