Author: Volkov

On Friday, our intrepid federal Liberal leadership frontrunner Justin Trudeau said in front of a crowd of Liberals in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell that he felt that having a firearm was an “important facet of Canadian identity,” and that essentially,…

Forum Research is out with their monthly Ontario poll, detailing a bounce in the beleaguered Ontario Liberal’s fortunes and an apparent drop in the New Democrat’s, at least compared to the last Forum poll.Forum Research (Ontario – November 27th-28th, 2…

Much like BCL, I think the Conservatives giving the chance to Justin Trudeau to espouse his national platform on what I’m sure will end up being prime-time is an excellent idea.According to the linked article as well, so does Justin (and David McGuinty…

You may have already seen it, I don’t really know how many times its ads pop up (AdBlocker, my friend and yours), but there is a new website called RateMyGovernment.ca, which is exactly how it sounds – you go about rating your MPs, provincial legislato…

Last night’s by-elections in Victoria, Calgary Centre, and Durham ridings, and all three had different stories to talk about. Two were close, one was a complete rout, but in the end, the incumbents retained all three of their seats. Even so, one of tho…

It seems I have yet another tough leadership choice coming ahead of me.Joyce Murray, the BC MP who officially joined the leadership race today, has come out in favour of some sort of “co-operation” with the New Democrats and Greens.Oh.People who’ve rea…

Despite its increasingly small size over his term, Rob Ford is essentially a lame duck.  Yes, he’ll fight the conflict-of-interest ruling ’til its very end, but even if he survives through it, his credibility is shot on several fronts and a comeba…

First, we have Rob Ford losing his job as Mayor of Toronto, thanks to his own stupidity.Then, Mark Carney leaves the Bank of Canada to go work with the British at the Bank of England.Right about now Joyce Murray is launching her candidacy for the feder…

The previously mentioned Forum poll has its details out, and it included yet more hypothetical Trudeau polling that really doesn’t mean anything at all, but is nice to gawk at.Forum Research (Federal – November 19th, 2012)Conservative: 33% (+2%) – 145 …

Very short post, because I need to sleep for my night job.1CalgaryCentre, that “unite all the progressives behind one candidate!” movement in Calgary Centre, has released its “polling” data.This poll was done among those registered to the website. Esse…

Yes, for once an Angus Reid poll out of British Columbia isn’t a complete mess for the BC Liberals and Christy Clark, though it is definitely not their best polling as of late.Angus Reid (BC Provincial – November 21st to 22nd, 2012)New Democratic: 47% …

Maybe I’ll learn something about this whole “Canada” thing, eh?Thanks to my wonderful college library’s book sale, where I bough all of these books for under $20. Yes, they’re outdated (the most recent one would’ve been “The L Shaped Party,” in the ear…

A reader who I’ve have several good discussions with over e-mail recently wrote up a post on the Canadian Council for Democracy website, which I think everyone needs to see….”By now, everyone’s probably heard about Ontario Liberal MP David McGuin…

Sigh.When asked whether he thought Canada was “better served when there are more Quebecers in charge than Albertans,” Trudeau replied, “I’m a Liberal, so of course I think so, yes. Certainly when we look at the great prime ministers of the 20th century…

We have another odd Nanos poll that isn’t really supported by other pollsters (though I suppose this one Forum poll I have no details for yet may end up being that support), but is interesting nonetheless. As always, there is the cavaet about Nanos pol…

The comments from David McGuinty are, quite clearly, stupid. The actions, the idea, the concept – all stupid. And it was uttered by a man clearly not stupid. Worst of all, this was our natural resources critic that said it.It is quite unacceptable for …

A couple of days ago, I renewed my membership (and by ABC monthly donation) with the Ontario Liberals, which means that I have a fairly good chance of becoming a voting delegate for the January 2013 convention in Toronto. Even if I’m not a delegate, I …

Because as one of those individuals unable to actually get elected, he’s in the same boat he lumps other Liberals like Martha Hall Findlay, Deborah Coyne, Karen McCrimmon, and David Bertschi into.What a silly idea. If you lose your seat, you shouldn

The newest Ipsos Reid poll is out for the federal scene, confirming what its fellow federal pollsters have been showing: a marked increase for the Liberals as Justin’s leadersh- er, sorry, just the leadership race (I’m sure), makes an impact on the min…

Very simple map of the 2012 Presidential election by county – essentially, the darker the colour, the more voters there were in the county. Sort of like a population map, but just counting voters who came out.There’s very obvious conclusions to take fr…