Leading the opposition is the most difficult job in the country, take it from an old seasoned Tory backroomer

Geoff Norquay writes that when the electoral system moves your leader from 24 Sussex to Stornoway, it's customary to begin the process of taking stock and renewing not only leadership, but also policies, organization, funding and people. Here, the Liberal

OTTAWA—"I'm the leader and I want discipline. That's clear."—Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, March 27, 2008. When he made that plaintive call earlier this spring, Dion was responding to the latest meltdown of his Quebec wing. Once again the dissension that began to smoulder with ...

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