First answer: This is not our way of doing things so I would be extremely surprised if it came from us – Guy Caron, NDP MP and Quebec caucus chairSecond answer: I’m just calling to confirm that those were done by the party – NDP spokeswoman Sally HousserAislin certainly wouldn’t
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Peggy Nash unveils plan to make Canada a global leader in innovation.
Peggy Nash, my choice for leader of the New Democratic party, released her place to return Canada to the head of the pack as a global leader in innovation. Filed under: NDP, New Democratic Party Tagged: #ndpldr, Peggy Nash
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Canadian Politics Word(s) of the Year: 2011
Today is the final day for writing/releasing end-of-the-year posts. 2011 featured a federal election and provincial/territorial elections in Manitoba, Ontario, PEI, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the NWT. At the end of 2011, Canada now has 4 female premiers (up from 2 at the beginning of the year), the BQ have
Continue readingBrian Topp Sinks to a New (Conservative) Low
What was it that most attracted people about the NDP campaign in 2011? Was it that we offered a social democratic alternative to the hard edged ideology of Stephen Harper? Was it that we actually planned to implement our platform unlike numerous Liberal governments and could therefore be trusted?
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: First impressions: NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash in Edmonton
NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash at last night’s “kitchen-table talk” in Edmonton. Below: Marlin Schmidt. There are only three or so of the nine candidates for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party, and therefore for Leader of the Opposition, who are truly qualified to do the job and
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: The Mulroneyesque Thomas Mulcair
There are many things that we could say about Brian Mulroney. Many of them are bad. But he did have the gift of blarney. At his best, Mulroney could charm a snake charmer out of his cobras and then go on to convince his opponents that cobras were a thoughtful
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Thomas Mulcair, wanker
Regular readers of this blog will know that NDP MP and leadership candidate Thomas Mulcair is the Member of Parliament for the riding that includes École polytechnique. Mulcair, through his silence, has already demonstrated that he’s an able practitioner of the game of playing both sides of an issue but
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Never mind the Fight on Alberta’s Right; think about the Scramble for Position Among the Opposition!
Post No. 711Quick! What’s the name of Alberta’s No. 2 political party based on popular support?The Wildrose Party, right?That’s certainly what the headline implied in the Edmonton Journal on Friday – “Elections Alberta arms for X day, when ma…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: With friends like this
As anybody who follows Canadian politics should know, NDP MP Thomas Mulcair is MP for École Polytechnique.
As an NDP leadership candidate, Mulcair has just been presented his first big dilemma. And that dilemma links his leadership aspirations right…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: One of these things is not like the other
89% of domestic shooting homicide victims are female.
The bill before Parliament will make it easier for domestic abusers to arm up.
John Rafferty and Bruce Hyer are upset that they were disciplined for supporting that bill.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: The Seinfeldian candidate
It’s becoming harder to consider NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen as a serious contender.
Cullen’s failure to take a stand on the Tory bill to repeal the long gun registry is just another demonstration that he either doesn’t understand that New Democrats want "to make sure that Canadians know which way that we vote" or was putting his leadership aspirations ahead of whatever principles he
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Credit where credit is due and darts where they are deserved
It’s nice to see the NDP taking a principled stand on the life saving long gun registry.
Well, most of them anyway.
Who does Nathan Cullen think he’s playing to by slinking away from the vote hoping nobody would notice?
That’s not leadership.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: While the NDP was enabling the gun lobby
The gun lobby was fighting to make it easier to arm criminals, terrorists and child soldiers.Thanks Nathan.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: 97% mandate for for sensible gun laws
Earlier today, members of the European Parliament voted 624-17 to complete the implementation of the United Nations Firearms Protocol, the international standard for firearms regulation.The results of the vote are telling. Sensible gun laws draw b…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Canada’s gun lobby’s election failure reveals NDP gun registry fallacy
Reading today’s Postmedia story about labour union spending during the 2011 federal election campaign led this blog to wonder about other third party spending.Reviewing the listing of third parties on the Elections Canada website, two groups familiar t…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: NDP leadership goes straight to flying pig stage
Gun lobby endorsed NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen declares “I am a gun-control candidate.”
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Shorter Nathan Cullen
Gun violence against me: scary and badGun violence against vulnerable women and children: not so much
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The NDP and Regressive Social Policy: education #nlpoli
those who are interested in education policy and the current election campaign will be fascinated by a chunk of one conversation that broke out on Twitter Sunday. Two of the participants were Mark Watton, former Liberal candidate in the Humber …
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Manitoba Election: Tory drops the nuclear ball; Green kicks it out of the province
When asked if her party would support a moratorium on transporting radioactive nuclear fuel waste through Manitoba, Progressive Conservative candidate Heather Stephanson equivocated, saying she would not answer a “hypothetical question.” By contrast, Green Party Leader James Beddome answered with a thunderous denunciation of allowing nuclear waste on Manitoba soil and declared the possibility of […]
Paul S. Graham: Video: 2011 Manitoba Election Environment Forum
Manitoba citizens will elect a new provincial government Oct. 4, 2011 and environmental issues will play an important role in determining which political party forms that government. Where should Manitoba Hydro construct its planned Bipole 3 transmission line – or should it be built at all? How should we save Lake Winnipeg from choking to […]