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Tim Harper

Tim Harper's national affairs column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Tim has spent two decades in the nation's capital and another six years in Washington covering politics from both sides of the border. Reach him at 613-237-2415.

Video Trudeau will break convention, along with some hearts: Tim Harper

Sun Oct 25 2015

Trudeau campaigned from the heart, but governing demands pragmatism. That will disappoint some of his supporters.
Video Trudeau can reset the Canadian global image: Tim Harper

Fri Oct 23 2015

The world is interested in this younger man with the famous name. Trudeau can take advantage of the curiosity factor.
Video It’s back to square one for Conservatives without Stephen Harper: Tim Harper

Wed Oct 21 2015

Jason Kenney can be the next leader, but he may be the wrong man at the wrong time to revive this party.

Justin Trudeau took the political high road, and voters followed: Tim Harper

Tue Oct 20 2015

Justin Trudeau took his party from third place at dissolution at 36 seats to a majority.comments
Welcome to history. You’re living it and making it: Tim Harper

Sun Oct 18 2015

The longest campaign in modern Canadian history has kept this country engaged longer than ever.comments
Ghosts of scandals past appear in campaign's final hours: Tim Harper

Fri Oct 16 2015

While Trudeau fights off ghosts of former Liberal scandal, Harper runs back to the scandal-ridden Fordscomments
For Trudeau, momentum, but still a mountain ahead: Tim Harper

Wed Oct 14 2015

Trudeau woos voters from both left and right because a jump from third party government is uncharted electoral history.comments
After 10 weeks, this campaign is still about change: Tim Harper

Mon Oct 12 2015

The ballot question hasn’t changed because Stephen Harper couldn’t change it.comments
Harper on the niqab much more than mere distraction: Tim Harper

Fri Oct 09 2015

If a close election turns on an issue that is pure, baseless political expediency, then our system has been debased.comments
Mulcair’s TPP strategy born of necessity in waning campaign: Tim Harper

Wed Oct 07 2015

Opposition to TPP may be an NDP Hail Mary, but at least their leader has the ball.comments
Trudeau challenges Harper’s politics of fear at huge rally: Tim Harper

Mon Oct 05 2015

Organizers says 7,000 Liberals packed a Brampton hockey arena as troops rallied with two weeks left in close race.comments
Former Tory aims to take out his old friend in Nova Scotia: Tim Harper

Sun Oct 04 2015

Bill Casey is now a Liberal, but he says he’s really running against Stephen Harper, not incumbent Scott Armstrong.comments
Garneau fights to protect Liberal beachhead on Montreal Island: Tim Harper

Fri Oct 02 2015

The former astronaut went to bed election night 2011 thinking he lost. He’s threatened by the NDP again in 2015.comments
The passionate pushback in Stephen Harper’s backyard: Tim Harper

Fri Oct 02 2015

Naheed Nenshi, Canada’s first Muslim mayor, is taking on Stephen Harper over niqabs and citizenship rights.comments
Two solitudes emerge on Canadian values debate: Tim Harper

Wed Sep 30 2015

Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair envision an earlier, better Canadian era. Conservatives call it nostalgia.comments
For Trudeau, a perceived weakness becomes a strength: Tim Harper

Mon Sep 28 2015

Canadians who bothered to tune in were treated to one of the best election debates in recent memory comments
Mulcair and NDP need a change in strategy: Tim Harper

Mon Sep 28 2015

New Democrats have not been able to put Justin Trudeau in the rear-view mirror and allowed Liberals to sound bolder. comments
A three-way 905 battle with an orange tinge: Tim Harper

Sat Sep 26 2015

Conservatives seek to maintain their 905 stranglehold, but in Brampton East Liberals and New Democrats have high hopescomments
NDP protecting its Toronto turf, one block at a time: Tim Harper

Fri Sep 25 2015

The NDP is now holding traditionally Liberal Toronto ridings. They are determined to keep them in their column. comments
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Video Conservative candidate claims Muslim ‘agenda’ in refugee crisis: Tim Harper

Wed Sep 23 2015

Video shows Joe Daniel telling voters that agenda cannot spread to Canada