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Justin Trudeau A leader-in-waiting

The federal Liberals won’t choose a new leader until 2013. However, if the vote were held a lot sooner, a familiar name is favoured. According to a recent poll conducted by Leger Marketing, 21 per cent of su...

The Layton legacy

Having served as Jack Layton’s senior press secretary for eight-and-a-half years, Karl Bélanger has a plethora of memories about the late NDP leader. One of the most personal and poignant points to how deepl...

Paul Martin – life after politics

After many successful years in business and public life – Paul Martin is living his dream of making a difference in the Third World; in Africa and closer to home… in Canada’s North “After graduating w...

Reader’s Digest ‘making some waves’

Interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a major coup for the Montreal-based monthly magazine With its regular fare, such as "Life's Like That," "Laughter, the Best Medicine" and "Quotable Quotes," re...

Mulroney’s legacy changes colour

In one of the major criticisms levelled at him during and after his time in office, Brian Mulroney was accused of cozying up too much to the Americans. For some, it reached its nadir when Canada's 18th prime m...

Michaëlle’s Magic

Were she still in her old job as a journalist, one wonders what type of story or documentary Michaëlle Jean would create about the nearly six months she has spent as Canada’s 27th Governor General. Would it fo...