The West wants out
The day after the election, two things happened. Shares in SNC-Lavalin – a company based in Quebec – went up, way up. Up 14 per cent, in a single day.…
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Did Doug Ford sink Andrew Scheer?
Elections produce mythologies and stupidities. An example of a stupidity is that opposition research firms – like, say, mine – don’t actually do opposition research. An example of a mythology…
Who lost
Well, everyone did, pretty much. This morning, it’s hard not to feel that way. • Justin Trudeau was supposed to easily win a second majority. He didn’t. Blackface, broken promises…
Daisy Group responds
We’ve written to Elections Canada. It’s a lengthy letter. It makes a couple main points. One, we are proud to oppose racists like Maxime Bernier and his People’s Party. Two,…
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It’s been quite a day. So, a few things. After a decade or more, I’ve deactivated Twitter and Facebook. I’ve had it. I may be back on social media, I…
My latest: Trump trumps Trudeau, and why
Justin Trudeau is less popular than Donald Trump. Say it aloud, so that those still considering voting for Trudeau can hear you. Because, you know, Donald Trump. The most sexist,…
Why I can’t vote for Trudeau
I was Jean Chretien’s special assistant. I helped oversee his war room when he won in 1993 and 2000. I ran for the Liberals in B.C. in 1997. And I…
The rumours about Justin Trudeau
Rumours. It’s more than a Fleetwood Mac album. Rumours about Justin Trudeau have littered Canadian newsrooms like confetti since the start of this election. Rumours about Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister…
My latest: debate? What debate?
Here’s the thing about Monday’s leader’s debate, Canada. You won’t be watching it. Well, let’s amend that. Sun readers are a scrappy, elbows-up lot, who dig politics and a good…
My latest: why isn’t Andrew Scheer way ahead?
So, Andrew. You don’t mind if I call you Andrew, do you? It’s better than what I sometimes used to call you, which was Blandy Andy. I stopped calling you…
Random, contextless links about #elxn43 and #cdnpoli and punk rock
So. First day of October. Here’s bits and pieces, this and that: Ipsos says the Tories are ahead, and have been ahead since the start of the election campaign. Warren…
Debates, debate moderators and those who seek to influence them
The picture above was apparently taken last night in Ottawa. It shows the Huffington Post’s Althia Raj and the Liberal Party’s Gerald Butts. Raj is one of the moderators in…
Trump and Trudeau: brothers of another mother
Trump and Trudeau: They’re not that different, really. Sons of millionaires. Never had to worry about a hydro bill, never needed to fret about a mortgage payment. Never experienced the…
My latest: the speech Justin Trudeau should have given, but won’t
My fellow Liberals, my fellow Canadians. Last week, I spoke about the scandal that has hit my campaign. I didn’t do it right, so I’m now going to try again.…
My latest: in a campaign about nothing positive, don’t give them something negative
The land is strong. Sound familiar? Remember that? The old-timers do. It was an actual slogan that was deployed in the 1972 federal election campaign. Didn’t work out too well.…