Every time I think about the long decline of the Liberal Party, I recall vividly a conversation I had over coffee with my local Liberal counterpart back in 2007. We were discussing a municipal election, and the conversation turned to local Green Party ‘doings’. I was pretty chuffed at the
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Not an Official Green Party Canada Site: Liberal Party Supporter woes, And Joyce Murrays turbo booster.
So yesterday there was some `bad news` for Liberals in the media, naturally followed by further revelations and commentary today. Well I have news for you, it is not as big a deal as some would have us think. As I have repeated many times, the real value of the
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Micro-Targeting, Liberalist and the Liberal Party’s opportunity.
Bullseye Communications Today, I sat down in the morning to check out the news, and found two articles in the Hill Times about, and by Conservatives, that are extremely revealing to the careful reader. I joined the Liberal Party last year when they created the Supporter category of membership, because
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Trudeau gets it too: Introducing the next Prime Minister.
I just followed a link to a Globe & Mail article: “Inside Justin Trudeau’s war room“. I was elated at what I read, because it confirms my belief that the Liberal Party is going to re-write the book on electoral politics in Canada. That is not a shallow conclusion based
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Joyce Murray campaign is a FASCINATING example of how the Liberals can win the next election.
I have been preaching the virtues of the ‘new’ supporter category of Liberal Party ‘memberships’ ever since the Liberal Party announced it nearly a year ago. It is such an innocuous seeming innovation, but the implications are profoundly exciting. I am not at all surprised at the turn of events
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Liberals Supporter category vital. What happens after the leadership race?
I first realised that my old friend, the Liberal Party of Canada was on the path to recovery when they introduced the Supporter category early in 2012. Canadians were invited to formally become a supporter of the Liberal Party, and offered a vote in the leadership contest as an inducement.
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Unite the progressives? Not much of a solution.
For several years there has been a scattered sense amongst some so-called `progressives` that the progressive left should merge, or co-operate electorally to keep the Conservative Party out of power. No less a Liberal luminary than Jean Chretien has called for a formal merger between the Liberals, the NDP, and
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Conservative Strategy to demonise the Courts?
The Liberal – Activist enemy? I have noticed something odd about the legislative agenda of the Conservative Party. Hey, I ain’t no lawyer, but it has struck me repeatedly that the Conservatives have been crafting legislation that would quickly be thrown out by the courts. It has struck others as
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: The Liberal Party Supporter category: Takach gets it. Does anybody else?
Yesterday I read a Toronto Star article entitled: How federal Liberals are using leadership race to get back in the game. The premise of the article is that the new supporter category is a game changer for the Liberal Party, and that this late entry into the data collection business
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Poster Child for Useless #nlpoli
One of the rationales the provincial government has used to justify Muskrat Falls is the idea that the island will have electricity shortages starting in 2015 and by 2020 there’ll be blackouts, brownouts or some sort of unspecified catastrophe. If you missed it, here is one official version, from The
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BCL has more on the M THIRTY enviro flogs issue.Also, I’ve heard that PB is removing identified flogs.
Continue readingFunding Anti-Green Sock Puppets
Not all unions are in McGuinty’s pocket. The Ontario Power Workers’ Union (UPW) has bankrolled a campaign agaisnt McGuinty fighting the Green Energy Act.More and more, marketing companies are using social media to promote their clients. UPW is pushing …
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We’re in turbulent times. Economically uncrertain. People are worried about their jobs. People want certainty. Comfort.Canada just elected a stay-the-course Prime Minister preaching exactly that.So, here you are, trying to come up with a theme for your…
Continue readingConservative Party Promoting on Our Dime, Again
Well the omnibus crime bill is out. It’s an expensive pile of solutions looking for problems, but I’ll leave that to others.Instead, let’s talk about under-reported ‘crime’:Justice Minister Rob Nicholson unveiled the bill at a Brampton news confe…
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Canada: Advance Polls and the Youth Vote.
The Green Party of Canada has been surprisingly effective in this election, in some respects anyway. I have been a vocal critic of the Leadership of the Party, but given the bad choices made, they are doing the right things to win Elizabeth her Seat in SGI
Continue readingCampaign Strength/Weakness Observation
For a PM who didn’t want to do any stimulus spending, and took Parliament to the brink over it in 2008, Harper certainly has reaped considerable political leverage with the so-called Economic Action Plan.
The opposition, despite having forced it to h…
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