Justin Trudeau: 58% of Liberals approve of him as leader
The latest Forum poll should put the wind in the sails of Justin Trudeau: Majority of Liberals approve of Trudeau as leader When asked directly if they approved or disapproved…
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Premier McGuinty tries a fast one with his questionable budget
Just like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Dalton McGuinty is cramming major changes into a bloated budget document, hoping to force the NDP into supporting his budget rather than risk another…
Jeffrey Simpson’s mistaken premises about Quebec and Justin Trudeau
Interesting article today by Simpson in the Globe & Mail. He virtually writes off the Liberal Party of Canada, seeing little hope for it in its former stronghold of Quebec,…
Are pollsters going to muddle the cooperation issue yet again?
It seems that our pollsters have difficulty in appreciating that voters are sophisticated, and appreciate the differences between the choices facing them. Voters understand the differences between (1) an outright…
The New Era: The Cullen Plan is alive, and a coalition government probable
Nathan Cullen broke with other senior Dippers during the NDP leadership race to openly espouse the concept of electoral cooperation between the NDP, the LPC and the Greens. The aim…
Opposition Budget Tactics probably will be frustrated
Kudos to all the non-Tory MPs in the House for fighting to preserve our democratic traditions, by tabling amendments to the draconian Budget bill. The Harper government clearly does not…
The London Whale: The Massive Gambles our Regulators and Banks are taking and why You will pay
We have all heard of the London Whale and his role in betting $100 billion (that’s $100,000,000,000)on derivatives and losing several billion for the proud and now humbled JPMorgan. And…
Harper’s government is finding out that if you mess with our Parliament, you mess with Canadians
The inner core of Stephen Harper and his Reform-factioned Conservative Party revolves around an authoritarian streak a mile wide, and a distaste for our democratic institutions (Parliament, the civil service,…
‘Macho Man’ Mulcair displaces Stephen ‘The Warrior’ Harper amongst men
The NDP’s steady progress in acceptability is ongoing, and the Harper Conservatives must be wondering what on earth they can do to smear Thomas Mulcair and the socialist hordes. Despite…
One good reason to vote NDP in 2015
Perhaps Leonard Cohen has something to say to those Canadians who look with dismay upon our broken, undemocratic, first past the post electoral system, and wonder that a man who…
Voter suppression: Will Kady and the CBC reget this?
The blogosphere is latched onto the greatest political scandal in the history of Canada, involving the voter suppression crimes committed before and on May 2, 2011, which, according to Elections…
Paul Krugman is right: There is a better way and the French & Greeks chose it
Paul Krugman has a reasonable explanation for what is going on in Greece and France where elections have changed the guard a day or so ago. And his explanation highlights…
Israeli strike against Iran nuclear plants takes a giant leap forward
Having announced an early election to take place in September, Israel’s PM has suddenly announced a coalition government which cements his majority in the Knesset, and in my view substantially…
Bonus seats: Maybe our Parliament should use this Greek innovation?
I was surprised to read this today about the Greek ruleswhich gift an extra lift to the party that wins the most seats in an elec tion: ND came first…
Eurozone: The coming New Deal
Thank heavens for democracy! In a world taken to the brink of financial implosion because of lax regulations of financial institutions, incompetence of regulatory authorities, pure greed on the part…
2013 BC Libs & 2015 Federal Tories will be booted out
The People are not stupid. They know when they are being taken for granted. They know when they are being lied to. They know when they are being discriminated against.…
Voter suppression: The Mystery of the 4-Minute Gap
The plot thickens, sayeth Deep Throat. The latest news about the sleuths working for Elections Canada to find out who Pierre Poutine is and who else might be involved in…
Voter suppression: Talk by a Tory of ‘American political tactics’ to suppress votes
Interesting snippets about a conversation about how some American politicians use robocalls to suppress votes down south: Christopher Crawford, a member of the local Guelph election campaign, also talked about…
Today’s UK lesson for Canada’s ‘Harper Tories’
Local elections were held in 181 local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland. The results for the Conservative government of PM David Cameron, and his coalition partners, the Lib-Dems, were…
French Presidential election holds out hope for millions of Europeans
The reason is that France seems destined for a new Socialist President this Sunday, replacing the feisty Sarkozy, and dramatically changing the permissible dialogue in every capital of every democratic…