More support for Nathan Cullen’s idea of electoral cooperation
Pat Martin is clearly onside; both Topp and Mulcair praise his innovativeness; and now Thomas Walkom, National Affairs Columnist of The Toronto Star, is onside. In an article headed A…
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Pat Martin: NDP Leadership Race is an Intellectual Ghetto
Straight talking NDP MP Pat Martin praises Nathan Cullen for his idea to turf out the Tory government, and gives a backhanded swipe to the idea-less NDP leadership race:MP Pat…
NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s case for electoral cooperation
The leadership race for the NDP just got a lot more interesting.Enter the Innovation Leadership Candidate: An NDP MP has thrown his hat in the ring in order to start…
Meeting the Candidates
I’ve made my mind up about who gets my #1 vote in the NDP leadership election, March 24, 2012, in Toronto. It’s Tom Mulcair. Almost every declared and non-declared (or…
The myth of the positive 2011 NDP campaign
There seems to be this impression out there that the 2011 NDP election campaign was all sunshine and lollipops. NDP leadership contender Brian Topp sought to re-enforce that impression yesterday,…
In leadership news…
...Justin Trudeau won't run, but Thomas Mulcair will.So this sets us up for a Mulcair-Topp battle for Stornoway. All early indications are that Topp and Mulcair will play nice with…
Mulcair Story trumps Topp Story in NDP Leadership Race
Mark these words: Underdog, Shoulder to Shoulder, and Winnability.They are the combination of images that most likely will propel feisty Thomas Mulcair to the leadership position of Canada's federal NDP…
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- Thomas Walkom points out that the effect of cracking down on peaceful and legal strikes - as the Cons are so determined to do…
Updated NDP & Bloc Leadership
So, as everyone who is anyone should be aware now that Québec's favourite son, Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair, has officially jumped into the race, and beside him come 33 MPs,…
Right turn, wrong way
I wouldn't have expected to end up concurring with Rob Silver's analysis of the NDP leadership race. But there's an awful lot of truth to Silver's take on Thomas Mulcair's…
Canada’s gun lobby’s election failure reveals NDP gun registry fallacy
Reading today's Postmedia story about labour union spending during the 2011 federal election campaign led this blog to wonder about other third party spending.Reviewing the listing of third parties on…
HAVN’T POSTED IN A WHILE LOL
EVERYONE LOVES IT WHEN A BLOGGER COMES BACK AFTER A LONG ABSENCE TO WRITE A POST ABOUT HOW THEY “HAVEN’T BLOGGED IN A WHILE LOL” !!! I’M NOT THE FIRST…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brian Topp highlights the fact that any shared sacrifice to address the Cons' carefully-fabricated federal deficit needs to include those who have the…
Nice platform if you can get it
Here's Brian Topp's latest blog post in the Globe: "Canada must ensure it tightens the right belts."I'm sure his fellow leadership candidates, declared and as yet undeclared, love the fact…
On civil campaigns
Needless to say, it's a plus to see the NDP's leadership contenders making sure to run a campaign that fit with a message of love, hope and optimism. But a…
NDP will lose ground in Quebec under Topp and gain under Mulcair – Angus-Reid poll
Some very bad news for the NDP in the latest Angus-Reid poll. That sound you hear in the background is the clucking of the chickens coming home to roost:Most Canadian…
Mulcair – the NDP’s Best Option?
He is according to Angus Reid's latest poll, which says that Mulcair would lead the NDP to the best result in a general election today, and is the most well-thought-of…
Yvon Godin Only Wants Democracy For Some
Yvon Godin, the irritable member for Acadie-Bathurst, apparently only wants democracy for some in the NDP:Mulcair suggested Monday that perhaps the party could engage in a province-wide membership drive to…
My deflating optimism about the NDP leadership race
For a while, I was feeling very energized about the NDP leadership race. We on the left were going to get six months or so to have a real and…
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- David Olive reassures us that we're not in a depression, but points out plenty of other reasons for concern with Canada's economy:Jim Flaherty, the…