Rick Mercer's Blog

The new look rickmercer.com website is not only the new permanent home of my blog but now has a fully functional archive of photo challeng...

Canadians are always impressed when one of our own gets attention south of the border. After all, who among us doesn’t swell up with pride w...

A few months ago General Rick Hillier promised me a Christmas I would never forget; turns out he is a man of his word. This year, on Christm...

So the debate over same sex marriage is back. Personally I see this as a positive development. I have no idea where Canadians got the idea t...

Before the fourth ballot results were announced my friend Mike and I spent 20 minutes working our way right to the middle of the room so we ...

I think Turner had the chili for lunch.

The second ballot results have sent the Iggy people into apoplectic shock. Looking at the candidate on TV he looks visibly shaken. I th...

The scene at the Palais de Congres reminds me of the Superdome during the New Orleans flood. Richard Diamond, the president of the young Lib...

The one advantage of showing up to a party stone cold sober at 1:50 am is that you will probably be the only one who remembers anything. Th...

Friday Dec 1 st , 10:45 pm I am not in a hospitality suite, I am not in Montreal , I am sitting on the tarmac in Toronto . Air C...

"So what if I'm drunk? They screwed me Dryden, and they'll screw you too!" Tonight I fly to Montreal and figure I will h...

Well you got to hand it to Stephen Harper the man is on a roll. The Tories love to say he’s great at his job because he is, above all, a ...