Justin Trudeau will become the next Liberal Leader and the party will actually air an advertisement or two as part of a determined strategy to define him and the party before the Conservatives do. Something the Liberals failed to do with Dion and Ignatieff. Gerard Kennedy will become the next
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The Scott Ross: Stephen Harper Flip-Flopped On Gun Registry Too
Conservatives are calling Justin Trudeau a flip-flopper for first voting for the long gun registry and then recently admitting it was a failed policy. That’s fine, but lest Conservatives forget, Stephen Harper did the exact same thing. This Conservativ…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Blandness Is Easy To Merge With Liberals, NDP, & Greens
Why should the Liberal Party, the NDP, and the Green Party merge? Because they are already united in blandness.
If these parties were not bland, if they were not vague, or if they even had the slightest unique trait among them, merging would not be an…
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: The below updated lyrics to the Phil Ochs classic “Love Me…
The below updated lyrics to the Phil Ochs classic “Love Me I’m a Liberal” (click on the Justin Bieber — I mean Trudeau — photo for a Youtube video of the original song) were inspired by recent stories about Liberal Party wrongdoings in Canad…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Let’s Make a Deal
What worries me whenever I see a poll suggesting that the Harper Cons might be toppled in 2015 is how far off that day is and what impetus that gives Harper to finish his dirty deeds.Long have I suspected that Harper has calculated that, like a sneak t…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: If Canadians Want a Liberal, It Won’t be Mulcair
Sorry Dippers, your guy is a liberal and Canadians’ Liberal of choice is the guy whose hair is on his head, not his face.NatPo’s latest poll finds if Canadians had a chance to vote today, they would elect a strong Liberal minority government led by Tru…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: There’s Still a Chance
Here’s what you need to know. Today there is 25 per cent more atmospheric CO2 than there was in 2000.On the books right now are plans for the construction of 1,200 more coal-fired power plants that will create emissions equal to anoth…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Trudeau, Harper And Canadians Lack Substance
Critics claim Justin Trudeau has no substance when it comes to policy, they fail to realize that neither does Stephen Harper, nor any other leader or party; not to mention the fact that Canadians increasingly don’t care. This is not a defense of Justin Trudeau but an offence committed by
Continue readingLeft Over: Son of a Son of a……….
Justin Trudeau to run for Liberal leadership Son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was coy all summer about leadership intentions CBC News Sounds like a bunch of ex-Libs posting at CBC online today..most acting as if the NDP doesn’t exist as a force in Fed politics..just not true,
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Unpopular Reason To Support A Popular Trudeau
Voting for a celebrity because he is a celebrity may sound superficial but it is made all the more substantial by the changing context of Canadian politics. Party membership in developed countries has been declining for years, surveys have shown that voters are identifying less with parties and more with
Continue readingTrashy's World: Arrrrr… this be good readin’…
… for pirates and land lubbers too! Arrrrr…. (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Not So Leblanc Slate
Leadership races are often an opportunity for a political party to start over with a blank slate, Liberals might not get that chance if a slightly hypocritical Dominic Leblanc gets his way. Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc is discouraging anyone from running for leadership who only seeks to raise their profile
Continue readingPop The Stack: On The Benefits of Winning, In Canada
After reading this post on the future of the Liberal party from fellow DemReform blogger and every hopeful Liberal over at Curiosity Cat, I found my response turned into it’s own blog post. A snippet: Within a week or so of Trudeau`s announcement of his run, I expect opinion polls will show two major
Continue readingPop The Stack: On The Benefits of Winning, In Canada
After reading this post on the future of the Liberal party from fellow DemReform blogger and every hopeful Liberal over at Curiosity Cat, I found my response turned into it’s own blog post. A snippet: Within a week or so of Trudeau`s announcement of his run, I expect opinion polls will show two major
Continue readingFar and Wide: Sting Like A Bee
Let’s keep it real, you could probably count on one hand those that actually thought Justin Trudeau stood a chance in his charity bout against Senator Brazeau. Just a boxing match, offensive to many, but in the final analysis the outcome is not without consequence. In one evening, Trudeau has
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Canada Can Be Civil Or It Can Stand With Child Pornographers
The long-gun registry is endorsed by Hitler, Liberals should help Quebec separate to get rid of Harper, and Canadians are either Conservative or child pornographers. With a few recent cases of individual politicians lowering civil discourse in Canada, one could say they’re just isolated incidences, but in looking at their
Continue readingJacked Up: Tory Authority Slipping
Randall Denley and I don’t always see eye to eye, but his piece today in the Ottawa Citizen was pretty much right on the mark. I say pretty much because at one point, Denley says that . ..Of these various conservative politicians, about all one could say is that they
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