There’s no strong pool of voters creating the opportunity to wedge against the prevailing acceptance that legal weed is here to stay. Even most Conservative voters support or can accept it.

Canadians aren’t in rapture over the notion we must immediately and forcefully address a warming planet, so it’s hard to imagine our politicians would be either.

Trudeau is now a little less vulnerable to the opposition argument that he is a poor economic manager. But he won’t have time to rest on his laurels, as many businesses gear up for a fight against Bill C-69.

Nearly 25 years ago, I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. It sounded like a lifetime sentence of misery, but it propelled me on a journey that has led to much awakening.

Let’s take lessons from the weekend tornados to harness a more co-operative public service model without the need for debris to be flying around and emergency alerts bellowing from smart phones.

A Liberal MP leaving a Liberal government to join the Conservative opposition helps dampen the flames of an apparent Tory implosion after Maxime Bernier’s exit.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s opponents won’t be weak forever; in fact, he could risk accelerating their rebirth if he comes across as the guy who must win every fight.

The buck stops with the PM on NAFTA and Trans Mountain, but fewer bucks will be flowing in the country unless some of this gets unstuck.

Instead, a small-minded resolution that would end birthright citizenship seems unnecessarily malicious in a country with declining birthrates and an economic need for immigrants.

The Conservative Party leader needs to emerge from the gathering as the undisputed party chieftain, projecting a sense of confidence and possessing a sensible battle plan for victory.

Maxime Bernier has been around the Canadian political game long enough to know that spawning a debate about ‘diversity’ is going to be a big kick in the groin to Andrew Scheer.

Party leader Jagmeet Singh needs to turn the page on this story before it gets printed because he can't be further written off for dead.

The Ontario premier likely welcomes the spectacle of politicians droning on about legal challenges, consultations, and this all being an affront to democracy. He will spin that as elites looking out for themselves.

He is winning fans in all spheres across Ottawa. If he is an uber partisan and small minded, it isn’t obvious.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford can’t please everyone. A good program should create an environment for students where asking questions and searching for information from a trusted, knowledgeable source is possible.

The Trudeau team needs to do some work on itself before it goes back to the people to seek their confidence.

Dig out from under the bullshit and bravado and help those who are struggling by being open about mental health.

Singh should spend the summer shaking off negative fatalism, Scheer must delicately manage kissing up to Quebec, and Trudeau channelling Harper may be a good thing.

Any political party is better with diverse voices in it. Some tension around policy is needed, particularly when you are in opposition, so ideas can be debated before they become platform planks.

He used his perceived assets to narrowcast to what the audience wanted to hear, especially on pocketbook issues.

The right and bold thing for Wynne to have done would have been to vacate her leadership long before this election.

Tories shouldn’t be popping champagne corks yet, but the fact they’re still bringing in bucks, at a decent spot in the polls, and not carving themselves up, is proof of Scheer’s steady hand.

Only the NDP can appeal to voters who want change and those afraid of Doug Ford at the same time.

With caucus-conduct controversies and concerns about his chances in the next election, it’s not a great time to be the NDP leader.