That’s not just in reference to the Vancouver riots, either, though those who took part in those riots – especially this couple – deserve the label of “crazy” in some sense or another.
No, I’m talking about our friends in the New Democratic and Conser…
Continue readingJust in case some Liberals missed it, please check out this post by Jeff Jedras on his proposed sub-amendment to give us a leadership race in the fall of 2012, instead of all the way out in 2013.
If you’re a delegate to the extraordinary convention or…
Continue readingCanada’s House of Commons easily passed a motion today with nearly unanimous support from all officially recognized parties, plus some of those nice Bloc MPs, represented in the House to extend our current involvement in the NATO-led air strikes agains…
Continue readingBut I´ll keep up on the news, and post when I feel the issues are most dire. Like how about those Conservatives making a good decision for once? Certainly news to me….
Anyways, when the Libyan air strikes debates start occuring, I´ll be monitor…
Continue readingAt the very least, he’s got the right priorities in mind as continuing President:
Mr. Apps proposed what he called a long-term project for the federal Liberals: to create an economic bill of rights that would entrench the right to a living wage, cle…
Continue reading“The government didn’t tell Parliament it was approving $50 million for a G8 legacy fund that doled out cash for projects in cabinet minister Tony Clement’s riding based on his advice, according to the auditor general, who could find no paper trai…
Continue reading“The New Democrats are experiencing something of a surge as of late as we’ve all seen, but now major effects are being felt on the provincial level, especially out in Atlantic Canada.”Read the rest here.
Continue readingThe rift between the old sides of the current Conservative Party of Canada – the old Progressive Conservatives and old Reformer/Alliance members – is starting to turn into an increasingly large wedge issue, one that, quite frankly, they don’t need.
If…
Continue reading“The New Democrats are experiencing something of a surge as of late as we’ve all seen, but now major effects are being felt on the provincial level, especially out in Atlantic Canada.”
Read the rest here.
Continue readingLiterally:
Last week, Sarah Palin told a local news station in Boston that Paul Revere “warned the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms.” As the news media rushed to point out that Revere was, in fact, warning the American colonis…
Despite somewhat healthy leads and something of a moral high ground these days (thanks the the PLQ’s various scandals), the separatist Parti Quebecois had three high-profile defections from their caucus today, dropping from 52 seats to 49, as well as s…
Continue readingNanos has a new poll out with very slight changes for all the parties, except it shows the Bloc literally collapsing before our eyes.
Topline numbers are 39.7% Con, 29.9% NDP, 21.5% Lib, 4.8% Green, and 2.7% Bloc. Using 2Close2Call’s projection system…
Continue readingHere’s a fun look at the Canadian electorate’s waffling since before Joe Clark was Prime Minister:
You can view raw data here. I only managed from 1978 to 2001, since they skip years after it.
The most interesting part of it all is at the very end, a…
Continue readingBecause I’ll be going away for the summer and my activity will be down quite a bit (maybe just one post a day now?), I’ve decided to bring on another contributor to give someone else a chance to be the mouthpiece, and provide readers with some variety …
Continue readingI was thinking further on Ms. DePape’s stunt today (and yes, her real name is Brigette DePape, Marcelle is her middle name), and I’ve come to a conclusion.
She may be the single most reason for someone to get into a political career. Not because of th…
Continue readingBrigette Marcelle (or DePape, or something), the page who waltzed into the Senate with the “Stop Harper” sign, gave me little reason to actually support her actions today.
I oppose Harper. I oppose the Conservatives. I don’t support their agenda, nor …
Continue readingAs noted by BigCityLib, a Forum research poll for the City of Toronto shows some relatively interesting numbers today, both on the municipal and provincial scene.
Let’s start with Rob Ford’s approval ratings:
As you can see, there isn’t a huge dip in…
Continue readingThat’s us over in the corner there. And Lizzy May got stuck with a Bloquiste. All’s well.
Link.
Continue readingIf you don’t know yet, ProgBlogs was updated. I personally prefer the former layout, but this does the job as well. However, Steve V has a few choice words for the voting system that I tend to agree with.
On that subject, personally I never cared much…
Continue readingIf you don’t know what PVI is, that’s OK – you can be excused for it. It’s not something widely discussed up here, since it’s an American political tool.
The PVI, or Partisan Voter Index, is a creation of American stats whiz Charlie Cook. The Index ra…
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