The Globe and Mail - Konrad Yakabuski Columns

Quebeckers poised to support Duceppe's vision of French Power

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00 EDT

Rene Levesque showed he was no Amazing Kreskin when, in November of 1979, he declared that Joe Clark's victory that year over Pierre Trudeau had ''definitively turned the page'' on the era of French Power in Ottawa. Three months later, Mr. Trudeau was back in office with 74 of Quebec's 75 seats.

Quebeckers poised to support Duceppe's vision of French Power

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:19 EDT

Apparent permanence of the Bloc suggests cabinet seats not a priority for francophones

Fuddle-duddle forgotten, deficits not

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00 EDT

These days, even acknowledging the possibly of a budget deficit is enough to earn a mainstream Canadian politician shaming looks and opprobrium. Pierre Trudeau's legacy of debt and deficits so traumatized the political class that now even the NDP sounds like the Fraser Institute.

Duceppe's game plan is a chip off the old Bloc - and it's working

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00 EDT

No strategy in Quebec politics has proved its worth in rhetorical flourish more than the well-worn formula of portraying your adversaries as the local deputies of an outsider agenda.

Duceppe's game plan is a chip off the old Bloc - and it's working

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:14 EDT

Bloc Quebecois Leader excels at painting the Conservatives as outsiders who would threaten the Quebec way' of doing things

Harper's 'open federalism' not rich enough for Charest

Thu, 2 Oct 2008 00:00 EDT

Only four years ago - that is, just 16 months before he became Prime Minister - Stephen Harper was holding up Belgium as a federalist model for Canada to emulate.It was a position that the then Opposition Leader obviously hadn't taken time to think through. Had he done so, he would have realized that the last thing Canada ever wants to become is a country where two dominant linguistic groups hold each other in such deep suspicion and resentment that the only way to keep the peace is by reducing contact between them to a strict minimum. And still the kingdom teeters on the brink of breakup.

The trouble with putting federalists in charge of Quebec's Liberals

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00 EDT

The Liberal candidate in Montcalm has been putting around on his scooter with two giant election signs protruding from his back like Hawkman's wings. In the Bloc Quebecois fortress northeast of Montreal, David Gregoire is getting voters' attention more than the Green Shift ever could.

How not to fix a broken brand

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:11 EDT

The trouble with putting federalists in charge of Quebec's Liberals

Woods War II

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:00 EDT

Clayoquot Sound was a historic green victory. But now the coalition that barred forestry from Canada's last, best place has come unstuck. With natives logging for themselves, will things come to blows amid the old growth?