Both Peggy Nash (Parkdale-High Park) and Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth-Cole Harbour) have announced their intentions to enter into the increasingly crowded NDP leadership race, with Chisholm’s announcement coming up this Sunday, and Nash’s will be today (…
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Impolitical: The full-time MP of Parkdale-High Park
Looking forward to the many hours of full-time MPing to come while she’s out there on the leadership trail. Hey, I don’t set the standards. Peggy does.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andrew Coyne asks some disturbing questions as to how the federal government is becoming less and less accountable:In other countries, executive power is subject to various checks and balances. Who or …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joyce Green sees the Saskatchewan NDP’s proposal for First Nations revenue sharing as a desperately-needed starting point in remedying what should be out greatest shame as a province and country:Saskatchewan is…
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: Meeting the Candidates
I’ve made my mind up about who gets my #1 vote in the NDP leadership election, March 24, 2012, in Toronto. It’s Tom Mulcair. Almost every declared and non-declared (or expectant) candidate for the national NDP leadership were in Edmonton this weekend. At first, we heard that Paul Dewar was
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: NDP Finance Critic Peggy Nash’s motion passes unanimously
NDP finance critic hails symbolic economic victory over Tories – The Globe and MailIt’s rare, and non-binding, but it’s a positive step. The motion calls for “the government to act immediately to create jobs and keep Canada out of a recession.”Excerpt:…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On domino effects
Olivia Chow’s announcement that she doesn’t intend to run for the NDP’s leadership looks to bring the race into much sharper focus. With Chow deciding not to run, there’s a wide open space for a candidate from the greater Toronto area. And while Peggy …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: June 16, 2011
While June 16 was a shortened day due to the NDP’s weekend convention, it wasn’t lacking for a few notes of interest.Issue of the DayWhile the Cons took the opportunity to serve notice of their intention to impose back-to-work legislation at Air Canada…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Peggy Nash Meet Jack Layton
I haven’t perused Hansard yet, but according to Brian Topp, in praising Peggy Nash:She went directly to the heart of the government’s economic strategy, asking the Conservatives why their sole priority was a corporate tax plan, when there is no evidenc…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Parkdale-Highpark Riding All Candidates Debate Response
I recently attended the all candidates debate for the Parkdale-Highpark riding hosted by the BWVRA and wanted to share my thoughts on the debate, the candidates and various issues that were brought up. While this post will undoubtedly be specific t…
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