Lawrence Martin
Lawrence Martin is an Ottawa-based public affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail.
A best-selling author, Mr. Martin has written 10 books, including a two-volume study of Jean Chrétien and two books on Canada-U.S. relations.
He served as correspondent for The Globe in Moscow, opening the paper's bureau there in 1985 and as bureau chief in Washington and Montreal.
New stages of Canadian nationhood? Forget it
With our 150th approaching, we're due for something audacious
Enter Peter Donolo, a Chrétien guy to the rescue
He was and is highly attuned to the big thing in politics – imaging
In partisanship, Harper is a chip off the old Chrétien
The Conservatives pledged a new era of transparency in campaigning for office
Canada used to be the one with the global conscience
The Harper government has shown little interest in the disarmament file
Take heart, leaders – the first year's always a killer
Ignatieff need only check the history books for a list of freshman follies
How ‘Iffy' and the Liberals dropped the ball
Michael Ignatieff hasn't been able to figure out the kind of leader he wants to be
On many vital issues, the NDP have been on the mark
Which leader, now vindicated, was denounced as Taliban Jack?
Why the Harper government flunks the Reagan litmus test
But the winner of the spin game? The PM, again
The Bloc paradox
Never beaten at the polls and never farther from its cardinal ambition, the party is a victim of its own success
Will Ignatieff's bid to stake out higher ground work?
If fleshed out properly, the message of a ‘big Canada' may strike a chord with voters