NDP leadership: Demochoice poll vs. actual results
How will the Demochoice poll on the NDP leadership race compare to the actual results? First Round (Demochoice Poll): Peggy Nash 2,700 (24.5%) Paul Dewar 2,634 (23.9%) Thomas Mulcair 1,888…
March 2012
NDP leadership: Demochoice poll vs. actual results
How will the Demochoice poll on the NDP leadership race compare to the actual results?First Round (Demochoice Poll):Peggy Nash 2,700 (24.5%) Paul Dewar 2,634 (23.9%) Thomas Mulcair 1,888 (17.1%) Nathan…
NDP leadership: Demochoice poll vs. actual results
How will the Demochoice poll on the NDP leadership race compare to the actual results? First Round (Demochoice Poll): Peggy Nash 2,700 (24.5%) Paul Dewar 2,634 (23.9%) Thomas Mulcair 1,888…
Canadian family finances still under stress: Report
For many families in Canada, income security is an elusive dream, according to a new study released by the Vanier Institute for the Family. The report, The Current State of…
$#*! the Premier says, Open Line edition #nlpoli
I suggest that the members opposite do the same and they encourage our representatives in Ottawa to do the same, because the only time we hear from them is on…
Shelagh Gordon’s Influence Lives On
Shelagh Gordon, the woman recently profiled in The Star after her sudden death at the age of 55, continues to exert a pull on the thousands of readers who were…
And The Winner Is . . .
Who knows? Lawrence Martin writes this morning that: Just a little more than a week ago, Mulcair was riding a wave of endorsements from party members and media pundits. Now…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
A few of the more interesting pieces of news from the NDP leadership campaign as it culminates in today’s voting… – For those looking for a rundown of the contenders…
4379…i Hope NDP Play The Right Anthem Today
Coz you know they are going to play O’Canada at some point in the proceedings. Pretty hard to f’ up playing the anthem for true but it has happened. Semi-Canadian…
4378…A Fan Writes The WFDS
The Mound of Sound Mar 23, 2012 11:16 PM Hey Dipshit, are you still censoring any comment that shows you’re a pompous idiot? For the record I censor nothing from…
ndp leadership vote: holding my breath, hoping not to hold my nose
I purposely haven’t blogged about the NDP leadership contest, as I don’t do party politics. But now we’re down to the very end, and I’m worried. A mere skim of…
New column day
Here, featuring my musings on how political parties should be able to function without the top-down direction of a permanent leader – and the example the federal NDP has set…
Graham James coaches the Canadian Hypocrites – who win the Immoral Cup
Let me see if I get this. Graham James was a junior hockey coach, trainer, etc., who worked for years in the Canadian hockey system. He had remarkable success, and…
Saturday At The Movies
Via Firedoglake, The Austin Lounge Lizards perform “Too Big To Fail”: * More links: Austin Lounge Lizards
#NDPldr Amateur Hour
I’ve spent my night at work reading up on the candidate speeches that I didn’t get to see from the NDP leadership convention, particularly as told by Andrew Coyne and…
It will be Nash or Mulcair
Judging by the hospitality suites last night Peggy Nash drew the most attention. That is not a big surprise, it is however an indication of her support growing. She has…
Cougar to replace gearbox on S-92 #nlpoli
Local media – CBC and Telegram for example – reported on Friday that Cougar Helicopters would “replace the gearbox” on an S-92 that showed an indication of metal in the…
NDP Convention: Day 2
Others have given a better sum up of yesterday’s events than I could, so I won’t bother. Beyond some erratic speechifying, the Dippers pulled off a pretty solid day 1.…
NDP convention not so divided
The media are watching a different leadership than the one many delegates are watching. There are obvious tensions between some of the leadership camps, especially those between Brian Topp and…
Lackluster leadership speeches
And those were the final NDP leadership candidate presentations. And how very…underwhelming they were. Nathan Cullen’s was spare and he had lots of personal anecdotes about fighting the Northern Gateway…