The Globe and Mail - Lawrence Martin Columns

Desperate times for Tories call for desperate attack ads

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00 EDT

In the business of politics, cheap stuff works

Desperate times for Tories call for desperate attack ads

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00 EDT

lmartin@globeandmail.com After hearing of the coming blitzkrieg of attack ads against him, the word on Parliament Hill yesterday was that Michael Ignatieff will hit back hard against Stephen Harper. One wag suggested that he should call his next book The Taming of the Shrew.

Truculent Toews has too much to say about the bilingualism issue

Thu, 7 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The head of the Treasury Board is responsible for language policy in the federal public service

Truculent Toews has too much to say about the bilingualism issue

Thu, 7 May 2009 00:00 EDT

lmartin@globeandmail.com Just when we thought we were well beyond the age of angst over French on cereal boxes and the like, in steps Vic Toews with the heavy linguistic lumber.

Ignatieff's big leap: from expat to Captain Canada

Tue, 5 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Mr. Ignatieff has a romanticized view of his own history. He now seeks to transfer it to the country

Natural backstabbing party on hiatus

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

It's convention time, and Liberals say they can't recall such harmony

Natural backstabbing party on hiatus

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

lmartin@globeandmail.comIt's being called a convention about nothing, a Liberal Party sleepover. When the Grits gather in Vancouver this weekend, they won't be electing a leader, as originally planned. They won't be revealing major new policies. The news could be scarce.

So says the Green Lady: something rotten in the state of Canada

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

lmartin@globeandmail.comIn Elizabeth May's just-published book, Losing Confidence, she talks about how we suffer from collective amnesia. Quoting Jane Jacobs, the Green Party Leader says we seem to readjust rapidly without noticing all that has been lost.

Janet Napolitano needs to check her facts

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00 EDT

The Homeland Security Secretary is playing on the politics of fear