Michael coren
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 2:00am
Give Harper job back
My 17-year-old son came up to me the other day and asked if he could vote. I was surprised in that soccer, girls and fun with his buddies seem to have been his politics for some time now. I told him he had to wait a year.
Salim Mansur
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 2:00am
Is majority possible without Quebec?
On the last weekend ahead of Canada’s 41st general election, the politically smart or cautious view is the outcome will be more or less the same as that of the previous election.
Bob Ripley
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Why Catholics may not always be right
No one likes to be told they're wrong but that didn't stop me from reading the book Why Catholics Are Right by Michael Coren.
George Clark
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Can’t wait to tell my friends about this latest discovery
This column can be considered a standby, a device that can be called upon if the rains don't stop this spring. There is another alternative, involving building a large vessel and starting to gather animals two by two, but that's another story altogether.
Dan Brown
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Health board’s tobacco fight a losing battle
"There's a lot of unnecessary tobacco use in movies." So says Amy Yateman of the Middlesex-London Health Unit, by way of explaining the local agency's call for the provincial ratings board to crack down on the depiction of tobacco use in movies.
John Snobelen
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Guergis misfortunes home-grown
I started this week staring, once again, into the dark abyss of my own imperfections.
Joe Belanger
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Unlike Walter and Millie, hope we don’t lay an egg Monday
Oh, yeah, spring has arrived and I’m singin’ and whistlin’ a little Bobby McFerrin.
Rachel Sa
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Staying mum election night a tweet dream
Millions of Canadians will break the law on Monday. Most likely, they will all get away with it.
Larry Cornies
Last Updated: April 30, 2011 12:00am
Elections Act desperately needs facelift
By Monday night, we'll know.
L Ian MacDonald
Last Updated: April 29, 2011 9:36am
Duceppe's misplay gives NDP ground
When the history of this campaign is written, the defining moment will be a speech Gilles Duceppe gave to a Parti Quebecois policy convention on April 17, the Sunday following the leaders' debates.
Michael dentandt
Last Updated: April 29, 2011 9:33am
Layton wins battle of personalities
He should have attended the wedding.
Lorrie goldstein
Last Updated: April 28, 2011 2:00am
Economic kneecapping
Could I have your attention, please? If NDP Leader Jack Layton wins a minority government May 2, supported by the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois, he plans to make Canadians pay a new charge estimated at $21.5 billion over the next four years for the right to emit man-made carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Dan Brown
Last Updated: April 27, 2011 10:22pm
Everything you were told about the Canadian election is wrong
For the purposes of this column, let’s assume the reports of a surge in NDP support at the federal level are accurate.
David Akin
Last Updated: April 27, 2011 9:20am
Election may reshape look of the left
With only a few days of campaigning left, it now seems a better bet to put money on Jack Layton being the next leader of the Official Opposition than it does to wager on Prime Minister Michael Ignatieff.
Christina Blizzard
Last Updated: April 27, 2011 9:18am
This will be an affair fit for a princess
The "bride" was beautiful as she flashed her fake sapphire and diamond ring, fashioned with glitter and a glue-gun.
Michael dentandt
Last Updated: April 26, 2011 9:19am
What is going to happen after May 2?
It was a throwaway line in the heat of battle. But so very telling.
Christina Blizzard
Last Updated: April 25, 2011 6:52pm
McGuinty shows us his heart with elderly couple
Remember the Burt Bacharach song Anyone who had a heart?
Peter Worthington
Last Updated: April 25, 2011 9:33am
Unless Harper slips, majority seems likely
With a week to go before the country goes to the polls, it’s hard to see any substantive change in the major parties.
Lorrie goldstein
Last Updated: April 24, 2011 2:00am
An honest green tax
Today, I’m going to play Devil’s Advocate. I’m going to propose what I think an honest system of pricing carbon dioxide emissions would look like.
Salim Mansur
Last Updated: April 23, 2011 2:00am
Immigration’s the elephant in the room
Politics in an advanced democracy is not much different than politics in a less advanced democracy, as in contemporary Russia, save for the niceties of how the political contest for the prize of forming government is conducted.
Michael coren
Last Updated: April 23, 2011 2:00am
Tories’ shining star
I have never endorsed a politician before. I’ve made some supportive comments for friends, but been careful not to give my explicit backing.
Bob Ripley
Last Updated: April 23, 2011 12:00am
Despite sketchy details, hope springs eternal
They say the dead come to life at quitting time. Otherwise, resurrections are rare.
Joe Belanger
Last Updated: April 23, 2011 12:00am
Discreet methadone clinics should be allowed across city
The ongoing, often emotional debate about the effectiveness and impact of methadone treatment clinics on London neighbourhoods is not going to be resolved anytime soon.
Larry Cornies
Last Updated: April 23, 2011 12:00am
Reconciliation rare but better political path
What do Easter and elections have in common?
Bill Brady
Last Updated: April 23, 2011 12:00am
Easter brings bundle of memories of Londoners’ generosity
April is special to me. Forty-seven years ago this week I spoke my first words on my beloved CFPL Radio.