The Coalition Game
Recently Justin Trudeau made headlines when he declared that he might be interested in a coalition with the NDP but rejected the idea because of Tom Mulcair’s ‘old-style’ way of…
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The Coalition Game
A revised version of this post has now been published at iPolitics.Recently Justin Trudeau made headlines when he declared that he might be interested in a coalition with the NDP…
The Coalition Game
A revised version of this post has now been published at iPolitics. Recently Justin Trudeau made headlines when he declared that he might be interested in a coalition with the…
Elections and expectations: what will matter in 2015?
There has been much media speculation about a spring election. If Stephen Harper saw the opportunity he would not hesitate to call one, but current polling makes it clear his…
Elections and expectations: what will matter in 2015?
There has been much media speculation about a spring election. If Stephen Harper saw the opportunity he would not hesitate to call one, but current polling makes it clear his…
NDP leadership in Manitoba: the final stretch
In the late 1970s I was a current affairs documentary producer with the local CBC supper hour program in Winnipeg. On a few occasions I heard from a long-haired, bearded…
NDP leadership in Manitoba: the final stretch
In the late 1970s I was a current affairs documentary producer with the local CBC supper hour program in Winnipeg. On a few occasions I heard from a long-haired, bearded…
Political Waivers: Eve and Dimitri claimed by Team Trudeau
A version of this post has already appeared on iPolitics. Major league baseball’s spring training begins next week. My favourite sport came to mind as I was thinking about the…
How well is the Harper government really doing?
Many political writers have concluded that there is growing support for the Harper government. However, there have only been three polls released in January, one of which from Ipsos reported…
The NDP leadership race is underway in Manitoba
CBC Manitoba has an infographic with photos of Manitoba MLAs arranged by their choice for leader. The count is 6 for Ashton, 7 for Oswald, 13 for Selinger with 5…
Selinger’s challenge
It appears Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger will meet his leadership challenge head on and it now appears likely there will be a leadership convention next March. It is unprecedented among…
The crisis in the Manitoba NDP: the politics of taxes
The current crisis in the Manitoba NDP has its roots in the decision of the Greg Selinger government to raise Manitoba’s 7% provincial sales tax to 8% in its 2013…
TC Norris quoted in New Ekos poll on iPoltics
I was quoted in this new iPolitics post regarding a new Ekos poll, which has very unfavourable numbers for Stephen Harper: Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are well out in front with…
Forum polls and the Toronto Mayoralty
There has been a fair bit of skepticism voiced on social media this week about Forum polling in the Toronto mayoralty race. Forum uses interactive voice recognition (IVR) polling as…
Scottish Referendum: NO side likely win
The trend recently has been for the YES side to stop growing and for the NO side to maintain a consistent lead. Two excellent analysts that I follow both conclude…
Scottish Referendum
The Scottish referendum, scheduled for September 18, is getting a great deal of attention with a recent YouGov poll showing a one point ‘Yes’ lead, which in real terms is…
Is Harper Sliding into Third Place?
The following is also posted at iPolitics: A new Ekos poll released on the weekend delivered some bad news for the Harper government. With just 25.6% of preferences the Conservatives…
Quebec independence – Decline, and Fall?
A couple of weeks ago Maclean’s political editor Paul Wells, taking note of the decline in pro-independence sentiment in Quebec, gave some of the credit to Prime Minister Harper. This…
Some observations about the Ontario 2014 election
There had been a sufficient number of close polls during the election that the result, a Liberal majority, came as a greater surprise than perhaps it should have. In my…
Ontario Election: Final Assessment
Ontario’s 2014 provincial election is tomorrow and has been characterized by an unusually high degree of negativity. After 11 years and various scandals there are considerable negatives attached to the…