Niqab: In defence of Thomas Mulcair
Thomas Mulcair: Man of Principle Mr. Mulcair was asked a simple question, loaded with peril, and he answered it very clearly in the last debate on foreign affairs. His answer…
2015 election
Poll Tracker: Harper 125 Mulcair + Trudeau 211 = New Government on October 19
Here’s the stark facts of the state of play from today’s CBC/308 Poll Tracker:Note that Harper’s Conservatives are still far short of a majority, the only way that Harper will…
Poll Tracker: Harper 125 Mulcair + Trudeau 211 = New Government on October 19
Here’s the stark facts of the state of play from today’s CBC/308 Poll Tracker: Note that Harper’s Conservatives are still far short of a majority, the only way that Harper…
Liberal march in BC speeds up – Nanos poll September 29
You can find the latest Nanos poll here. The movement amongst the 66% plus non-Harper supporters towards choosing one opposition party to favour on election day October 19 is speeding…
Liberal march in BC speeds up – Nanos poll September 29
You can find the latest Nanos poll here. The movement amongst the 66% plus non-Harper supporters towards choosing one opposition party to favour on election day October 19 is speeding…
The Debates: Who won, who lost, and why
Trudeau: The Fighter Let’s start with the view of how Tom Mulcair behaved in the Munk foreign policy debate, from Gerald Caplan: But if I remove my mask of detachment,…
The Debates: Who won, who lost, and why
Trudeau: The FighterLet’s start with the view of how Tom Mulcair behaved in the Munk foreign policy debate, from Gerald Caplan:But if I remove my mask of detachment, I must…
Is an anti-Orange Wave rising in Quebec?
Abacus has a poll out on September 27 that has very bad news for Mulcair’s NDP. The NDP support in Quebec, its heartland, has plunged over the past week, dropping…
Is an anti-Orange Wave rising in Quebec?
Abacus has a poll out on September 27 that has very bad news for Mulcair’s NDP. The NDP support in Quebec, its heartland, has plunged over the past week, dropping…
Will Mulcair look left and Harper’s eyebrows not move in Monday’s debate?
An expert in body language viewed the French language debate and Christine Gagnon had this to say about Tom (Thomas?) Mulcair’s body gestures: Watch for Mulcair to repeat these gestures…
Has Harper given up his “right not to resign”?
“I will resign …” It seems that the Governor General has gone on record as saying that the “basic principles” of Canadian constitutional law and conventions starts with a simple…
If the “hole” in the Liberal 4-year Plan is not $6.5 billion, then explain how big it is
The presentation of the Liberal plan leaves something to be desired, with the Conservatives blethering about a $6.5 billion hole that will be filled with tax increases on the middle…
Quick summary of the Liberal 4-year Plan
So what is in the Liberal spending plan? You can find the plan itself at this site. The plan is well-written, with a clear explanation of the principles that underlie…
Liberal Party edges ahead of NDP in seats
Poll Tracker, that nifty combo-projections by the CBC and 308, for the first time today shows the Liberal Party nudging ahead of the NDP in number of seats it might…
The Biggest Wedge Issue in the 2015 Canadian election campaign
When Canadians reflect on the success of the Liberal Party in gaining power in the October 19 election, many will not know how important one issue was in gaining that…
Strategic voting taking root in Canada 3 weeks before election day
Dead cat on a table strategy Some 3,000 Canadians have crowdfunded polls by Leadnow of 31 crucial ridings across Canada where the margin of victory of the Conservatives was small…
The Politics of Fear lifting the wallowing Tory ship?
After weeks of polls showing a virtual three-way tied between the Conservatives, NDP and Liberals, along comes one poll that shows these startling upticks in Conservative support: The poll results…
Harper fatigue in Harperland
“In the name of God, go!” Twice, in British history, have words been uttered to a leader that his time is up: once, in Cromwell’s time, and again, in 1940:…
Tom Mulcair says Not a Snowball’s Chance in Hell he will prop up a Harper minority government
The end of the Harper era Tom Mulcair has firmly rejected any chance that the NDP would support Stephen Harper’s government in any confidence votes after the October 19 election:…
Latest changes since September 15 in this fascinating article
You cannot take your eyes off the poll results with the race in the 2015 Canadian election so close! Here’s the graph for the change since September 15: And here’s…