Ontario leaders debate tonight is big
We enter the Ontario leaders debate tonight with a new poll from Ekos released today showing the Liberals with a 4 point lead over the PC’s and the NDP in…
Canadian Politics
If a Tree falls on twitter, does it make a sound?
I wanted to wait on this particular post for a little while to let peoples’ emotions die down a bit, but I would like to write about the death of…
If younger voters had bothered to vote in Ontario, Harper would have lost.
There was some conventional wisdom out there in pundit land that in the last few days of the May election, the Conservatives and Harper bit of fear-mongering that the NDP…
Ontario Election: Economic Realities
Another fascinating TVO discussion about the Ontario election, this time pivoting off some disparaging comments made several weeks ago by former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge in regards to…
Big new Ontario poll – deadlocked.
Very interesting – the Forum Research president apparently paid for this poll out of his own pocket. It’s a massive sample that shows a deadlocked Ontario legislature if it holds…
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…
Reviving Canadian history/heroes
There was a nice editorial in the Star yesterday talking about how one of Canada’s war heros from World War I, Lt-Colonel William Barker, is finally getting some modest recognition…
Trans Rights Bills Intrduced in New Canadian Parliament
In the first week of the 41st session of Parliament, two Private Member’s Bills were introduced, both proposing explicit inclusion of transsexual and transgender people in the Canada Human Rights…
Environment: low on the totem pole for this Conservative government
Just as a brief followup to Impolitical’s posts/observations on the controversy brwewing surrounding cuts to ozone monitoring, I remember a time when opposition leader Stephen Harper was in his “climate…
World Alzheimers Day
I just wanted to briefly mention that today is World Alzheimer’s Day. This is a disease that affects a lot of people, but doesn’t seem to be in the public…
Big Red Machine Beatdown!
Come to PEI, and travel back to a simpler time… Here’s a fun fact about PEI. If Ontario had the same ratio of MLAs to population, its provincial legislature would…
Where is Christine Elliott?
(Whitby-Oshawa OLP Candidate Elizabeth Roy and ONDP Candidate Maret Sadem-Thompson. Not pictured: PCPO Candidate Christine Elliott.) Christine Elliott isn’t a big fan of showing up. She has been a vocal…
Canada Joins the Open Government Partnership
I'm in New York today for the launch of the Open Government Partnership and it looks as the Canada is now a signatory (or at least has signed a letter…
Ontario’s version of the US birthers – the ‘turbine truthers’
I’m of course talking about the anti-Wind turbines folks, better known as Wind Concerns Ontario. They’re in the background of the Ontario election – allying themselves with the Conservatives who…
Politics, polls and personal stuff
Lots of stuff to talk about at the beginning of this week: - The official Fall session for the federal Parliament begins today. The Conservatives and Harper will now begin…
mandatory, warrantless internet spying coming to canada, unless we stop it
If Stephen Harper has his way, mandatory, warrantless, universal internet surveillance will be the norm in Canada. Once upon a time, I would have thought that statement was hyperbole; now…
Ontario Election Seat Projections
see http://bit.ly/rtk0SE for riding-by-riding estimates Liberal – 47 seats (35.8%) PC – 40 seats (34.4%) NDP – 20 seats (24.3%) Green – 0 seats (4.2%)
When pollsters go after each other.
As you might know if you’re a reader of this blog, I occasionally comment on polls. Today is a slightly different setting. A polling company criticizes and takes to task…
2011 Ontario Election: Parkdale-Highpark All Candidates Forum Response
The following is my observations and reflections from attending an All Candidates Forum for the riding of Parkdale-Highpark. Click here for an overview on the candidates for this riding. While…
The Ugly Cons and the Broken Liberals
OK. Let me get this straight eh? The Con smear machine that destroyed Ignatieff and Dion, goes after Brian Topp.“Topp is a union boss and has deep union ties,” they…