Canadians would never support a prime minister who could not speak English. So why would we think it’s okay to elect a prime minister who fumbles his French?

Decisions by Jean Charest and Rona Ambrose to stay out of the Conservative leadership race were met with huge sighs of relief on more than one front.

At 88 years, John Crosbie's influence on provincial and national politics was profound and lasting.

Air crashes are so rare that few families have undergone the heartbreak of experiencing the loss of their dear ones to an aeronautical incident.

It is not good news for the minority Liberal government.

The method of choosing the Speaker is of little interest to the broad Canadian public. That’s a pity because the ranked preferential ballot could fix one of the major problems in Canada’s modern, fragmented democracy.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau obviously got the message that was delivered in the minority victory. He needs to reach out to Team Liberal, instead of simply selling the country on Team Trudeau.

And her success or failure could determine the fate of this minority government.

The American political system is so broken that intelligent citizens are already turning a deaf ear to testimony they do not want to hear.

Andrew Scheer has more than a communications problem. He has a substance problem and so does his party. The April reckoning in Toronto will bring it to a head.

Progressives have largely fled the party and Peter MacKay is stuck with trying to convince current Conservatives that the party needs to veer to the left.

Like everyone, I am anxiously awaiting the Monday's election outcome. And on Monday evening, I am taking a break from that vicious medium, Twitter.

The bottom line is that when you are literally one turkey dinner away from the vote, the last thing Andrew Scheer needs is public speculation about who will replace him when he loses.

It is tough to keep anti-choice candidates motivated if the leader refuses to guarantee their right to introduce anti-abortion private members' bills.

Just last week, the Liberals and the New Democrats both launched their environmental platforms. But analysis of those platforms did not even manage to make the front page of most newspapers.

National debates need competing viewpoints. This is really the only time when ordinary Canadians get an insider’s glimpse at what makes political parties tick. You don’t have to agree with any of them.

To avoid undue election influence, the RCMP has announced it will not be investigating anything during the writ period. That fact was buried in The Globe story.

Back in '80s, we didn’t hate each other in the House. But the civility marking those years is gone today.

Many of the Brexiteers voted 'Leave' over immigration, but few in the U.K.—and Canada—seem to understand how vital immigration is for economic growth.

Maxime Bernier's ideas should be defeated at the ballot box, not in the back rooms of the Leaders' Debates Commission.

Most Canadians have tuned out, and things are still looking up for the Liberals in Quebec.

With the continual barrage of mass shootings in the U.S., the issue is not likely to go away. Almost weekly incidents of gun violence in Toronto guarantee that Liberals will not be able to dodge the question.

The decision by the commissioner of Canada Elections to go ahead with a date that conflicts with an orthodox Jewish holiday is bad.

The book launch guarantees that Jody Wilson-Raybould's story will dominate the news, ensuring the Liberals receive more criticism for their faulty handling of the file.