Winnipeg Free Press: First Nations' water plight needs action: chiefsI've long maintained the Conservative government has no interest in working with First Nations. The stories coming out of Manitoba, from…
The Canadian Press: Stephen Harper's most controversial quotes compiled — by ToriesI had to share this link. I dunno why the Conservatives would keep track of Harper's own words, but…
Inspired by this story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/brian-topp/this-election-comes-down-to-a-choice/article1997456/
The flurry of polls last week suggesting an unprecedented surge in support for the NDP has stunned political commentators and given progressives something to cheer about for the first time…
(Read it here first. This is an exact copy of the Globe editorial. Only the words have been made up.)Last week on these pages, we expressed our preference for Michael…
(Read it here first. This is an exact copy of the Globe editorial. Only the words have been made up.) Last week on these pages, we expressed our preference for…
Am I the only one who is amazed by the Conservatives who condemn fairly mainstream centrists and mild leftists with epithets such as "Marxist" and "Communist" because they are vaguely…
The ARC points out that Michelle Lisson (aka Michelle Erstikaitis), pictured right, seems to be working for Toronto Centre Conservative candidate, Kevin Moore. (Confirmed by BCL; see also DrDawg) Two…
(Read it here first. This is an exact copy of the Globe editorial. Only the words have been made up.)Last week on these pages, we expressed our preference for Michael…
The short answer is: just as they are. I think they’re doing a great job, especially with the kind of contempt Harper has shown them for years. By the way,…
Elsewhere in Canada, the political continuum is from right to left. Here in Quebec, the parties have been aligned on the basis of a federalist-nationalist allegiance for more than 30…
Nation, this is the first is a series of posts that will go up daily leading to Election Day on May 2nd. I'll be profiling the 4 federalist parties and…
NDP Rally, a photo by Stephen Downes on Flickr.Jack Layton speaks to a very crowded NDP rally on the dock in Saint John, New Brunswick. Full set of photos.
I'm through with CTV's Question Period, the hour-long political gab fest held each Sunday. The show's bothered me for years with its barely contained conservative biases (symptomatic, of course, of…
On the surface at least, you would think McGill's Henry Mintzberg - one of Canada's leading business scholars - would be happy with the prospect of a Harper majority. Harper…
Elizabeth Payne of the Ottawa Citizen had an great piece up the other day that, if anything, constituents in Brad Trost’s riding really ought to read.
April Reign The Star has picked up and ran with the ball of shit containing the lie that Jack Layton and Olivia Chow lived in subsidized housing From time to…
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has been making a few moves of his own of late - and not only on the dance floor. The more independent stance by Medvedev suggests…
