Larry Zolf - Politics
Veteran journalist and Canadian political expert Larry Zolf is a regular contributor to CBC News Online. Larry has been a critic, reporter, producer and consultant for CBC news and current affairs since he joined the CBC in 1962. Born and raised in North End Winnipeg, the hotbed of general strikes and socialism, Larry has covered stories such as integration in Mississippi and the October Crisis in Quebec. He was one of the hosts of the CBC's flagship current affairs television show "This Hour Has 7 Days." He is now retired.
FEATURE COLUMN:
October 23, 2006
McKenna, missile defence and Martin
"His thesis is interesting: McKenna is saying the United States was not really expecting Canada to join in on the Iraq war … nor was it looking for military aid in Afghanistan. What America really wanted Canada to do was to put all its resources and money into a ballistic missile defence scheme."
FEATURE COLUMN:
October 17, 2006
Ignatieff, Harper and Israel
"Ignatieff made the comment to cater to the left wing of the federal Liberal party, where he doesn't have strong support. That wing is definitely not pro-Israel — it sees Israel as being in bed with U.S. President George W. Bush to the tune of billions in aid and high-tech weaponry."
COLUMNS BY LARRY ZOLF:
October 14, 2006
An astute appointment
October 9, 2006
Why Michael Ignatieff will become Liberal leader
September 30, 2006
Rae: from outsider to next leader?
September 25, 2006
Harper, Afghanistan and the Clintons
September 18, 2006
A man who made a difference
September 11, 2006
The NDP policy convention and the heritage of David Lewis
September 4, 2006
The Tory ties of the Green Party's new leader
August 29, 2006
Anti-Americanism and the Canadian Identity
August 22, 2006
Stéphane Dion and friends
August 14, 2006
The Liberal party and the Canadian Jewish community
August 7, 2006
Quebec and the Mideast crisis
July 31, 2006
Harper's Israel policy has deep roots
July 24, 2006
Double loyalty charge can be a hurtful one
July 17, 2006
Harper's Mideast policy
July 10, 2006
The one-issue party
July 3, 2006
The NDP has lost direction
June 26, 2006
Stephen Harper's neo-conservatism
June 15, 2006
Multiculturalism and the Muslim backlash
June 13, 2006
The Young Trudeau : Thankfully he grew up
June 7, 2006
Harper wins war with media
May 30, 2006
Abortion if necessary
May 24, 2006
Harper's Quebec problem
May 16, 2006
Conspiracy theories and the RCMP
May 9, 2006
Bob Rae would make a great prime minister
April 28, 2006
Queen Elizabeth at 80
April 19, 2006
How I became a Red Tory
April 11, 2006
Stephen Harper's 'dream opponent' could become a nightmare
April 3, 2006
Harper's ties to Bush hurt him in Quebec
March 28, 2006
Harper's distrust of media not helping him
March 21, 2006
Martin's painful legacy
March 13, 2006
Harper in Afghanistan: Adding drama to the PMO
March 6, 2006
Will Harper defend medicare?
February 27, 2006
Harper's defence policy an alienating force back home
February 20, 2006
The Hargrove expulsion: A wrong-headed move Layton needs to fix
February 13, 2006
A new government: Let there be peace in the media valley
February 7, 2006
Harper's cabinet
February 6, 2006
Some thoughts for Stephen Harper
January 31, 2006
In defence of Buzz Hargrove
January 24, 2006
The Liberal leadership race
January 19, 2006
Senator Hugh Segal
January 16, 2006
Martin and St. Laurent
January 9, 2006
A difference in values
January 5, 2006
The Ralph Goodale affair
December 28, 2005
Paul Martin
December 19, 2005
The real Stephen Harper
December 12, 2005
Jack Layton
December 4, 2005
Media hype
November 29, 2005
Election Day 1
November 25, 2005
Brian Mulroney
November 21, 2005
I'm behind Conrad Black
November 18, 2005
Jack Layton and me
November 14, 2005
The odd couple
November 8, 2005
Maher Arar vindicated
November 1, 2005
The Governor General on tour
October 24, 2005
Jack Layton's threats
October 17, 2005
A phone call to the president
October 14, 2005
Sorbara
October 11, 2005
The Liberals get dinged again
August 9, 2005
Huey Segal and the Senate
July 12, 2005
Kilgour of Darfur
June 14, 2005
L'affaire O'Brien
June 7, 2005
Martin and Harper on sufferance
May 30, 2005
L'affaire Grewal
May 20, 2005
The politics of rage
May 16, 2005
Election fever
May 9, 2005
Liberal revival
May 2, 2005
Martin's plea bargaining
April 25, 2005
Business as usual
April 18, 2005
Checking the Liberal entrails
April 11, 2005
Spring election
April 4, 2005
Paul Martin's Senate appointments
March 29, 2005
Harper veers to the middle
March 21, 2005
Harper as Martin's ally
March 14, 2005
Missile defence fallout
March 7, 2005
Missile defence targets Martin
February 28, 2005
The new ambassador and the U.S. missile shield
February 21, 2005
On guard for thee
February 15, 2005
Saving the Liberal brand
February 7, 2005
The case for Chrétien
January 31, 2005
The Harper brand
January 24, 2005
Martin's furies
January 19, 2005
The musings of Justice John
January 11, 2005
Oh Danny boy
January 5, 2005
Ill winds
December 27, 2004
Same-sex marriage
December 20, 2004
Paul Martin's first year as PM
December 13, 2004
Ballistic missile fallout
December 6, 2004
Sgrowing pains
November 30, 2004
The odd couple
November 22, 2004
Separatist stirringst
November 15, 2004
Parrish the thought
November 8, 2004
A Glass ceiling
November 1, 2004
Martin: truth or consequences
October 28, 2004
Harper's Belgian waffle
October 25, 2004
Separatist revival
October 21, 2004
Layton's a major player in minority government
October 18, 2004
Martin as scold
October 14, 2004
Lurching toward Israel
October 12, 2004
Chicken politics
October 7, 2004
Martin as Artful Dodger
October 4, 2004
Inquiring into scandal
September 29, 2004
Paul Martin: A report card
September 27, 2004
Tory, Tory, Tory
September 21, 2004
'Thugs' in high places
September 16, 2004
Minority government lessons
September 13, 2004
It's before the courts
September 9, 2004
Layton, Lewis and the Libs
September 7, 2004
Summer doldrums
August 27, 2004
Canadian Star Wars
August 24, 2004
The Parizeau factor
August 12, 2004
Quebec lieutenants
August 9, 2004
The Arar affair
August 5, 2004
Sanctuary politics
August 3, 2004
The Kazemi affair
July 30, 2004
Minority lesson
July 26, 2004
Martin and ethnic groups
July 22, 2004
Role model minority
July 19, 2004
Mending fences
July 15, 2004
Western alienation
July 13, 2004
Governing from the right
July 7, 2004
Martin's minority
July 5, 2004
NDP and minority government
June 29, 2004
A guide to minority government
June 22, 2004
Party agendas
June 16, 2004
Nothing sticks to Stephen
June 14, 2004
Historic parallels
June 10, 2004
Some thoughts on Stephen Harper, PM
June 7, 2004
Layton's clear blooper
June 4, 2004
The anti-American card
May 31, 2004
Harper's French fact
May 28, 2004
On the waterfront
May 25, 2004
Election 2004: A report card
May 21, 2004
Down political memory lane
May 17, 2004
Gays and western alienation
May 14, 2004
The war of quotes
May 11, 2004
Attack ads
May 7, 2004
The incomparable Martin
May 5, 2004
Presidential politics
May 3, 2004
Anger on the hill
April 30, 2004
Clark and Harper
April 26, 2004
Political table talk
April 23, 2004
Harper and Diefenbaker
April 20, 2004
Chasing Liberals
April 16, 2004
The Alcock fiasco
April 13, 2004
The Chuck Guité Factor
April 9, 2004
Citizen Cane
April 7, 2004
NDP election fever
April 5, 2004
Is Paul Martin history?
April 2, 2004
Quagmire politics
March 29, 2004
Good news, bad news
March 26, 2004
Squeaky clean politics
March 24, 2004
Thinking the unthinkable
March 19, 2004
Battle fatigue
March 15, 2004
Nobody's crybaby
March 11, 2004
Martin or chaos
March 9, 2004
Layton's Oscar
March 4, 2004
Liberal Civil War
March 1, 2004
Drawing blood
February 26, 2004
The gospel according to Paul
February 20, 2004
Scapegoating Quebec
February 18, 2004
Quebec lieutenants
February 16, 2004
Blood cries for Paul Martin
February 12, 2004
Advertising and politics
February 11, 2004
Putting democracy on hold
February 5, 2004
Swinging left
February 3, 2004
Damage control
January 30, 2004
Raising expectations
January 27, 2004
Wealth and politics
January 26, 2004
What's happened to left-wing Liberalism?
January 21, 2004
Stronach makes it a race
January 16, 2004
From Bomarcs to ballistics
January 14, 2004
Website wars: Layton vs. Martin
January 7, 2004
Gender guerrilla
January 5, 2003
Guilt by association
December 23, 2003
Blitzkrieg politics
December 18, 2003
Martin and multicult
December 17, 2003
A great Nova Scotian
December 16, 2003
Cabinet making
December 12, 2003
Running into Paul
December 9, 2003
Martin 'thugs'
December 4, 2003
Paul Martin's freebies
December 3, 2003
Maritime alienation
November 26, 2003
The CSL Albatross
November 26, 2003
Jack Layton and Toronto politics
November 20, 2003
Lord and Lady Black
November 14, 2003
The fates and Paul Martin
November 11, 2003
A personal Chrétien memoir
November 4, 2003
A school for scandal
October 28, 2003
Right-wing messiahs
October 24, 2003
Hero worship
October 20, 2003
Mulroney the godfather
October 18, 2003
A Camp follower
October 16, 2003
Unite the Right politics
October 10, 2003
Paul Martin and linkages
October 7, 2003
Down memory lane with Izzy Asper
October 6, 2003
Swing left politics
October 2, 2003
Copps and robbers
September 26, 2003
Two-headed lame duck government
September 23, 2003
Adrienne Clarkson is my queen
September 18, 2003
Rich prime ministers, poor prime ministers
September 16, 2003
Back in America's good books
September 11, 2003
Martin as Mackenzie King
September 8, 2003
Conspiracy politics
September 4, 2003
My Trudeau Legacy
August 28, 2003
Ontario Tory troubles
August 26, 2003
Making history with Jean Chrétien
August 22, 2003
Alliance politics
August 19, 2003
Political Paranoia
August 15, 2003
Separate but equal
August 11, 2003
Coronation Consequences
August 6, 2003
To hell with Jean Chrétien
August 1, 2003
My Nova Scotia past
July 29, 2003
My life as a rock reporter
July 23, 2003
The hare wins it all
July 16, 2003
Media-made men
July 11, 2003
The language police
July 8, 2003
Paying for the party
July 7, 2003
Martin's Pollster
July 2, 2003
Senate Appointments
June 26, 2003
The Ontario Tory Blues
June 19, 2003
Same-Sex Marriages
June 17, 2003
The Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner
June 11, 2003
Political Acumen
June 9, 2003
The Gossip Mill
June 3, 2003
Canadian Nationalism
May 26, 2003
Liberal unease
May 22, 2003
Looking at media
May 16, 2003
Deadly Politics
May 9, 2003
Look homeward, Larry
April 17, 2003
Sitting on the Story
April 10, 2003
The Tory Redeemer
April 3, 2003
Ambassadors, Elephants and Beavers
April 2, 2003
All about Eves
March 17, 2003
King, Queen, Joe
March 7, 2003
Correcting the New York Times
February 27, 2003
Labour Bosses and Labour Angels
February 20, 2003
Stereotypes
February 14, 2003
Of Trojan horses, musical chairs and coronations
February 11, 2003
After 2004: Some random thoughts
January 30, 2003
The people's minister
January 23, 2003
Spoiler Politics
January 20, 2003
Chrétien the chief
January 17, 2003
Demon rum and Canadian politics
January 13, 2003
Manleyness is in the eye of the beholder
December 17, 2002
Zal Yanovsky
December 9, 2002
Crossing swords with bookmakers
December 4, 2002
Redeemer of the socialist faithful
Nov. 25, 2002
Whatever happened to left-wing Liberalism
Nov. 21, 2002
Marching as to war
Nov. 15, 2002
Idle threats
Nov. 12, 2002
The deadness of lame ducks
Nov. 7, 2002
Curiosity and cats
Nov. 1, 2002
Trouble in Liberal paradise
October 29, 2002
History lessons
October 23, 2002
An open letter to Paul Martin
October 17, 2002
Frankness
October 11, 2002
Looney Tunes time in Ottawa
October 4, 2002
Mario Dumont and the rich
September 20, 2002
Slowing down the road runner
September 12, 2002
My September 11th loss
September 10, 2002
Another look at leadership review
September 3, 2002
Age and the politics of Sisyphus
August 8, 2002
An alien in my home, my native land
August 22, 2002
Shot straight through the heart
August 21, 2002
The Great Dictator of Canadian liberalism
August 19, 2002
The grand old man of the Liberal Party
August 13, 2002
Tiptoeing into the political heart of darkness
August 8, 2002
A life in journalism
August 1, 2002
When you have a Martin for a friend
July 29, 2002
Silly Season Politics
July 22, 2002
Prime Minister, beware the Greeks
July 15, 2002
Reds under my bed
July 8, 2002
Political Parallel Parking
June 28, 2002
Boxing in a Prime Minister
June 21, 2002
Let's look at the optics please
June 17, 2002
Spin Doctor Heal Thyself
June 11, 2002
The One Party State
June 6, 2002
Alexa the Great
June 2, 2002
Political feuds and history lessons
May 27, 2002
Handmaidens of politics
May 16, 2002
No sense of the past
May 7, 2002
The most boring political feud in Canadian history
April 29, 2002
Feminism on the march
April 23, 2002
The Last Rae of Sunshine
April 15, 2002
Saints and Sinners
April 12, 2002
Watching the death rattle of Canadian Socialism
April 8, 2002
A British Subject
April 3, 2002
Trudeau: The Movie
April 2, 2002
Ezra Levant is no Oscar Levant
March 28, 2002
The keys to the political kingdom
March 22, 2002
Stephen Harper:Messiah or just another mess?
March 14, 2002
Double Loyalty
March 8, 2002
Loss of Loved Ones
March 4, 2002
Hiving the Social Cons
Feb 19, 2002
Living in the Past
Feb 12, 2002
Ladies First
Feb 7, 2002
Peacekeeping and the Canadian Identity
Feb 05, 2002
My Favourite War Buddy
Feb 4, 2002
Love of Country
Jan 31, 2002
Road Hockey
Jan 28, 2002
The Unelected Bureaucracy
Jan 22, 2002
Flattering The Chief
Jan 15, 2002
Five Years Down the Road
Jan 14, 2002
The friends of Alfonso Gagliano Inc.
Jan 7, 2002
Homeland politics
Jan 2, 2002
Because the air is free
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