Mark Warner

The consequences of the president’s enthusiasm for economic conflict could be widespread and severe. In trade wars, no one wins.

The gay rights group Egale held their second annual gala at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. The gala honoured TD bank CEO Ed Clark with a leadership award. The night raised money for the programs to battle homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. Below, Tory Senator Nancy Ruth (left) and singer Carole Pope.

“‘You can’t fire your candidate,’ said Mr. Teneycke.”

You would almost think that organizers had asked keynote speaker, the former Virginia governor Mark Warner, who is now running for US Senate, to make his keynote speech as dull as possible to make everyone remember how good Obama’s was in 2004.