Open Primaries – A Primer
With all the discussion and talk about the Liberal Party of Canada moving towards a primary system, and most of the talk being on the so-called "open primary" model, I…
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Did You Know PEI Doesn’t Allow Legal Abortions?
I certainly didn't. But it's true - PEI's abortion laws are horribly behind the times.Fact is, I doubt it's ever mattered too much to any Islander, given that it's a…
Let Saskatchewan be a Lesson to Liberals
Let the tale I'm about to explain in greater detail than before be a lesson to Liberals across Canada.In 2007, the Saskatchewan Liberals attained 9.6% of the vote in a…
Sask Liberals & Leader Ryan Bater
What can I say? You fucked up.Here's the results of tonight's vote in the 9 ridings the Liberals ran in, organized by vote totals:That's right - 80% of voters were…
Why the The Leadership Needs the Power to Appoint Candidates
Evil IncarnateOf all the proposals I've heard floating around so far to change how democracy is done within the Liberal Party, the question of taking away a leader's power to…
Garry Queale Says Video of Bus Driver Threatening Autistic Man Is "Inconclusive"
If you have yet to see the video of an OC Transpo bus driver yelling at and threatening an autistic man named Matthew Taronno, you need to see it. It's…
Sask Votes 2011 – With a Liberal twist
I will be going over the Saskatchewan results tonight, and I also have a little projection running which, using all the polls so far, gives the following numbers:SaskParty - 62.7%,…
What Does Bob Rae Really Want to Do? We Need to Know.
It's good, it's very good. It hits all key points that it needs to, and there's little in there I can find fault with. I especially like the primaries idea.…
Capitulating to The Man – Romeo Saganash Flip Flops on Secession
For a moment there, I thought that all the horror stories about Nycole Turmel and Alexandre Boulerice and the one to two dozen Quebec Dippers who have in the past…
First Post-Three-Peat Poll
Ontario News Watch has an Innovative Research poll that puts all parties within statistical margin of errors of the October 6th result, but Dalton McGuinty's Liberals have edged up ever…
Liberals Walk Out of AG Vote
Good, because they're right to do so.Originally I wouldn't support that position, since hey, I'm unilingual myself and I think Mr. Ferguson deserves a fair chance if he says he'll…
Dean Del Mastro – A History of a Huffin’ and a Puffin’
If you don't know who Dean Del Mastro is, you should - he's the perfect example of why Stephen Harper keeps the iron fist he does on the Conservative caucus.First…
Con Gov’t Slashes UNESCO Funding Because Of Palestinian Membership
At the same time, one wonders why exactly they promised, gave, and have protected Quebec's unwarranted seat at the same body?Ridiculous pandering for votes - once for Quebec's, now for…
Quebec’s Just Looking For Love
Sadly, in all the wrong places.As the above graphic shows, the swings in provincial politics in Quebec are absolutely amazing. Given the option of Francoise Legault or Gilles Duceppe, Quebecois…
“Now we can confidently say there is trend in favour of Bob Rae at the current time”
Lol, what?“Nycole Turmel hasn’t really caught the imagination of voters. ... She is there minding the shop but her personal numbers are not necessarily moving.” This means, however, that Mr.…
Slow week…
So why not pick on Rick Perry?"Rick Perry is going to go down in history for the all-time train wreck beginning. Because private polling in Iowa 40 days ago had…
Nash, Chisholm Likely Round Out Dipper Field
Both Peggy Nash (Parkdale-High Park) and Robert Chisholm (Dartmouth-Cole Harbour) have announced their intentions to enter into the increasingly crowded NDP leadership race, with Chisholm's announcement coming up this Sunday,…
Ontario – Screwed Once Again By Harper?
The most recent modification to the Harper government's seat redistribution plan will now give Ontario an extra 13 seats (to 119), Alberta 6 (to 34), British Columbia 5 (to 41),…
Note on the eventual Toronto-Danforth by-election…
I agree with something posted awhile back by Globe and Mail columnist Robert Silver, that the upcoming by-election is a chance to do something different - specifically, the attempt at…
NDP Might Reconside the Whole "Inheritance Tax" Thing…
I wonder if this might be the reason why no one in the NDP has ever been passionate about death taxes:An analysis of political contributions by The Canadian Press found…