Jim Flaherty

Sometimes even the backing of governments that actually have power in Canada (read: not Toronto) isn’t enough to keep a project...

Jim Flaherty is a pugnacious little jerk. Short in stature, he has the cruel eyes of a fighter, and the bent nose to go with...

Mayor Rob Ford has, thus far, tried hard to keep his personal itinerary a secret. We’re not quite sure why, but now that the...

All poli-nerds will be watching Ottawa today at 4 p.m. as the federal government unveils its 2011 budget—and stakes its...

In an interview this morning with Jerry Agar on Newstalk 1010, Mayor Rob Ford finished off a long interview about the trouble at...

Yesterday, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation had a fun little event where the organization handed out Teddies—that...

Judging by the amount of ink that has already been spilled over a potential federal election , it’s not too early to start...

Ottawa was abuzz with speculation this morning, when the feds announced an early press conference with Jim Flaherty . Was it to be...

The city of Oshawa, fresh from electing a man to city council without knowing he couldn’t take the job, is now in an uproar over...

In the ongoing family feud between Ottawa and some recalcitrant provinces over whether to have a national securities regulator or...

Canada last had an election in the fall of 2008, after which coalition hilarity ensued. Of course, about the only person to come...

One of Stephen Harper ’s low-profile priorities is a plan to bring all of Canada’s provincial securities regulators under one...

Weizhen Tang told his investors they deserved to be rich and only he could make them so. Even now, after he lost all their money and was charged with running one of the country’s largest Ponzi schemes, his disciples still want him to keep trading. They believe it’s the only way they’ll get their $30 million back

Most national tours make some room in their calendars for Toronto, whether it’s Justin Bieber or Conan O’Brien . In fact, we...

By any measure he’s a terrible candidate for mayor. But his obsession with cost-cutting and his contempt for City Hall have pushed him to the front of the pack. The unlikely allure of Rob Ford

After waiting for years for anything to happen on our derelict, post-industrial waterfront, it seems like something opens every...