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Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Ontario Debates
No one knows who will win the Ontario election, two of the three leaders remain virtual unknowns, and the campaign still lacks a ballot question. Yet somehow, without warning, Ontario finds itself just 9 sleeps away from Voting Day.So tonight’s debate …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Penny Pledge funding idea the Liberals should borrow
Hat tip to Accidental Deliberations for pointing the way to this: From the Rabble blog cometh forth this piece of wisdom about how to incentivize MPs in Quebec to sign up new members in that province:Is there any way to track membership signups by diff…
Continue readingReady for Debate – Steeltown Scrapper!
Andrea Horwath is ready for tonight’s debate. She met earlier today with a roller derby team. They have dubbed her the Steeltown Scrapper and they gave her a leather jacket!
Andrea Horwath accepts Debate Jacket
Continue readingMick Jagger as the new millennium Citizen Kane?
This could be interesting. It could also turn out to be a whitewash, knowing Mick Jagger’s aging propensity for people of wealth and taste. But I’ll keep my mind open. Jagger playing Rupert Murdoch is a stroke of genius in theory. I don’t doubt he could pull it off. I only hope that . . . → Read More: Mick Jagger as the new millennium Citizen Kane?
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The CBC on the Chopping Block is No Surprise to Anyone
I came across this image for the CBC. I think it was for an event that was sold out. However, as soon as I saw it, I thought how appropriate.There is a bit of angst over the future of the CBC, with poor Stephen Harper losing sleep over…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: UK Labour leader argues for new values for Britain
Ed Miliband’s at the Labour Party conference has taken the bit between his teeth with his declaration that he is his own man, and not a copy of either Blair or Brown. He went further with a statement of values (Liberals, looking for some ideas for our …
Continue readingthe reeves report: Taking election polls with a grain of salt
In advance of the leader’s debate tonight, two competing polls have come out in recent days that indicate both PC leader Tim Hudak and Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty are leading in voter intentions. This means two things: that this race is likely closer than anyone anticipated two months ago, and that polls are worth what … Continue reading »
Blunt Objects: Poll Update – Abacus, Ekos, and the Debates
There’s two new polls out for the Ontario election, both showing different results.First up, everyone’s favourite pollster, EKOS Research, puts the race at a low 3.5% spread between the Ontario Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, 34.9% for the OLP …
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Greek PM frames it as a battle for the future
Here’s one politician who – rather belatedly – has managed to frame the issue in a way which will make it difficult for Germany to say No. He has shifted the focus to the future, to the reforms that Greece is determined to implement:Greek Prime Min…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Ontario leaders debate tonight is big
We enter the Ontario leaders debate tonight with a new poll from Ekos released today showing the Liberals with a 4 point lead over the PC’s and the NDP in the mid-20′s. According to threehundredeight.com, combined with the findings of another poll release last night by Abacus (with their new polling methodology), that would lead to a bare Liberal majority.
Therefore, I would submit the pressure is on the opposition parties’ leaders to perform well. Hudak needs to do so to salvage what has been a fairly miserable campaign for him (losing a massive lead in less then 3 months to now possibly losing the election outright). Horwath on […]
Continue readingMorton's Musings: City cuts would save less than $30 million
The shortfall is at least $500 million; the cuts do not come even close:
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Daniel Dale
Urban Affairs Reporter
The proposed cuts Toronto's council w…
LeDaro: Republican GOP Debate 2011
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Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Globe on Corporate Cash Hoards
Today’s Globe and Mail (page B15) mentions the PEF in a story on the corporate sector’s record-breaking accumulation of cash, a subject about which we have often blogged. Corporate Canada has tripled its cash stash in each of the last two decades. The following Statistics Canada figures are “Canadian currency and deposits” plus “Foreign currency […]
Continue readingKilling Jobs Softly With Her Logs
PauperizeTheBrutes!TheFoolsGold(en)EraVilleOr…..To be more precise, Christy Clark-Campbell’s government’s job-killing policies that have lead to the export of 40% of all the timber harvested in this province this year as…. Raw Logs.And that, to put…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon consumption.- John Cole points to a study comparing economic choices between psychopaths and stock traders – with even more disturbing results than one might expect:According to a new study at the University of St. G…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On backup plans
As part of rabble’s discussion of what the NDP can do to increase its membership in Quebec during the course of the leadership campaign, one commenter has suggested a targeted donation system to reward candidates who sign up new members. And the idea m…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Musical CRTC Chairs: Why Konrad Von Finckenstein will probably be missed
The Canadian Press broke the story this morning: CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein will not be reappointed when his term ends in January.
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LeDaro: Herman Cain: In-depth interview. :)
Herman Cain the presidential candidate 2012
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