The Failure Of Corporate Tax Cuts
Corporate tax cut disciples will ridicule the messenger, Canadian Labour Congress just reeks “enemy of the state”, but their study on corporate taxes is largely reliant on third party conclusions,…
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Red Wave Envelops Canada
Well not quite, but since the name of the game in the short term is perceived viability, Liberals will take the recent spate of polling. Three polls out, all offer…
What Is With Conservatism And Global Warming Deniers?
Tom Flanagan will carry the Wildrose banner in the next provincial election, running alongside his leader, fellow climate change sceptic Danielle Smith. For a province fighting an intense public relations…
Kinsella Is Half Right
Warren Kinsella knows more about politics on his little pinkie than I do on my entire body, so when he offers “advice” to Liberals, it’s always worth consideration. In today’s…
Take "Third Party" Advocacy Out Of Canadian Politics
Andrew Coyne’s thoughtful piece on political contributions, third party inputs, offers a compromise solution between a purely libertarian view and the interventionist, managed model. I see a disconnect between the…
Rae On A Roll
For some of us it’s possible to separate the dueling Bob Rae story lines, acknowledging success doesn’t necessarily equate to rationale for permanent jobs, whatnot. In fact, in reviewing my…
Staggered Primaries Revisited?
At the Convention, Liberals voted against the proposal to hold five staggered regional primaries. Liberals also voted to allow “supporters” the right to participate in the leadership process. Given, the…
Marijuana: Liberal Canary In Coal Mine
An overwhelming majority, 77% of committed Liberal delegates voted to legalize marijuana. As well, if you do the math on the demographic delegate breakdown, you’ll find that even if one…
Green Shoots
It’s important to not get carried away, after all you’re in a room full of the faithful, one would hope to see some bravado, simply as a by-product of natural…
You’re In, You’re Out, You’re Out, Carry On
Did you hear Bob Rae’s rousing speech to caucus today? Was there any doubt that is sounded very much like a guy ready to go for the permanent Liberal leadership…
Radicals And Learned Responses
Even if the Conservative argument is true, that we’ve reached a point where environmental review processes are bogging down economic development, it’s an after the fact assertion, rather than a…
Why The Lise St-Denis Defection Matters
Everyone spinning this story, perhaps this post is more of the same, but I think today’s “defection” of an NDP MP to the Liberals has some significance. I admit, I…
The Hypocrisy Chronicles
There is nothing a conservative likes to ramble on about more than the idea of fiscal restraint, belt tightening, the need to make organizations lean and mean, competitive, bang for…
Liberals And Mayans
I actually have very tempered expectations heading into the Liberal Convention. Truth be told, there is a good chance Liberals emerge from Ottawa with not much to show on the…
Leader Knows Best
There are some healthy “renewal” proposals to vote on at the Liberal Convention. And, there is one change in particular that is so watered down that it amounts to institutionalizing…
Watershed Moments
I must admit, I’m pleasantly surprised how the Liberals have managed to keep themselves in the news, despite a NDP leadership race and the obvious struggles for a third party.…
Bob Rae Hits Quebec
While the story focuses on rehashed nothingness, there is something informative at the bottom of the Bob Rae article, namely the Liberals might have finally discovered this one province in…
Paul Summerville For National Policy Chair
In doing some research on
Liberals Moving From Entitlement To Enlightment
Reading Belinda Stronach’s column this morning, I was struck by this passage in particular: In the case of the Liberal Party, it has actually been liberated by circumstance to think…
Liberal Primaries: Order Matters
In reviewing the Constitutional Amendments Liberals will be voting on at the Convention, the section on the Liberal primaries is fascinating. An obscure group to be known as the “Leadership…