The geopolitical role that Canada must play in order to ensure its vital interests in the 21st century is one that will be fundamentally different from the international posture to which it has become accustomed. The challenges that Ottawa will face in a multi-polar world order -- the result of...

If you're in Ontario, it's one Liberal leadership race down and one to go. With the provincial race now behind us, let's take a peek at the federal contest.

A recent interview that federal Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay conducted with the National Post caught my eye...

The renowned political sociologist Seymour Lipset -- an American -- is perhaps best known for his Formative Events Theory. Lipset holds that the political cultures of societies are largely determined by the events that formed these societies.

Canada's formative events are threefold. First, the influx of loyalists to the British...

What I find particularly interesting about the Canadian Football League -- our league -- is that it often reflects Canada's political, economic and ideational condition.

For instance, when Hamilton was actually a steel town in decades past, the Ticats were tough and known for their stingy defense. Today, not so...

President Barack Obama's re-election represents a moment of major importance for the Canadian economy and for its long-term foreign policy outlook. Thanks to tonight's result south of the border, Canadian leaders now have a four-year long opening in which they can begin to think strategically on both domestic and international...

Largely since the Liberal Party's electoral defeat last year and the corresponding polarization of the political spectrum between the Conservatives and the NDP, the Grits have taken up the mantra of being the party of "evidence-based policy." The parties of the left and right allow their ideology to cloud their...

During the final presidential debate, Romney pointed out that the size of the U.S. Navy is currently the smallest it has been since the First World War. Obama came back with a real zinger, stating that the U.S. military also has fewer horses and bayonets today than before. Military technology...

A man who did the right thing, not the easy thing. That's how I'll remember Dalton McGuinty's time in office. From social to fiscal policy, this remains true of Ontario's 24th premier.

Despite the initial unpopularity of the measure, McGuinty's Liberal government introduced a harmonized sales tax, reducing...

Following their party's historic defeat in the 2011 federal election, Liberals made a pledge to focus on rebuilding the party from the ground up and not to give in to the notion that a messiah exists who is capable of single-handedly saving the party.

It is essential, now that the...

And so it begins.

Allow me to quote Postmedia's Michael Den Tandt's comments written on September 27:

"[Justin Trudeau] will win the leadership handily and seek to follow in his father's footsteps. It may be a lively contest; much ink will be spilled; but the outcome is...

With Jean Charest's resignation as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, any arrangement between the Liberals and François Legault's CAQ to form a government now appears highly unlikely, if it didn't seem so even before Charest stepped down. That means that the PQ is set to govern Quebec...

Although many federal Liberals opt to remain aloof from provincial politics in Quebec, almost all that choose to associate themselves with any provincial party would historically pick the Quebec Liberal Party. With the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) now making its debut on the provincial scene however, things appear to be...

So many ideas come to mind, but one particular reason that I love Canada is the very philosophy that guides our society: peace, order and good government. Our constitution is wise to mention these principles as foundations of our way of life.

Although the American motto of "life, liberty and...

Former prime minister John Turner was hosted by the Economic Club of Canada in Montreal the week of June 18 for an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first election as an MP. Despite battling an intense cough and other health issues, his talk -- focused largely on the...

In what must have been a very difficult decision, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae has decided not to throw his hat into the ring as the party approaches its 2013 leadership convention.

I don't have even an ounce of the political experience that Bob Rae has, but I...

Ever since Manitoba's 11th premier -- John Bracken the Progressive Party -- became the leader of Canada's right-of-centre party, political parties carrying the moniker of "progressive conservative" have fought elections for the Tory cause.

They've often merited the name. A progressive conservative, after all, followed the Red Tory...

In previous years, the Liberals have lagged behind the Tories and the NDP on issues of political "inside baseball" -- issues that only Canadians who follow federal politics on a regular basis are likely to care deeply about.

Take electoral reform for instance. The western-based Tories, owing much of their...

Several months ago, three young Liberals (all under the age of 25) tried to fundamentally shake up the party, and run for a spot on its national executive, entering a five-way race for National Policy Chair. I was one of them.

Although the three of us received a combined 48.4%...

I've got a bit of a theory. Bear with me here.

Certain political commentators in Canada have put forward the proposition that the Harper government has at times resorted to unethical practices because the ends justify the means. The Tories supposedly believe...

As we dwell on the significance of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it is important to remember the events that led to patriation. Although delving into hypotheticals is never an easy thing, let's give it a shot.

The context: In 1981,...