PC Leadership Candidate Profile – Gary Mar
Newton's Second Law of Motion defines "momentum" as "mass multiplied by velocity".That said, Gary Mar had better find the accelerator on his huge campaign bus, because momentum can be a…
The problem with Obama is Daniel Sedin
I've not always been pleased with the unveiling of the post-inauguration Obama, but damn he's done some things right. Not nearly enough of course. But does he deserve this?That's Biden…
On Topp
I find the media generally tends to assign too much importance to endorsements during leadership races. After all, Christy Clark came out on top in BC earlier this year with…
Demand Creates Jobs
10 Years Of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves: Rich Win, You Lose, by Dave Johnson Why are "capital gains" taxes so much lower than taxes on other income? The reason…
Mulcair and Topp – Their challenge: 90,000 new NDP members
Right now, the NDP in Quebec is punching far below its weight when it comes to the number of Quebeckers signed up as members of that party. In fact, it…
The media on Tim Hudak and abortion
“Hudak waffles on abortion issue” (Toronto Star, July 19, 2011) “When pressed by reporters Monday, Mr.Hudak refused to answer whether he still considers himself “pro-life.” (National Post, July 19, 2011)…
Tim Hudak Hires THEM To Do Campaign Dirty Work
Hiring call-centers in News Brunswick, when Ontario phone spammers are going hungry? Whose side is the Hudak campaign on? Why is he sending push polling and dark ops jobs out…
The Hudak Conservatives are in trouble: polls
We had some people wondering if the Harris-Decima poll earlier last week showing an 11 point Liberal lead was an “outlier”. Well, we have 32 new polls out this evening…
Horwath weighs in
Finally addressing the big issue of week one that the NDP curiously declined to speak about: For a week, Andrea Horwath has been reluctant to talk about the issue sucking…
We Can Only Hope Hudak Unleashes Hillier And MacLaren
Because only more of those guys can turn these numbers around.h/tPS. Ipsos-Reid also has the Libs up a bit.
Why Tim Hudak Is Done
Tim Hudak's Conservatives get caught making mass calls from ... New Brunswick.
General Posting
Source: Globe and Mail: Prairie Farmers Vote to Keep Wheat Board So, we have a few things to talk about today. I realize that I've spent a bit too much…
$20 billion± procurement – no bid, no competition
The Harper Government of Canada is continuing on a path to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 multirole fighter jets. First Canadian deliveries originally were anticipated in 2016 but the U.S. Air…
QOTW on Tim Hudak
From Big City Lib: You know, I don’t know what more Tim Hudak could do to prove his “Principled Conservatism” bonafides short of personally hurling a brick through the window…
Sell the Zoo, cut daycare and eliminate late night buses and save … 1/8th of what Mayor Ford wants to cut …
Oh yes, close libraries too. Sounds like the gravy train was carrying a lot of kids. Seriously, this is what happens when you make wild assertions about cutting taxes and…
Ed Broadbent’s Endorsement Of Brian Topp Is Huge
"NDP president Brian Topp is running to replace Jack Layton as leader, having already secured the support of Quebec MP Françoise Boivin and former leader Ed Broadbent.The trio appeared together…
First Nations Women Arrested For Protesting Hydrolic Fracking On Their Land, Charged with “Intimidation”
lle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers, one of the women arrested this weekend for peacefully protesting the plan to “frack” on Blood Reserve land, released this statement yesterday: On September 9, 2011, we…
Test for stay pending appeal
Hart v. DuBois, 2011 MBCA 75 deals with a stay pending appeal: 5 It is, however, necessary to consider that decision sufficiently to permit…
Word Clues
According to the St. John’s Board of Trade, “Newfoundland and Labrador’s considerable assets include … captive consumer market worth over $10 billion annually.” Interesting choice of words that. “Captive”. Prisoner.…