Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen has announced his intentions; Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar will announce Saturday; and local Nova Scotia businessman Martin Singh will announce Saturday as well.One of these things is not like the other!….We all …
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Blunt Objects: Mulcair – the NDP’s Best Option?
He is according to Angus Reid’s latest poll, which says that Mulcair would lead the NDP to the best result in a general election today, and is the most well-thought-of among NDP members and the general public.This being said, the results are so small b…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Yvon Godin Only Wants Democracy For Some
Yvon Godin, the irritable member for Acadie-Bathurst, apparently only wants democracy for some in the NDP:Mulcair suggested Monday that perhaps the party could engage in a province-wide membership drive to ensure Quebec has more say.”For me this makes …
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Mapping the NDP Leadership Contest
A good chunk of NDP MPs and other notables have started lining up behind candidates, and it might be worthwhile to note who is supporting who:Brian Topp:Fmr NDP Leader Ed BroadbentFmr Sask. Premier Roy RomanowGatineau MP Francoise Boivin (QC)BC MLA Daw…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Topp is Top?
At least, according to Warren Kinsella, he is.But the very Léger Marketing poll he used to defend has a conflicting report within it. I don’t have full access to the numbers (when I do, I’ll go a lot more in-depth into it), but the Montreal Gazette gi…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: NDP Leadership Poll
Yep.I know what you’re thinking: someone here, in Canada, had the brilliance to poll the NDP leadership race? Not only that, they did it days after Layton’s passing? Before anyone knew who the candidates were, or cared? Yep.Well, it was commissioned by…
Continue readingCullen mulls NDP leadership?
As the next Parliament looms menacingly, the NDP must be weighing the pros and cons of a leaderless Opposition facing a bellicose and belligerent Conservative majority government, and coming up decidedly short. Sooner or later the question of who will fill Jack Layton’s considerable shoes has to be resolved, and members of the NDP caucus […]
Blunt Objects: Libby Davies for NDP Leader
Yes, just, yes.Pick out the most left-leaning NDP leader you can think of, and Libby Davies is still farther left. She makes Andrea Horwath look like Mike Harris (or does she do that herself?).Actually, Libby Davies would be an interesting contestant. …
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Olivia Chow Should Follow Her Own Political Path
The buzz: Jack Layton‘s widow, Olivia Chow, will likely run for the leadership of the Federal NDP. Bad political decision if the MP for Trinity-Spadina, Toronto, does. The world over, political widows often capitalize on the legacies of depar…
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