The issues for the 2015 election…
1) The various CPC scandals…. 2) The issue that, if the Grits are smart, will win them a majority: stopping the phasing out of home mail delivery No wonder Harper…
2015 election
2015: The ballot question in Canada’s next election?
Methinks John Ivison has hit the nail right on its head with this: If the Auditor-General’s report does suggest a systemic problem of corruption and abuse, who would bet against…
Management of Economy is Achilles Heel of Liberals and Dippers
Three stewards a-waiting … The latest IPSOS-Reid poll shows that the Harper new Tories maintain their lead amongst voters when it comes to the critical issue of who is the…
Thomas Mulcair’s NDP: Butting Heads against a Brick Wall
Consider for a moment two facts. One, the NDP is sinking in the polls, with the tide that started ebbing with Layton’s passing still receding from the distant shoreline of…
Stéphane Dion: Let our MPs take a pocketful of votes to Parliament
A pocketful of votes Dion gave an interesting talk at Joyce Murray’s meeting in Vancouver this morning, dealing with the different kinds of electoral reform that we could adopt. One…
The most plausible reason for the NDP loss in BC
Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in BC I think Gordon Gibson’s take in the Globe & Mail on the vote-shifting caused by the position-shifting of Dix in the last week of…
The Harper Government lacks a strategic vision for Canada’s oil industry
400 parts per million … Those Albertans who have voted for Harper’s Conservatives in election after election must be starting to wonder whether Stephen Harper and his Cabinet are the…
Trudeau ends hope for Canada with decision not to fight attack ads
I am in complete and utter shock and sadness at the news that Justin Trudeau will become the third Liberal Party leader in a row defined by the formidable Reform-Conservative…
Justin Trudeau, read Andrew Coyne if you are a bold, serious leader
Andrew Coyne The debate is gathering steam, and Andrew Coyne has posed several questions which every candidate for leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada (and particularly Justin Trudeau, whose…
Liberal Leadership Race: Joyce Murray’s Electoral Reforms Promise
Joyce Murray – Progressive Reformer MP Murray’s position on pre-election cooperation between the Liberal, NDP, Green and Blog parties in order to remove Harper’s right wing government from power, and…
Stephen Harper’s Oil Industry Mismanagement costing Canada dearly
Harper Firewall Blinkers The Harper new Tories keep plugging the line that Harper’s government is a sound manager of Canada’s economy, and is doing all the right things all the…
Andrew Coyne gives a good reason for choosing Joyce Murray as Liberal Party leader
Andrew CoyneAt last we have some candidates for leadership of the Liberal Party who – unlike Justin Trudeau – are prepared to deal with the reality of Canadian politics: our…
Justin Trudeau: Latest poll debunks Quebec myth about Trudeaus
Justin Trudeau – The Healer? The good news for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals just keeps pouring in, with the latest Decima poll showing that the Trudeau name is poison…
Justin Trudeau and tic-tac-toe politics
Justin Trudeau does not believe in tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses to some of us) politics: As for Stephen Harper’s policies now, Mr. Trudeau says they are dividing the country, as…
Justin Trudeau: Will Toronto go Liberal? Poll says Yes
A Forum poll taken this past weekend (before Trudeau confirmed he is running for leadership of the Liberal Party), shows a huge shift in votes in Toronto, the major city…
Justin Trudeau: A Political Tinkerer or a man with a Bold Vision for Canada?
Lawrence Martin in today’s Globe & Mail raises a very important question about what Justin Trudeau might do to change the system: Idealism is the currency of the young and,…
Conservative Party machine still dominates the Canadian political space
The Conservatives have maintained their muscular advantage over both major competitors in fundraising in 2011: The Liberals raised $10,119,908.62 from 49,650 donors last year, according to their annual financial return.…
How Justin Trudeau can leave a legacy as great as his father did
Ask anybody about Pierre Trudeau’s major contributions to Canadian politics, and you will find many who will point to the repatriation of the constitution, and the enshrinement in our new…
Justin Trudeau: Well said, Andrew Cohen!
Andrew Cohen reflects in the Ottawa Citizen upon the Trudeau brand, and its impact on Justin Trudeau, in a good summary of what Pierre Trudeau means to Canadians: Andrew Cohen…
Justin Trudeau: The Tide Turneth
The National Post has an exclusive poll that shows that the Liberal Party would win a national election if Justin Trudeau became its leader: In an exclusive poll conducted for…