Departing tributes from the U.S. Congress: ‘Ambassador, you have put a lot of pucks in the net’
Gary Doer has confirmed he’ll be leaving Canada’s most important diplomatic post once he’s helped the new government with transition
A recap of the latest Maclean’s-CPAC panel on Canada-U.S. relations
A bit of subtlety amid the shouting
Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer accuses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of ‘significant distortion and omission’
Tease the day: Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. helps defuse a potential border dispute
In conversation with Canada’s ambassador to the U.S.
At the outset of his campaign, Thomas Mulcair brushed aside a comparison to Tony Blair and instead invoked Gary Doer and Lorne Calvert. One of his supporters, NDP MP Dan Harris, explicitly refuted the comparison to Britain’s Labour party.
Getting back to this debate, I decided to run the numbers for the entire shortlist using rg’s metric: by popular vote, compare the last election result before the leader took over to the election in which that leader peaked. So, for instance, for Jack Layton I compared the NDP’s 2011 result to the NDP’s result in 2000.
Olivia Chow politely brushes aside questions. Gary Doer’s friends and associates say he likely won’t seek the NDP leadership. Brian Topp acknowledges he is considering a run. The race is now on.
Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon commends Quebec Premier Jean Charest.
A tiny Wolfe at the bathroom door, a flirty old Castro in Cuba and the Times’ new editor needs her red pen