Author: Volkov

… because a few pricks decided to quite literally physically assault students at UQÀM, who wishes to continue on with the classes they paid for. Honestly, when you feel the need to march a classroom, start calling students who have paid for their own classes “scabs,” and then grab, shove,

Ipsos Reid has come out with a new poll that shows both the Conservatives and the NDP running high, with the advantage going to the incumbents by 2% of the vote. And luckily this time, I was able to get the regionals. Ipsos-Reid (Federal – May 10, 2012)Conservatives: 37% (+3%)

… by nominating the former Bloc Québécois MP for the area to run the upcoming provincial by-election in Argenteuil. The Coalition Avenir Québec, headed up by former péquiste MNA and cabinet member François Legault, is supposed to be a vehicle whereby federalists and sovereigntistes can band together under his banner

In a very clear sign that Adrian Dix and the BC New Democrats have major momentum, Angus Reid has put out a poll showing the NDP sitting at 50% support in the poll. Angus Reid (British Columbia – May 5-7th, 2012)BC New Democrats: 50% (+7%) – 74 seatsBC Conservatives: 19%

The Canadian Association of Retired Peoples is out with a poll of roughly 2,600 of their members (individuals over 55 years old, mostly), and apparently is shows the topline numbers of 39% NDP, 31% Conservative, and 25% Liberal. Below is my post on their poll that came out in March

This is the first installment of what I suspect will be a long-haul attack campaign by the Conservatives against Thomas Mulcair and the New Democrats, and instead of focussing on the leader as past attack ads have, this one is starting off by attacking the NDP’s team. Now, at the

Daveberta did a summary piece over on his blog about whether or not the New Democrats led by Thomas Mulcair can win back the power it once held in Western Canada, specifically in places like Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but also to an extent, the rural areas of British Columbia and

Would’ve been better if Sarkozy had actually won.

At some point in time, I’ll stop taking pundits seriously, but if you look at the results of the French presidential election, and the reaction it’s gotten so far from individuals like Don Murray of the CBC, has been astoundingly depressing. And not all of the votes have been counted

David Bertschi has set up what essentially amounts to an “exploratory committee” (or at least the front page of the website for one) in order to determine whether or not he should run for the upcoming Liberal leadership race, sometime either this year or early next year. I actually had

The guy on the right kinda looks like Pierre-Luc Dusseault, no? Naked protesters. Many of them female. And attractive (of course, they’re French Canadian). Hormones aside, it`s nice to see how the tuition protests have devolved into this. Granted it`s an awesome initiative and hey, points for creativity, but the

This poll is interesting in that it confirms the Forum Research numbers of last week, yet at the same time, as Harris-Decima does, overestimates the Greens (changes from the last poll in brackets): Harris-Decima (Federal – April 30th, 2012)New Democrats: 33% (+1) – 119 seats* (-3 seats)Conservatives: 30% (-40) –

I have a particular dislike of Brian Topp. I don’t know what it is about him, but the man smacks of all the things about union leaders, columnists, and New Democrats that I dislike. He’s arrogant, he’s the purest example of partisan journalism out there, and he’s more left-wing than

The resignation of PC MPP Elizabeth Witmer, who is the incumbent in the riding of Kitchener-Waterloo, to become chairwoman of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is more than the loss of one of Queen’s Park’s most experienced and moderate legislators – it downright politically convenient for the ruling Ontario

Now, that’s a lead, not that piddly Léger Marketing one from before. The New Democrats lead the Conservatives by 3-points, hit their highest in decades, and… yes, yes they form a government (not a majority). This calls for a graphic! In all honesty, it’s not the most stylish poll ever.

Short post this morning covering the much-balked Nanos poll, which I find less reliable provincially, but they’re following the trend (most of the time) federally, so let’s go over it shall we: Nanos Research (Canada – April 13th to 18th) Conservatives: 34.7% (-1.0) – 123 seats New Democrats: 32.4% (+7.4)

  With friends like Karl, who needs enemies?