Author: lisakirbie

About lobbyists and politics… Published Sunday, October 18, 2015 Last weekend, nobody knew who Dan Gagnier was. Now, in the final crucial weekend of a months-long federal election campaign, everybody does. There’s a reason for that. Gagnier is a politico, an insider, but now he’s best known for being the

As we all now know, on Monday,  MP Eve Adams – after being denied an opportunity to run in the next election as a Conservative – crossed the floor to join the Liberal Caucus. Many Liberals are unhappy with this (see here and here) and many journalists were brutal is

You’re right, we’re not married yet, but this post isn’t about what’s happened to me (despite some very public swings because of who my partner is). This is about a reporter taking a cheap shot at a professional woman because of her husband’s ties to Stephen Harper.  The story, ostensibly

Some male Dalhousie dental students posted about how you should “bang” young women until they are unconscious; choosing which woman you’d like to “hate fuck”; commenting that you’d like to drug women into unconsciousness (with drugs they have access to). Margaret Wente thinks this is typical of how young men

I’m heading over to Sun shortly to talk about my picks for 2014 with Warren. Here are my picks: BEST MOVE: Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers saving the lives of countless politicians and visitors the day a gunman opened fire on Parliament Hill. It’s political because of where it happened –  his

Can’t believe it’s been 43 years.

By the time you read this, I’ll likely be on my way to CTV for our weekly True North Politics panel debating Conservative insensitivity. So, I post my points here for your reading pleasure. Yes, I realize there’s only nine but I thought I’d leave it empty and waiting for

JOHN TORY BARS WOMAN BECAUSE OF HER MALE PARTNER And Toronto mayoralty candidate again attempts to bully news media TORONTO – Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory has decreed that Lisa Kirbie will not be permitted to provide political commentary for CityNews at his Election Night gathering – because of who

In this month’s IABC magazine, Warren and I were asked to argue opposite sides of the issue. He says yes, while I say no (sort of). Unfortunately, you must be an IABC member to have access to the magazine, but I’ve uploaded our piece to Issuu. Or, if you have

This is so important.

Earlier this month was the 50th anniversary of the infamous “Daisy” political ad that won incumbent president LBJ re-election. If you didn’t know, our consulting firm is named for it. Here, I discuss the importance of the ad in a column by Ashley Csanady.

The fact that guys like Tom Wappel could not only reside within the Liberal Party of Canada, but get elected to represent Canadians as a Liberal MP has always irritated me. I was happy when he left politics. To those of you who’re  asking who the Hell is Tom Wappel

Every Tuesday I appear on Sun News Network to talk all sorts of politics. Today’s topic was a discussion about pot, a wanna-be Liberal candidate and Justin Trudeau. Watch right to the end – I had no idea what was coming…  

“Dear Shawn: I understand you are claiming you have been trying to reach me.  That is interesting, given that I was at the Sun just this afternoon. The picture that you consider important enough to write an entire story about is of me, posing with a toy gun.  Your attempt

And I don’t mean that as a compliment. Yesterday, while appearing on CTV’s True North Politics panel, one of the subjects that we debated was abortion. Specifically, Justin Trudeau’s pro-choice edict to anyone who wishes to run for the party. Let me start by saying that I  fundamentally believe that

My view? I don’t think you can be a liberal and be anti-choice – which I’ve written about before. And I don’t think that open nominations are the way to go (for reasons I detail in the piece I hyperlinked to). So, I support young Trudeau’s decision to ensure that

Many people – people who know better – are attacking Olivia Chow today because she’s going to run for mayor, because she’s a formidable presence and because she’s a real threat to their own candidates. One of the smears they like to use is to say that she lived in

Most of Toronto’s politicos were caught by surprise when John Tory decided to go out for milk last Sunday night. Surprised because it seemed very hurried and because, well, Tory actually made a decision. And also surprised because everyone knew that Karen Stintz would be announcing her mayoral candidacy first

This is always a difficult day for me. Birthdays are supposed to be fun, light events.  He was born February 25, 1941. And he was tragically killed just thirty short years later. Taken too soon, you hear people say about those who died young. I was just two years old

A couple of weeks ago, John Tory – privileged one -percenter that he is – weighed in on why women earn less than men. According to Tory, we 1) don’t “put up a fuss” and 2) don’t spend enough time on the golf course. Aside from the fact that the last