Happy Halloween
If anyone is still looking for last minute Halloween costumes, here are a few politically-themed ideas:At the Party...Senate Page: Black dress, white gloves, and long braided pony tail. Be sure…
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Backs against the Wall
I don't intend to write much about the Saskatchewan provincial election because, truth be told, there's not much to write. When the incumbent is literally more popular than God, you…
Redistribution Update
Just what we need - 30 more MPs!Ontario will get 15 new seats, British Columbia and Alberta six each and Quebec three in the latest and probably final attempt by…
This Week in Alberta – Redford’s Honeymoon
Since becoming Premier, Allison Redford has faced a barrage of attacks, the latest over a "backroom deal" between her Finance Minister and a pair of energy companies:EDMONTON - Two energy…
Majority-ish
Frank Klees, the runner up to Tim Hudak in the 2009 Ontario PC leadership race, has announced he will be running for speaker when the Ontario legislature resumes sitting.If you're…
Revirement
While the latest round of elections suggest Canadians are craving stability, the situation is starkly different in Quebec. Consider the latest poll from Leger:Legault 36%Lib 22%PQ 18%ADQ 9%QS 7%Green 5%Other…
Redistribution Winners and Losers
Even though it was the right decision, the Harper government likely didn't do itself any electoral favours by shutting Quebec out of the new ship building contract and the 15,000…
Liberal Renewal
There was a lot of ink spilled about Liberal rebuilding in the wake of the May 2nd shellacking - both among pundits and party members. Although much of that talk…
Tous Ensemble
Nathan Cullen shakes up the Mulcair-Topp cage match with an interesting idea:His plan would be to let grassroots members of the three parties decide in each riding currently held by…
In leadership news…
...Justin Trudeau won't run, but Thomas Mulcair will.So this sets us up for a Mulcair-Topp battle for Stornoway. All early indications are that Topp and Mulcair will play nice with…
Leadership Vote Totals
Three of Alberta's political parties have now held leadership races this year, with the Wildrose Alliance having picked their leader two years ago.Below are the number of Albertans who voted…
Rule Britannia
Stephen Harper speaks out in favour of "modernizing" the rules for succession when it comes to selecting Britain's, and Canada's, head of state....just so long as this modernization doesn't including…
Reg Alcock 1948-2011
Sad and unexpected news, as former MP Reg Alcock died this morning at the age of 63.I'm sure most will remember his time in Cabinet, but what will stick in…
The Fall and Rise of Dalton McGuinty
If I told you a few months ago there would be a picture of Dalton McGuinty waving on newspaper front pages October 7th, you'd have assumed it would be on…
Majority-ish
With nearly all the votes counted, here's how it looks:Lib 53PC 37NDP 17Which, as you will hear about fifty billion times this weekend, leaves the Liberals one seat shy of…
Ontario Votes
I won't be providing many updates tonight, but will offer some thoughts before heading off to bed, with the mandatory post-mortems coming tomorrow.By all means, share your thoughts in the…
Ontario Votes
Ontarians head to the polls today, with the two parties deadlocked a Liberal majority looming a PC victory likely the outcome still up in the air.I'll be voting for Dalton…
What Saturday’s Win by Red Tory Redford Means in Alberta
Alison Redford was Saturday's surprise winner of the Alberta PC leadership race. As stunned as frontrunner Gary Mar was, the most surprised may have been Alberta's opposition parties, who had…
It’s hard to get re-elected during a recession…
...except in 2011 in Canada.Add the Manitoba NDP to the growing list of parties re-elected with a strong, stable majority government.The Newfoundland PCs and Saskatchewan Saskies will join then shortly.…
“The Tories are not going to win. This campaign is all but finished"
Those are the words of Ipsos' John Wright.If Tim Hudak is worried about a Liberal-NDP coalition, there's only one way to prevent it at this point - and it's not…