The hardline, anti-Ottawa stance by Jason Kenney and Doug Ford should help Justin Trudeau make inroads with women and young voters, two key elements to his last majority.

That means responding quickly and forcefully to false opposition claims and moving aggressively on a progressive policy agenda.

The former justice minister's actions show that protecting the prime minister wasn't her priority.

While Justin Trudeau's own house is burning around him, the PM continues to claim that all is well in Liberal land and he welcomes the input of two former ministers who have engaged in the death of a thousand cuts.

Celina Caesar-Chavannes left the Liberal caucus after publicly challenging the character of the leader. Her two former cabinet colleagues should follow suit.

Jody Wilson-Raybould could call a press conference immediately to respond to all questions related to her time in cabinet after she was transferred out of the justice portfolio.

Sunny days are here again. But they are not going to last long if Justin Trudeau doesn’t get some experienced advice on political damage control.

Based on her testimony before the House Justice Committee, it's clear the PM had no choice but to move her out. She cannot be trusted to sit in caucus where she could be note-taking for her next committee exposé.

Michael Wernick also pointed out that the first person to invoke privilege to limit to her testimony was the former minister herself.

It's always tricky when a man is out in public repeatedly attacking a woman. The fact that Jody Wilson-Raybould was a star cabinet minister and first ever-Indigenous AG makes the strarategy even more questionable.

Paul Dewar was a national figure during his time in the House of Commons and he maintained that profile even in defeat.

Netflix insists that it should not be subject to the same regulations as other content carriers. The usual suspects are lining up on both sides of the Canadian content issue.

Canada has become the ham in the sandwich of a fight between China and the United States.

Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle was based on bad advice. Whoever recommended the demotion of Raybould-Wilson should bow out. Trudeau made the decision but, ultimately, hubris on the prime minister’s team is costing him.

Scott Brison has always had a great political antenna and, while he said his decision was family-based, his reflection had to include a review of the party’s political popularity meter in Nova Scotia.

Decisions to go to war, vigorous disagreement on whether the country should even stay together—all have provided emotional raw material for building Canada. But many of the key battles were not between parties, but between factions in a single party.

By pushing a favourite off playlists, those who deem the lyrics improper are applying their own narrow, sexist lens, the same lens that used to characterize society’s negative view of sexually active unmarried women.

It is not just a question of prioritizing the university. The most egregious mistake by the new Ford government was the decision to eliminate the Office of the French Language Services Commissioner.

In 1946, Viola Desmond was convicted because she was a black woman determined to exercise her right to full equality. Transgendered people are still denied full equality, and their cause suffered a setbback last week.

With or without Donald Trump and Theresa May, Asia is the way of the future.

Washington’s mid-course correction will make politics uglier. It's hard to believe it could get any worse.

But even if citizens swallow the uncertainty and vote to host the games, the road to 2026 will be very long indeed.

The internecine warfare, which marked Jean Chrétien's last two years in power, were not pretty. But by and large, Chrétien’s time was a period when politics was fun and all political parties shared a common bond.

Legal pot is one promise with benefits. Communities and government coffers will both prosper as a result of this world-breaking government decision.