Peter Goldring Resigns
Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring charged with impaired driving: sources EDMONTON – According to sources within the federal government, Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring has voluntarily resigned from caucus after…
calgarygrit
Demand Better
Conservatives admit they’re behind false byelection phone calls in Liberal riding OTTAWA — The Conservatives have confirmed they are behind a rash of phone calls to Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s…
Preliminary Thoughts on the LPC Presidential Race
Elections for Liberal Party President have tended to be mundane affairs in recent years. In 2008, Alf Apps was the only candidate – either because the powers-that-be made it known…
The Value of Endorsements
Leadership races are notoriously hard to handicap, due to the absence of credible polling data. Asking Canadians who they want as the next NDP leader is pointless, since only 3…
The reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated
There’s a lot of excitement in Liberal land over the latest Nanos poll: CPC 35.6%Lib 28.1%NDP 27.3%Green 3.9%BQ 3.9% As much as I’d love to jump up and down and…
Party of Principle
While Peter C. Newman has been getting headlines with his diagnosis that the Liberal Party is dead, Andrew Coyne offers his recipe for resurrection here. While I generally agree with…
Bag ‘O Links: Alberta Edition
1. We’ve known Rob Anders has been asleep on the job for years…though this may be the first literal instance: Still, I’m sure most who have heard John Duncan speak…
Time for some F’ing Civility
I bookmarked this news story as soon as I saw it in May because, Pat Martin being Pat Martin, I knew it wouldn’t be long before it would be worth…
Asymmetrical Federalism
The NDP has made a lot of noise arguing Quebec deserves a fixed percentage of seats in the House of Commons. At the same time, they continue to move full…
Opposition for the Sake of Opposition
The Liberals have come out against an expanded House of Commons, arguing we have enough MPs as it is. I personally feel the problem is one of quality rather than…
Primary Debates
In his Macleans.ca debut, my friend Jeff Jedras takes aim at the proposal Liberals will be voting on in January to move to a US-style primary system to choose the…
Copps’ Laws
I haven't picked a horse in the race for LPC President, but Sheila Copps is certainly the candidate I'm most familiar with - I was, after all, one of a…
A Roadmap to Renewal
The Liberal Roadmap to Renewal has been released and can be read here. There are several longer drafts floating around I've put on my weekend reading list, but at 80-100…
Luxury Tax
The Conservatives admit to overspending by $420,000 and are found guilty of breaking election laws.The punishment?A $50,000 fine...or about the amount they'll raise from their next anti-CBC e-mail.Which is kind…
The end of whatshisnames campaign
Not since the Dean Scream has a Presidential campaign imploded in a matter of seconds.This clip may go down as one of the worst debate performances in US history:
An Open Party
The Liberal White Paper on party reform has been leaking out over the past few days, and will reportedly be released in full tonight. I'm sure there will be a…
NDP Hits a Wall in Saskatchewan
The year of the incumbent continues in Canada, with Brad Wall taking 49 of 58 seats and 64% of the vote.
Since when did the Tories worry about contempt of parliament?
CBC in contempt of Parliament if it doesn't produce documents Access Committee requests: Del Mastro
The Race for Stornoway
The NDP leadership race appears to have solidified, with nine candidates vying for the keys to Stornoway.While I doubt any of the contenders are causing Stephen Harper sleepless nights, it's…
This Race Is Unfair, Vote For Mulcair!
Some leadership campaigns like to make a policy announcement every week.For Thomas Mulcair, it appears he had adopted a "complaint-a-week" strategy. The latest:NDP's Mulcair blames 'whisper campaign' for tough slogging…