Are Grand Trade Pacts Doomed or Merely Mistimed?

Published in the Embassy newspaper:

By delaying its judgment on the TPP, the new Liberal government could avoid unnecessary criticism and drama at home.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in St. Andrews By-The-Sea, New Brunswick, Jan. 18. (LPC photo)

Boldly Going Forward: A Liberal Primer

(Wonkish - Revised Nov. 1, 2011)

Like many other big-tent centrist parties in the Western world, the Liberal Party of Canada has just taken the worst electoral beating in its history. Similar to many of them, it has lost ground relative to its main competitors mainly due to a combination of poor priorities, weakened leadership, and past sins.

The Ignatieff Enigma

(Published September 23, 2009 in The Laval News)
With the launch of a federal election delayed but still very much a possibility within the near future, it seems that Canadian voters will have a little more time to get to know the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Even in the midst of this year’s heated political climate, quite a few people confided in me that they still have difficulty making up their minds about him.