… do for an encore? I, like everyone, was shocked by the premier’s resignation yesterday. So, what’s next for my MPP? Is he going to throw his hat into the federal ring in an effort to lead the LPC? I for one, and as a Liberal, hope so. I think
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The Disaffected Lib: The Youngest Old Man in the Liberal Party
The Ottawa Citizen’s Sue Riley looks at Justin Trudeau and sees the youngest old man in a Liberal Party full of old men. …The Liberal leadership hopeful’s much-anticipated launch speech last week was disappointingly banal. He ran through the familiar Liberal checklist: a nod to strength in diversity, the Charter
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Globalization’s Discontents: Maude Barlow, the Hollow Men, and the Conversation that’s just beginning
Brian ‘Hollow Man’ Mulroney Brain Mulroney was boasting about his magnificent act in getting the US-Canada free trade agreement signed. What he did not talk about – and probably does not realize – is that he is one the Hollow Men: those who, consciously or unconsciously, set about hollowing out
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: I’m Not Like My Father – J. Trudeau
When it comes right down to it, Justin Trudeau really has just one thing going for him, his youth. It’s sad that he doesn’t seem to want that getting in his way. Trudeau showed he’s simply a younger version of the traditional, celo-packaged Liberal hack when he hemmed and hawed
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Conservative Party machine still dominates the Canadian political space
The Conservatives have maintained their muscular advantage over both major competitors in fundraising in 2011: The Liberals raised $10,119,908.62 from 49,650 donors last year, according to their annual financial return. The NDP raised $7,427,060.63 from 37,778 donors, according to the party’s annual return which was filed late with Elections Canada…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Hands off my Uterus
Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights.&…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Hands off my Uterus
Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights. I am so incensed that women still have to… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Hands off my Uterus
Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights. I am so incensed that women still have to… ..
Continue readingFive of Five: Motion to examine definition of human being defeated in Commons
Toronto Star:
OTTAWA—A Conservative MP’s pro-life bid to have Parliament study the definition of a human being has gone down to defeat in the House of Commons.
Stephen Woodworth’s motion was voted down 203-91.
Eight cabinet ministers voted in fa…
Five of Five: Motion to examine definition of human being defeated in Commons
Toronto Star: OTTAWA—A Conservative MP’s pro-life bid to have Parliament study the definition of a human being has gone down to defeat in the House of Commons. Stephen Woodworth’s motion was voted down 203-91. Eight cabinet ministers voted in favour of the motion, including Status of Women Minister Rona Ambrose,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Open Letter to Paul Adams about Electoral Cooperation
Paul Adams has done us all a service by commenting on the wishes of the majority of voters in recent elections, and is now fending off attacks from right wing commentators about his proposal that the progressives unite to unseat the Harper new Tories in the next election. However, Adams
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: You Need to Set the Bar High This Time
For the Liberal Party this is no time to settle for a pretty face or a familiar name. You’re already in the hole, neck deep to be honest, and one more mistake could be your last for a good long time. If you want to remain Stephen Harper’s water carrier,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The key to renewed Liberal Party power: The Untouched Constituency
Just started reading Fear and Loathing: One the Campaign Trail ’72, by Hunter S. Thompson, and came across this passage early on: There are only two ways to make it in big-time politics today: One is to come on like a mean dinosaur, with a high-powered machine that scares the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: To know, know, know Mulcair, is to love, love, love him less
The tussle between the NDP, led by Thomas Mulcair, and the currently leaderless Liberal Party of Canada is heating up. And some Liberals are targeting the ambivalent positions of the NDP and its leader in a strategy to focus the attention of the media and of voters on essential policies
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Oil Pipelines: BC’s Christy Clark misfires; what the Liberal Party of Canada should do
Congratulations to Premier Clark for doing two things at the same time: starting a meaningful dialogue about the environmental concerns behind the export of heavy oil from Canada, and staying true to her pattern of shooting herself in the foot at the same time. However, her opening gambit is one
Continue readingThe Equivocator: David Merner and the Conversation the Liberal Party Needs to Have
David Merner (left) and Alberta Liberal Party president Todd Van Vliet (right.) “It’s funny, I thought I would be running as a pro-business, pro-environment West-coast Liberal but it looks like I’ve become the ‘cooperation candidate.‘” That was former LPC(BC) President David Merner’s reaction when I told him that I had
Continue readingCuriosityCat: EKOS on State of Play in Canadian politics: Massive Migrations and a Lack of Love
Just in time for discussion by political junkies at their latest BBQs, EKOSon July 13 released their findings on the below surface movements in Canadian political currents. Their findings should reassure Harper (somewhat), caution Mulcair to reconsider his ‘roll of the dice, winner takes all’ approach to the next election,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Should we choose David Merner as new leader of the Liberals, over Justin Trudeau?
Little seedlings of support for David Merner as the next leader of the LPC are sprouting up. Three seedlings Dan Arnold of the National Post has this to say about Werner: I’ll reserve judgment until I meet the man, but Merner does meet three of the requirements on the official
Continue readingThe Equivocator: The Liberal Party: A Substantial Heritage, a Future of Substance (Co-written with Theresa Lubowitz)
Theresa Lubowitz on the Death of Substantive Policy Canada is teetering dangerously close to the death of substantive policy as we know it, with the rise of a populist Conservative Government, a populist NDP Official Opposition, and a struggling Liberal Party so afraid of irrelevancy it has spent the last
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Micah Goldberg: Trudeau Leadership Needs Big Ideas
Politics is more about timing than it is skill. Being the right person in the right place at the right time is more conducive to political success than being the wisest, best-educated or most prudent individual in the world. With Bob Rae’s decision to respect his oath not to seek
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