In the last week three big names in the Liberal leadership race, former deputy PM John Manley, ambassador Frank McKenna and former Newfoundland premier and Captain Canuck Brian Tobin have dropped out. Frank McKenna put it best "I reminded myself this week of my vow upon leaving office - that having escaped the trap, I wouldn't go back for the cheese." He also pointed out that being Liberal Leader means pretty good odds that you'll......

It appears as if most Canadians got what they wanted last night, with the Conservatives achieving a minor minority and PM Paul Martin effectively resigning. Over the past six weeks (the first two, we were convinced of another Lib win), Torontoist has spoke out against getting too cozy with the Cons - and we spoke this for good reason. First, some of the CPC platform is a little redonkers; mainly considering time and money parameters.......

The Globe and the Star both report that Michael "The Smartest Prime Minister We Could Have" Ignatieff will be leaving the ivy covered walls of Harvard for the uh, slightly less ivy covered walls of the University of Toronto. Ignatieff, or Iggy as he's known to his close friends, is one of the names being thrown around as a potential future leader of the Liberal Party (next to such names as Bob Rae, Frank MacKenna......

Le TOist vous offre un petit update sur les relations entre les provinces canadiennes. John Manley veut un leader libéral qui n'est pas de provenance du Québec. « Je crois qu'il est important de constater que nous avons eu des dirigeants en provenance du Québec pendant pas mal de temps, et vous savez, cela fait peut-être partie du jeu d'alternance », déclare-t-il lors d'une entrevue faite avec le Ottawa Citizen la semaine dernière. Comme l'affirme......

Torontoist just returned from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and was feeling very establishmenty, having been confronted by a flag-waving gaggle of Free Tibet soul-seekers walking out the Front Street entrance. Wearing a tie (and not ie. a string of prayer beads and a lovey attitude), your TO-ist was apparently mistaken for one of the hundreds of businessmen trapped inside the MTCC listening to the Prime Minister. The puffy, pouty prince of Parliament was, you......