Civil Libertarian MP Peter Goldring
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but he was elected as a Conservative, not a Civil Libertarian, right? While I know its essentially just another label for an “independent MP,”…
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Proof That Iggy Deserved Better
The man chided as aloof, elitist, and “unCanadian” wrote a beautiful article that summed up what’s going on in our recession wrecked world, how inequality is continuing to spread even…
Bob Rae and "Iffy Questions"
I can’t believe that anyone fell for it when he said he wasn’t going to run, and now its come back pretty definitively in this Globe article: “Now you’re asking…
Is This Actually BC? Part Deux
Thanks to commenter bobljeffries who pointed me in the direction of this NRG Research poll conducted just awhile back, after the Forum poll, which gave these numbers: 36% BC NDP32%…
Is This Actually BC? Eh?
I know the news is now somewhat old, but there was a funky Forum Research poll out on December 15th that showed the situation in British Columbia is a whole…
Last Poll of 2011 – 36.5% Con, 28.7% NDP, 25.6% Lib
This is, of course, a lovely Nanos poll which shows the Liberals somewhat dropping from heights we shouldn’t be at in our current state to more-or-less reasonable levels, though as…
Why do you read Blunt Objects?
If you’d be so kind to take a simple minute out of your day, there’s a poll to the left that will help me decide the future of this blog…
Weapons Grade Uranium Going to the U.S.? Quel surprise.
Yep, that’s right folks – Canada, one of the largest uranium producers (if not, really, the best) is shipping weapons-grade uranium, apparently enough to make more than a few Hiroshima-size…
Garneau Takes One Step Forward for Liberalkind….
(Sorry for my lack of posting, but I’m currently on vacation in the south.) Marc Garneau, MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie since 2008 and the first Canadian in space, has admitted that…
Harper Government Chose to "Unilaterally" Move to Reshape Canadian Healthcare
If there is one thing terribly wrong with the Harper government, it is it’s tendency to move on policy and legislation without consulting or asking anyone else what they think…
Four MNAs Become Caquistes; New By-Election for 2012
I love that title – “caquiste.” It works, doesn’t it? So four independent MNAs have joined François Legault’s Coaltion and have become its first sitting deputies before the merger deal…
How to Project Quebec?
I’m coming across a bit of a quandry when attempting to project the province of Quebec’s seats that takes into account a proper, regional balance of the Coalition Avenir du…
The Most Disappointing Opposition Since Michael Ignatieff’s
That’s about how I would describe the NDP – or the Official Opposition, as they’re officially styled – and its career in the first session of the 41st Parliament. The…
NDP Collapse in Quebec?
Sorry for the triple post, but I can’t help myself – has anyone seen this? The Harris-Decima survey conducted for The Canadian Press indicates the New Democratic Party’s support in…
Exit Polling Galore
The Vote Compass, which CBC ran during the federal election, has definitely proven itself useful as the accumulated data of roughly 2,000,000 Canadians gave their vote intentions and views on…
Oh, Get the Fuck Over Yourselves Media
So Trudeau lets a few shits go and Bob Rae rightly asks what BS is occurring among the Liberals. Who the fuck cares? Cuss words are, yes, unparliamentary and they…
No Prima Facie Breach of Cotler’s Privilege – Speaker Scheer
And unlike Warren Kinsella, I tend to agree with Scheer’s ruling. The fact is that there’s little in the way of any sort of precedent that I can find with…
CAQ-ADQ Merger Imminent?
Apparently it is. If so, that would hand the CAQ (or whatever acronym will come out of this merger) at least four seats in the National Assembly. The two independent…
MacKay’s Obviously Got Nothing to Hide
That’s why he’s threatening to sue any MPs that question his version of events surrounding the use of Armed Forces choppers to shuttle himself to events in his riding, versus…
Voodoo Polls Cont’d
Since last post, Abacus Data has come out with a new poll that gives the opposite of what Nik Nanos is showing, with a healthy second place position for the…