This and that for your Sunday reading.- Erin compares the numbers behind the NDP and Sask Party platforms, with the one major difference being the windfall potash profits the Wall government wants to keep out of public hands.- Bruce Johnstone highlight…
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CalgaryGrit: 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 readingBlunt Objects: Updated NDP & Bloc Leadership
So, as everyone who is anyone should be aware now that Québec’s favourite son, Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair, has officially jumped into the race, and beside him come 33 MPs, including two veterans from Ontario.Mulcair, with the 33 caucus endorsements, …
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta’s ndp prepares for high tide. will an orange wave come?
A recent poll released by Citizen Society Research Lab at Lethbridge College shows Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives with a huge lead over the three main opposition parties. The same poll showed the New Democratic Party and Wildrose Party tied at 16%, which reinforces the results of a controversial Evironics survey released over the summer […]
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Paul Dewar On Faith And Politics
…from Gruending:You cannot be a person of faith without being political, says Paul Dewar, the New Democratic Party MP for Ottawa Centre. In early 2009, Dewar spoke to my Faith and Public Life class at the Ottawa School of Theology and Spirituality.
Continue readingLet’s Get Dewar Some Support. Use Hashtag #PD4NDPL
I don’t know if one has been created yet, but I want to get a Twitter hashtag going for a “Draft Paul” campaign, as also called for from Dawg’s Blog. I think it’s imperative that we get Paul Dewar into the NDP leadership R…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Thomas Mulcair and the NDP
As I’ve said before I don’t really want to discuss the NDP leadership race until all the candidates have declared, and I’ve heard what they have to say.But since Brian Topp seems to be leaving the impression that The Force is with him because he’s smar…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Munir Sheikh writes (PDF) about good data and intelligent government. I’ll add the subtitle, “and other perceived threats to the Harper Conservatives”.- Aside from the occasional expose on working cond…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: The Week In Quotes
A few quotes worth noting from both candidates and non-candidates alike – feel free to suggest more in comments.Thomas Mulcair on his considerations in deciding whether to run:There’s an old saying that before you take the plunge, you have to make sure…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Where do they go from here?
After a week of tributes and mourning, the talk in Ottawa is sure to turn to “what now” this week, as the NDP begins the process of replacing Jack Layton.
Of course, some did not wait that long. Anonymous NDP insiders let it be known that Brian Topp w…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.
– Heather Mallick highlights the dangers of the permanent unemployment which regressive politicians around the globe are so vociferously demanding in the guise of austerity:
As we fend off a double-dip recessio…
Cowboys for Social Responsibility: More NDP hypocrisy on guns
When guns are killing people in foreign places, the NDP has a clear position, Canada should do whatever we can to stop it.When they’re killing vulnerable women and children in Canada, not so much.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Open to change
It’s absolutely for the best that Paul Dewar is planning to reintroduce his bill to ensure a truly independent Parliamentary Budget Office. But what’s most significant in determining whether the bill has a chance of passing is that even the Cons haven’…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Rape as Weapon of War is Bigger Issue
During the debate over the extension of the Libyan “mission”, NDP foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar, brought up the subject of rape as a weapon of war.He wanted the Conservatives to promise to address the issue.This may have been inspired by the chang…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn’t see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there’s still plenty of material worth noting from the day’s events.The Big IssueObviously, the …
Continue readingThe Wheatsheaf: Election shout outs
Dammit Janet has uncovered the failed Ottawa Centre Liberals attempt to be cleverly underhanded. Scott Bradley’s campaign is misquoting Ottawa Center MP and NDP candidate Paul Dewar in an attempt to portray the NDP as being anti-civil servant. It is pretty amazing that they would attempt to attack Paul on
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: It’s All About Torture. Don’t Let Anyone Forget.
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, Steve over at Far and Wide has a post about the polls and how bad ol’ King Steve is doin’ an’ is the trend gonna continue. I left a bigass comment there an’ I’m saving’ energy by recycling that comment here.We all saw t…
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