Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent.

Remember the referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord? The more Canada's political and business elites threatened Canadians that the country would disappear into a black hole if the accord weren't passed, the more Canadians opposed it.

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

New Canada must be workable without Quebec, but it must be open and attractive enough to include a New Quebec.

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

Negative is always more newsworthy than positive.

There are hundreds of Canadian communities that have given more thought to hiring their rink manager than they have to electing their member of Parliament.