Gil Troy Quoted “Are Canadian politics hot enough to brew U.S.-style Tea Party?”

Canada.com, 11-5-10 ….Gil Troy, an American who teaches U.S. political history at McGill University in Montreal, cautions that however passionate Canada’s Tea Party wannabes might be, their ideals are unlikely to ignite the same fires in this country as in the U.S. For one thing, Canada’s economy is in far better shape. Troy says the [...]

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A careerist conundrum of Supreme proportions

By Gil Troy, The Globe & Mail, 5-17-10 Did Elena Kagan somehow lose her voice and soul while climbing her way to the top? Ms. Kagan reveals she is one of Bork’s babies For New Yorkers born in the 1960s, U.S. President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court triggered the frissons [...]

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Gil Troy “BALLOT BOX BLUES – Votes for sale: Political candy replaces ideas and ideals”

Gil Troy “BALLOT BOX BLUES – Votes for sale: Political candy replaces ideas and ideals” Canwest News, 1-11-09 “If ever there was a moment where we needed a candidate who could come out with a big idea, we just experienced it, in the Canadian and American elections,” says Gil Troy, a political historian at McGill [...]

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Gil Troy on Leadership Part 2

The Globe & Mail, 12-16-09 Gil Troy on leadership Talking Management: Gil Troy Globe and Mail Update – Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 11:14 EST More stories attached to this video Talking Management: Gil Troy on leadership 00:11:31 Talking Management: Gil Troy Karl Moore spoke to Gil Troy, a professor of history at McGill University, [...]

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Gil Troy on the Obama Election Win and the Obama Presidency Transition

Barack Obama’s ease in beating John McCain should not obscure the magnitude of this achievement. A one-term Senator who just a few years ago described himself as a skinny guy with a funny name, his election as President of the United States demonstrates tremendous political talent, an American generosity of spirit that is rarely recognized [...]

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O Canada: Our More Regulation-Happy Neighbors Also Can’t Outlaw Nastiness, Passivity, and Political Frustration

By Gil Troy, HNN, 10-28-08 Here’s a fantasy for Americans exhausted by this endless presidential campaign. Imagine a campaign limited to six weeks. Imagine a campaign that cannot bombard voters with advertisements, because each television station makes available 390 minutes for political commercials which a broadcasting authority allots based on the various parties’ relative strengths. [...]

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Gil Troy on the Vital vote interview with CTV Newsnet

Vital vote : CTV Newsnet: Gil Troy, presidential historian, McGill University — View Video U.S. President George W. Bush has signed off on the $700-billion bailout bill. Troy said the deal took so long to pass because of a power vacuum in the U.S., but he expects markets to bounce back…. Bush signs US$700B bailout [...]

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Gil Troy on “A winning formula?”

CANADA VOTES 2008 Toronto Star, TheStar.com, Sep 21, 2008| Federal Election | A winning formula? RICK MADONIK/TORONTO STAR Stéphane Dion visits candiddate Mark Holland’s riding of Ajax-Pickering on September 9, 2008. The stratagems of the federal campaign often appear ‘as sentimental as they are strategic.’ Research, however, has quantified their impact. Find out how many [...]

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Gil Troy on “Campaign Buzz: ‘Herbert Hoover in a blue sweater’”

Canwest News Service Wednesday, September 17, 2008 At a Halifax rally yesterday, Liberal MP Bob Rae referred to Stephen Harper as “Herbert Hoover in a blue sweater,” adding, “I think we can do better than that.” Why that’s an insult: Within months of Mr. Hoover assuming the U.S. presidency in 1929, the stock market crashed [...]

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Nearing toward foreign policy consensus

JPost, July 20, 2008   A JPost.com exclusive blog  Barack Obama and John McCain clashed over foreign policy last week – or did they? While some headlines emphasized the two candidates’ differences, proclaiming “McCain Slams Obama on Iraq Surge,” the two also agreed on many important fundamentals – as well as key policies. Their points [...]

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