The Unpopular Mr. Mulcair
I’ve come back from my hiatus as a well-rounded and well-respected blog writer (just go with it) to discover several things about politics: you can now admit you inhaled, war…
Kyle H.
Super Thursday By-Elections: Winners & Losers
Last night’s five provincial by-elections were a wild right, with a couple of surprises and three more-or-less expected results in five suburban ridings all held previously by Liberal bigwigs which,…
Super Thursday – The Day of the Liberal’s Reckoning
Tomorrow is the day that five by-elections – those are again Windsor-Tecumseh, London West, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Ottawa South – will be held. So far we’ve seen polling that is…
Re: Trudeau, stoned
I posted this comment to Warren Kinsella’s site and, well, frankly I don’t know if it will go through or not (either because I’m so brilliant he’ll never let it…
What Would "Republic of Canada" Presidential Elections Look Like?
You’ve all seen it on TV, in the newspapers, and online – the overwhelming amount of adulation and gawking at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s new son, Prince George…
A Look at Scarborough-Guildwood
On August 1st, alongside Windsor-Tecumseh, London West, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, and Ottawa South, the voters of Scarborough-Guildwood will be heading to the polls in a day that is hopefully not as sweltering…
Harper Gov’ts Fetish with the Crown Has Gone Overboard
Look at these two rank insignias and tell me which of them looks more like it represents Canada: It seems pretty obvious which one represents Canada. Yet for some reason,…
A Look at Etobicoke-Lakeshore
On August 1st, the provincial constituency of Etobicoke-Lakeshore will hold a by-election along with four other ridings across Ontario, including three of which I’ve already covered – Windsor-Tecumseh, London West,…
Conservatives Politicize Confederation, Pt. 2
A reader named David Loughton sent in this comment by e-mail in response to my earlier post, which points out something that I for some reason didn’t put down in…
Conservatives Politicize Confederation
Have you seen this yet? On October 16th, 2003, the leaders of the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada announced an agreement-in-principle to unite under…
Round-Up of Five Ontario By-Elections Due for August 1st
Ontario’s Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced that five by-elections will be held on August 1st, ostensibly to replace five retiring Liberal MPPs. I’ve already covered the “big three,” that…
Can We Be Sure People Like Snowden Are On Our Side?
The recent blow-up over Edward Snowden’s leaking of NSA documents detailing some pretty nasty homegrown surveillance programs in the US, and the subsequent manhunt period we’re now in, has got…
Today’s Sun News Intellectual Thought: By-elections? BY-ELECTIONS!?
This is utterly stupid: It’s about time we stopped wasting millions a year on byelections triggered by nothing other than a politician’s personal interests. Ever since the first session of…
A Look at Toronto Centre
Yesterday, as every Liberal should know, Bob Rae resigned from his seat in Parliament as representative for Toronto Centre in order to pursue is current job as negotiator for a…
Victoria 2012 By-Election – Poll-by-Poll
My apologies for putting this out so late, I just hadn’t gotten around to fixing up the required data I needed. I’ll endeavour to get this kind of stuff out…
Justin Trudeau in Burlington This Thursday – No Speaking Fees Required!
Our fearless leader Justin Trudeau will be in my home riding of Burlington this Thursday, so if you’re in or near Halton Region, here’s your chance to ask Justin the…
A Look at Ottawa South
Last week, former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty (2003-2013) resigned from his provincial seat as representative for the riding of Ottawa South which, amazingly, is located in Ottawa, Ontario. McGuinty’s resignation…
The Many Voices of Stephen Harper
I usually don’t laugh at Stephen Harper in an amused way, more of a bemused way because I can’t understand why 35-40% of Canadians believe this guy to be an…
Re: 130 seats
Warren Kinsella wants people to name 130 seats where the Liberals can win, in order to get on that stepping stone towards a majority. I have decided to name them…
Flaherty Needs to GTFO
The giant wagging finger of Jim Flaherty Jim Flaherty is an ass, in case you weren’t aware. The federal Conservative Minister of Finance, as well as a former Finance Minister…