Bob Rae’s Steep Climb
A Leger Marketing poll was conducted between April 2nd and 4th, and showed the NDP on top of the pack, with 33%, leading the Conservatives by 1%. The Liberals were…
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Auditor General #F35 fallout
Terry Milewski’s report on yesterday’s remarks by the Auditor General and the reactions those remarks set off, above. It is helpful to see whose eyes are grave, whose eyes are…
Mulcair’s Center Squeeze
Most New Democrats – probably all New Democrats – genuinely dislike Steven Harper. With good reason, he’s muzzled scientists, bullied unions, abandoned the impoverished, given tax breaks to the largest…
Rae’s clever privilege motion on the F-35s
Here it is, the full text: Liberal Leader Bob Rae’s Point of Privilege (h/t to David Akin for posting) The most important parts are at pages 5-9. Essentially, Rae’s point…
The F-35 Boondoggle
I know we’ve been over this ground before, but remind me again… why does Canada even need this heinously expensive new class of fighter jet at all? What possible military…
Bob Rae’s Ridiculous Assault on Thomas Mulcair
I’m sorry to see that Liberals and the NDP are attacking each other, and that Bob Rae is calling Tom Mulcair a “mini-Harper.” “If there was any doubt in anyone’s…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae’s demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn’t specifically aimed at…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae's demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn't specifically aimed at…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae's demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn't specifically aimed at…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae’s demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn’t specifically aimed at…
Memories of Mulcair
This Canadian Press report from Friday is about the use of the debate time in the House of Commons Friday on the reaction to the budget. The NDP took up…
Canada Federal Budget 2012: Canadians React
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair slammed the Harper Conservatives for recklessly cutting services vital to many Canadians’ livelihoods, such as Old Age Security. Liberal Leader Bob Rae called the budget “an…
Rae’s budget town hall: From gas prices to gas taxes, and other stuff too
This morning I randomly heard that interim Liberal leader Bob Rae and members of the Liberal caucus were holding a post-budget town hall at the Armenian Community Centre in Toronto.…
Thomas Mulcair’s flip-flop on cannabis is disappointing but not surprising
On January 25th, 2012, a survey was released on EndProhibition.ca (a pro-NDP anti-prohibition website) where Thomas Mulcair’s campaign stated that he was in favour of decriminalizing cannabis and was very…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading… – No, we shouldn’t read too much into the first wave of polling following Thomas Mulcair’s election as NDP leader. But there are…
Why Thomas Mulcair gets it when it comes to Israel
Not surprisingly, Thomas Mulcair won the NDP leadership last month, replacing Saint Jack Layton as the man social democrats hope can rally left-of-centre voters to defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s…
Liberal Party should not pay for Bob Rae’s defence against Tory attack ads
Harper’s trademark politicking rears its head again, with the Tories using the admirable money-raising machine they have created with the use of their vaunted CIMS outreach computer database to fund…
The Cons: The Horror and the Desperation
Well I see the politicians may be on a spring break, but the sinister Con War Room, like death, or Great Ugly Leader. Never takes a holiday… Golly. I have…
Rae ad a well-aimed Conservative grenade into the Liberal tent
Proving that you don’t need to ignore or even bend electionlaw to execute a savvy political strategy and tie your opponents in knots, theattack ad launched Sunday night by the…
Is It Just Me, or Does Anyone Else Find the Timing of the Latest Harpercon Ads a Tad Curious?
Yep, boys ‘n’ girls, the Harpercons have come out with a new shiny thing–an attack ad against the Liberal interim leader, Bob Rae. I guess it’s never too early to…