To mark the official start of the federal Liberal leadership race, The Huffington Post Canada asked all the declared candidates to tell us, in their words, why they decided to run. Martha Hall Findlay, a former Toronto Member of Parliament, announced her bid for the Liberal leadership on October 14,...

First, the Harper government lied. Before we get to the actual economics, there is a fundamental issue of integrity and keeping promises. Harper, once again, has failed on this score. Whether I agreed with him at the time or not, Harper promised that he wouldn't touch pensions or...

After some much-needed sleep, I can now comment on the extraordinary things that happened this weekend at the Liberal Convention.

One, the hugely positive buzz of a political party bent on renewal, and the buzz from the results of votes on policy and on people that contributed to that sense...

I had the pleasure of moderating one of the sessions this morning: "Democracy and Good Governance." The caucus representative was Stéphane Dion. The panelists were David Eaves, public policy expert and fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, Queen's University, and Maryantonett Flumian, president of the Institute on...

Last night we heard speeches from various luminaries, including Jim Watson, mayor of Ottawa, then Dalton McGuinty, premier of Ontario started the evening off. Among many good lines from the premier's speech, here was my favourite: "To those who would have us merge with another party, get behind us --...

I gave a speech to the gathering of young liberals this morning. It was a great turnout. I stressed the importance of thinking not of "left," nor "right" but the need to go forward; applauding the fact that some young liberals are running for positions that are NOT just "young...

Goodness, what Liberals will do for the cause :-).

I've just arrived in Ottawa after what became an almost 6-hour drive from Toronto, through -- yes -- rain, sleet AND snow. But it's worth it -- I am very much looking forward to this Liberal Biennial Convention. There are...

My choice for the biggest story is one that's not actually over. Indeed, it may only be beginning. It is still unfolding, and the continuing repercussions, related events, and challenges are themselves part of what make it such an important story.

Call it the Arab Spring, the Arab Awakening,...

No wonder the Harper government has it in for Statistics Canada -- they keep coming out with really inconvenient statistics.

Why else would they have eliminated the mandatory long-form census last year, despite the uproar from virtually every person and every organization across the country regardless of political stripe --...

Proponents of a merger between the NDP and the Liberal party rely on a flawed assumption that, somehow, all the people who voted for one or the other would simply join forces and vote for a single merged party. On the contrary, a merged New Democratic-Liberal party could encourage even...