Ian L. MacDonald
A question of competence
It was a bad week for the Tories, who kept changing their stories
The Queen would be warmly welcomed in Quebec
The monarch knows her role and has been playing it well for 50 years
Liberal blame game should start with Charest
The premier must carry the can for election timing and the tone of the campaign
Charest wins a split decision
Document awakened premier. Leaders had a few good lines, but didn't display much killer instinct
How Harper helped Charest
The turnaround for provincial Liberals began with election of Tories
Playing politics with soldiers
Duceppe can't bring down the government with Afghanistan motion but he wants to curry favour with the Quebec City region
Opposition will have explaining to do if it brings down government
Duceppe wants confidence vote on the mission in Afghanistan
If Liberals are the party of the charter, Tories are party of BNA Act
And in Quebec, respecting division of powers, not charter rights, is the constitutional issue
The 'Quebec nation' is symbolic - but symbols matter
Only a prime minister from the West could sell the idea in rest of Canada
The convention is now Ignatieff's to lose
It's possible the Liberal front-runner might not even be on final ballot