Anne McLellan
And now, the alternative-reality government
Paul Wells: Two formidable former politicians, Anne McLellan and Lisa Raitt, are hosting an economic summit that says a lot about the state of Canadian politics today
The McLellan report would have ended the SNC affair before it began
Paul Wells: Under the proposed ‘McLellan protocol’ the incessant piling-on the attorney general by staffers would not have been possible
Anne McLellan’s appointment: one more bumbling bid to bury the SNC-Lavalin affair
Anne Kingston: Enlisting the longtime Liberal party loyalist as a ‘change-maker’ offers yet another example of a government losing its optics mojo
Security trumps trade at the U.S. border
Deeper economic integration has been stalled by a risk-averse U.S. government
The eternal question
A few interesting reads from the weekend: Susan Delacourt looks at new research into the electability of women in Canada, Alice Funke adds her own analysis, and Linda Silver Dranoff reviews Canada’s Unfinished Democracy. From the latter.
The Commons: The Apology
A day of many words. And perhaps some promise.