Jack Layton, who has been described as
“our Diana,” has now been laid to rest. His party also feels no shame at using
his death for their political ends, saying it’s what he would have wanted,
Those donations the NDP were collecting
on behalf of the yet-non-existent Broadbent Institute appears to contravene the
Elections Act. Oops. And thus the party had to do a bunch of scrambling on
Friday morning to sort this out, eventually settling on sending those funds to
the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation (as in Tommy Douglas), who will then grant the
Broadbent Institute those funds. It was also pointed out that by channelling
the donations through the party, it also expanded their own voter
identification database, creating a list of new sympathetic voters with their
names and email addresses that can be used for future fundraising or election
purposes.
Oh, and the NDP are ready to “roll up
their sleeves” to carry on Jack’s vision, which starts of course with the
forthcoming leadership campaign.
Uh oh – Liberal multiculturalism critic
Jim Karygiannis is being accused of verbally abusing civil servants over in
Immigration, and of using a racial slur when asking why a particular group
wrote to ask interim leader Bob Rae to remove him from his position. Can a
critic shuffle be too far behind?
Oh, and the Liberals dispute that Harper
faces no opposition with Layton’s death, and that Bob Rae will be the one
telling Harper “Just a minute here…” as he moves forward with his agenda.
Liberals are currently holding caucus meetings in Ottawa to analyse their loss
in the last election (and there are some pretty frank discussions taking
place), and looking forward to a future where Layton is no longer dominating
the opposition discussion.
In the Yukon, Harper said that cuts to
water monitoring stations weren’t authorised, and that the environment minister
was reversing the decision made by department officials.
And here’s a very interesting essay about political coverage and why it needs to be reformed.
