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    Warsaw COP19 – Daily Blog – Meeting with Ban Ki-Moon

    Blog | Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013
    Today was the official opening of the High-Level portion of the negotiations.  My day started with a real thrill, meeting the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.  Thanks to being an advisor to the...

    Warsaw COP19 – Daily Blog

    Blog | Sunday, 17 Nov 2013
    I will be here, in Warsaw over the next seven days, for what is called the “High Level Segment” of the 19th Conference of the Parties under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is not...

    The beginning of the end of Harper’s iron rule

    Blog | Thursday, 31 Oct 2013
    Okay, maybe this is not really the beginning of the end. I think the beginning of the end may have been last spring when some of the Conservative back-benchers had the temerity to complain publicly...

    Can you keep a secret?

    Blog | Wednesday, 23 Oct 2013
    It could be a self-parody, but it isn’t. In the wake of the breaking scandal about Canada’s espionage unit spying on the Government of Brazil, I realized I wasn’t sure about the origins and mandate...

    The Senate Scandal Is Really Stephen’s Scandal

    Blog | Tuesday, 22 Oct 2013
    I tweeted last night that Andrew Coyne had the best line of the day. In his Post Media column he called the senate events “edifying” and went on to describe the situation as one of “discreet...

    The mania for monuments

    Blog | Tuesday, 22 Oct 2013
    My intention with the Speech from the Throne, as in all my work as a Member of Parliament, is to quicken the pulse of democracy  -- to find ways to increase awareness  among Canadians about the...

    Two years

    Blog | Saturday, 19 Oct 2013
    Two years.Two years today -- that’s how long we have to prepare for the next election.As Deputy National Campaign Manager for the 2015 election, my job starts right now.Two years may seem like an...

    Cross-Canada Townhall Road Trip

    Blog | Wednesday, 09 Oct 2013
    Since my last article in Island Tides, I have spoken almost from coast to coast to coast: from Victoria to Halifax and Fredericton, and to our north—Whitehorse and Dawson City. As we drove by Lake...