I heard it mentioned first in this Toronto Star article. It’s apparently a poll done by a firm called Robbins SCE back in December. I remember Robbins doing a series of BC polls late last year (which were removed from Wikipedia due to not being considered a major pollster), but
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Leftist Jab: Justin Trudeau Agrees To Get Beaten Up For A Good Cause
Justin Trudeau’s training regimen. On March 31st, 2012, Justin Trudeau will likely be splayed out on a boxing ring, concussed and bleeding, wondering what happened. That’s because he agreed to fight Patrick Brazeau, 37, in an amateur boxing fight. Brazeau is mostly known for being the youngest senator currently serving
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Your seasonal anti-social-media message: Have a V**y Me**y Christmas!
Pierre Trudeau: What? Fuddle-Duddle? Below: Justin Trudeau; Pat Martin. O Sir, we quarrel in print… I blame Twitter, one of the first examples of genuinely anti-social media online, for the recent decline in the already debased state of public discourse in Canada. Leastways, Twitter certainly makes it easy to slam
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: On Justin Trudeau
Love the passion, hate the beard. Like my stylist used to say: you’re gorgeous; you shouldn’t be covering that face with hair. I went to that guy for years.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany – pizzachick, chic hotels and Christopher Hitchens…
…I might be going out on a limb here… but I am predicting a green Christmas in Ottawa. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— At the risk of being flamed, I gotta say that I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about after hearing Trudeau call Kent a pizzachick! I don’t know what that
Continue reading350 or bust: Canada’s New Climate Buddy: Russia
Canada has been under fire internationally for the Harper government’s recent announcement of its intention to pull out of the only international treaty that attempts to address the climate crisis, the Kyoto Protocol. China, Japan, France, India, and Tuvalu, a small island state at risk from climate change, have all
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Trudeau’s S-Bomb
As I’m sure everyone knows by now, in parliament yesterday, Liberal MP and Guy Fawkes impersonator Justin Trudeau called Environment Minister Peter Kent a “piece of shit.” Despite being factually accurate, Trudeau subsequently apologized unreservedly to the House for his “decidedly unparliamentary” remark. Speaking on CTV’s “Power Play” later in
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Fuddle Dudde Encore
Justin Trudeau had his fuddle duddle moment yesterday. When Environment Minister Peter Kent responded to Megan Leslie’s criticism of the Conservatives performance at Durban by saying she had no right to criticize the government because she had not been there, Trudeau lost his cool. After all, it has been long
Continue readingbastard.logic: …and Michael Moore is FAT!
Terry Glavin, last True Leftist™ in Canada, finds the late, lamented Kyoto treaty (and environmentalism in general) wanting — and apparently it’s all Al Gore’s fault. No, really: Kyoto could have been an instrument to force technological innovation in the world’s advanced economies in such a way as to clear a
Continue readingAnd The Harpercon Hits Just Keep On Coming! Peter Kent: Basically, If I Don’t Know What it Is, It Can’t Be Important
Well, boys ‘n’ girls, we have a science and technology minister in ol’ Gary Goodyear who is a creationist and doesn’t believe in evolution. Ok, not all that surprising, given the gang of Christian evangelicals in our government. Now, it appears that our very own environment minister, Peter Kent, is
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Justin Trudeau “Striptease”
The Liberal MP for Papineau strips down to his undershirt (oops! spoiler alert there) at a recent charity fundraising auction. Evidently, some people aren’t impressed… “reason kabillion” why he will never be Liberal leader harrumphs “gritchick” rather inexplicably.
Continue readingFive of Five: How to Make Rob Anders Look Sane
In addition to being a part-time pollster, Dean Del Mastro is also an amateur bishop.Dean Del Mastro, the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, said on Facebook last month that it was “outrageous” the Catholic school board in Peterboroug…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: The Dean of Peterborough
My reaction to Dean Del Maestro’s criticism of Justin Trudeau as being a “bad Catholic” isn’t going to be as ticked off as some – maybe because I’m not a Catholic. I’m more amused that Del Maestro has appointed…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: In leadership news…
…Justin Trudeau won’t run, but Thomas Mulcair will.So this sets us up for a Mulcair-Topp battle for Stornoway. All early indications are that Topp and Mulcair will play nice with each other, while their supporters mercilessly smear each other in the …
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Trudeau in Winnipeg
Justin Trudeau was in town yesterday to help launch the provincial election campaign of Dr. Jon Gerrard and his hapless Liberals (that, unfortunately, will most likely be completely obliterated next month). When asked about talk of a merger with the … Continue reading →
Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Olivia Chow as Next NDP Leader? Why Not?
On the front page of the Toronto Star yesterday, there was a small headline suggesting that Jack Layton’s widow, Olivia Chow, might be a possibility as the next NDP leader.I think she would be a good choice. She’s urban and chic, and one of the more pr…
Continue readingImpolitical: Martin on Trudeau
This is likely to be one of the top reads today, Lawrence Martin’s column on Justin Trudeau. The leadership rattlings are probably overdone and are, frankly, annoying to read at this point. Peddling leadership driven political games seems so useless ri…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: The ever shrinking Liberal shadow
There’s only so much you can read into the critic portfolios assigned to the third party in the house – especially when numbers dictate that everyone gets something. But the Liberal shadow cabinet deserves a bit of attention, if only because it marks B…
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Renewing the Liberal Party: Leadership
I’m a Canadian first and foremost, and as a Canadian I’m nervous about what Stephen Harper’s Conservatives will do with majority government. That’s not fear-mongering because to do so would be pointless now; it’s how I honestly feel. But as a Liberal,…
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Why I support the Greens but vote otherwise
I am a big Green supporter and believe they have the best platform. Dagnammit, I joined the party and contribute a few bucks to show that I care. But I also live in Quebec (and on the island of Montreal) and my local candidate both:a) is a relative lightweight, and
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