OLP, PCPO – Intertwined not going anywhere fast
Two polls - one Angus Reid, one Forum (the latter being massive) - show that the Ontario Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives are stuck together like glue, though AR's is…
September 2011
William Watson on PSE
On Wednesday, William Watson wrote a comment piece in the Financial Post in which he was critical of Armine Yalnizyan’s recent essay on inequality that appeared the National Post. In…
Ottawa’s new war on crime, waste and other bad things — like facts
From The Globe and Mail: Ottawa's new war on crime, waste and other bad things – like facts - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/tabatha-southey/ottawas-new-war-on-crime-waste-and-other-bad-things-like-facts/article2178488/?utm_...
Put-in in and Medvedev out as the president of Russia
Vladimir Put-in is going to be put back in as the President and caretaker Dmitry Medvedev will continue to serve Putin as a Prime Minister now. Putin is not much…
This Machine Keeps Singing For You And Me…
CrossroadsUpTheTubz?InspirationVilleYou know that old story of a two-bit, hustling-and-still-scuffling young Dylan hitching to NewYork from Minnesota, in the depths of winter, so that he could sleep on couches in cold-water…
On poll positions
There have already been a few polls released surrounding the NDP leadership race, and there figure to be many more to come in the next few months. So I'll take…
A New Middle East Reality
Oh my, my. Mahmoud Abbas has called Barack Obama's bluff and applied to the United Nations for Palestinian statehood. It will fall to the United States to veto the motion,…
Ontario Liberal tactics working so far
Here's my take on the Ontario election so far. The Liberals started from behind and needed a couple boogeymen! Alas they got a woman and a man. The Liberals have…
Facts have a liberal bias. Statistics have a Liberal and an NDP bias.
Those poor Conservatives. Faced with statistics and facts, they are left with nothing more than ideology. That and a great PR department.
Fair Game – The Things Politicians Do While We Sleep
I rarely watch films today, preferring some of the edgier fare offered by cable television series such as Justified, Nurse Jackie, Trueblood and Breaking Bad. Nonetheless, with my son visiting…
Convince Me: Doug Horner
Nation, yesterday I challenged my IRL friends and contacts within the PC Party and the various leadership camps to write me and explain why their candidate was the best choice…
Carney: €1 trillion to bail out Europe
We're all used to the concept of "shock therapy" when it comes to finances. Canada went through that process a decade and a half ago in an unpopular but successful…
‘Mother Corp’ funding:Harper starts to take aim at the CBC!
The CBC-hating Harper Conservatives are quick off the mark to get the debate going about whether the public broadcaster is of “good value” to Canadians.Today’s Globe and Mail reveals that…
Ontario NDP’s Andrea Horwath can remedy the democratic deficit, massive poll says
We are close to the wire in the race for a new provincial government in our most populated province, says a massive new poll. The chances right now are high…
Internal polling
A Top 10 list of my most read posts since the Ontario writ dropped. Oh, and about that poll today? Steve V gets it. 1. Top secret Hudak event 2.…
The largest expansion of prison building ‘since the 1930s’ ; perhaps the Conservatives follow Keynesian economics?
I suppose it is some form of government driven employment program - both the wardens and the prisoners (not to mention the builders and contractors) are getting a job (or…
Guess Who’s Back?
Full marks if you guessed Vlad Putin. As expected, his United Russia Party has approved another job swap. Current president Dmitri Medvedev will slip back into his old job as…
Tony Clement: anything for a friend
While the media pretty much ignores the scandals around Peter MacKay's elite transportation perks, Tony Clement is not so lucky. He's being ridden hard and put up wet, if not…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Susan Delacourt points out some analysis from Greg Lyle which looks to confirm my general take on the real balance of popular opinion between…