CalgaryGrit: “The Tories are not going to win. This campaign is all but finished"
Those are the words of Ipsos’ John Wright.If Tim Hudak is worried about a Liberal-NDP coalition, there’s only one way to prevent it at this point – and it’s not by voting PC.Ipsos (Sep 30 to Oct 3; n = 1200 phone)Lib 41%PC 31%NDP 25%Green 3%Nanos (Oct …
Continue readingCo2 Art: You Can’t Be Rich on Shattered Land
This song about fracking by Alex Hickey is pretty self-explanatory. Sad song and beautiful singing…
Alex is enroute from her home in NS to a tour of a few stops in Ontario after appearing in Montreal last night. You can check out the tour schedu…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Dept. of Unintentional Irony
Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae speaks out on the issue of suicide prevention as an important public health matter.
Needless to say, committing suicide is a topic about which the Liberal Party of Canada has considerable first-hand knowledge and exper…
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Ontario’s Next Premier: Andrea Horwath
The media gave her scant attention. But that didn’t stop Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath from proving that she’s the best person to lead Canada’s economic and social heartbeat after October 6. Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: The Sunny Way
The Sunny Way? This is, of course, one of Aesop’s fables and a favorite story of Wilfred Laurier. It’s a story about persuasion being superior to force, to working with others being superior to shutting down debate, and for strength …
Continue readingHarper Valley: Wall Street, Kiss Your Knackers Goodbye!
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Continue readingMore On Hudak and Abortion in Ontario
Well, I’ve been away for a while due to fact that I just started grad school three weeks ago and have been insanely busy, just getting into the swing of things. I’ve missed few interesting news items, including a debate between Joyce Arthur…
Continue readinggritchik: Hudak’s rally tonight in Vaughan
Ten minutes after the event was supposed to start. Really, really bad sign.
I’m hearing that Team Tory could barely get 200 people to come see PC leader Tim Hudak. What makes it worse is that the room can easily hold 500.
Northern Insights / Perceptivity: Today’s built-to-loot enterprises show their style
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good (www.inequality.org). Chuck is also a co-founder of Wealth for the Common Good, a network of business leaders, high-inc…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: McGuinty set for ‘historic three-peat majority’ in Ontario, poll suggests
Maybe.
I hope this is true but I am far from convinced Conservative support is so low; and I still think the NDP may siphon off votes.
It's not over till it's over. There must be a push until the end to make sure of victory:
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Continue readingSudbury Steve May: Who are the Real Extremists?
The following is a copy of a letter to the Editor of the Sudbury Star (a Sun Media outlet), submitted by me on Wednesday, September 28, 2011. At the time of posting this to my blogsite, the letter to the Editor remains unpublished. I’m publishing thi…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: NDP Finance Critic Peggy Nash’s motion passes unanimously
NDP finance critic hails symbolic economic victory over Tories – The Globe and MailIt’s rare, and non-binding, but it’s a positive step. The motion calls for “the government to act immediately to create jobs and keep Canada out of a recession.”Excerpt:…
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the NEFC Development Plan
A new North East False Creek development report goes before council on Thursday. It has a lot of people talking and it isn’t all favourable. Somehow over the many drafts a new boathouse/dock for the dragon boaters was left out. Dragon boating in False …
Continue readingThe McGuinty Greenwash
“Liberals (McGuinty) are running on their green credit but most of their spending is going to the nuclear plan, so it’s a bit of a greenwash." – Greenpeace’s Shawn-Patrick Stensil
We have heard so much about the Ontario Liberal Green Energy Act, people and the media have glossed over the McGuinty Liberal plans to drastically increase Nuclear power. In fact the Liberal’s plan to spend many
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Ipsos Gives OLP 10-point lead, supports Ekos
Wow, who would think you would see this from Ipsos Reid, on an incumbent premier who has not had the best eight year legacy attached to his name?A ten-point lead, so close to election day? That’s pretty good confirmation of momentum if I ever saw one.I…
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Happy-making
The Captain phoned me at work today. I saw the number come up on my phone, and so I answered with: “WHO IS THIS?” He said, after a brief pause: “…there’s no need for names, Ma’am.” That is all.
Continue readingFar and Wide: New Poll
Quite a shocking poll from Ipsos, another double digit lead and pronouncements that it’s a Liberal victory, just a matter of seat formation. Lots of caution still, nobody should be complacent because ground games matter, but one fact is now IRREFUTABLE…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Senate Hearing on Obama’s Fracking Panel Excludes External Testimony, Glosses Over Threats
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When President Obama decided to include unconventional gas as a central pillar in his “Blueprint for a Clean Energy Future” he must have had an idea that this…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Muskrat Falls support plummets: poll #nlvotes #nlpoli
Despite a massive marketing effort by the provincial Conservatives and the provincial government’s energy corporation, Nalcor, a new poll by NTV/Telelink shows a dramatic drop in support for the provincial Conservatives’ Muskrat Falls project. In …
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