Eglinton-Lawrence is the place to be today.
It all comes down to the wire today in what will be one of the most hotly contested Toronto ridings in the October federal election. It is widely assumed by…
Federal Politics
Tommy tours Ontario.
Whoever convinced New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair to paste that smug smile on his face should be cashiered out of the NDP. The poor guy looks more constipated than happy.…
Olivia Chow’s train has left the station.
New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair must be desperate for subjects the media will cover. The other day on his ill-conceived Ontario campaign tour Mulcair was even speculating about Jack Layton’s…
Liberals are committed to change.
There are lots of changes being bandied about in this coming election. Only the Conservatives want to stay the course but as that appears to be straight downhill, it is…
The Munk School of Global Affairs on Possible Conflict of Interest In Debates
Last week, I wrote that the Munk School of Global Affairs received $9 million in federal research grants, and hinted about a possible conflict of interest this funding may have…
Learning about “Caveman Voting.”
Babel-on-the-Bay received some interesting responses from readers to the commentary on the NDP plan to implement Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting if they win a majority in October. One reader…
Is Justin just keeping his powder dry?
You get the impression that the quiet of the federal Liberal campaign is just the wariness of a trap about to be sprung. Maybe the Liberals are waiting to see…
NDP promise to change how we vote.
Ontario voters rejected a scheme for mixed member proportional voting in a 2007 referendum because the political parties wanted to appoint party faithful to the provincial parliament so that they…
The Candidate: “Staying the course.”
Part 7 of our series for Canada’s federal candidates. ‘If you do not have a plan, you do not know where you are going.’ Every campaign manager should write that…
Poloz does because Tories don’t.
Did nobody understand the implications of the Bank of Canada governor’s actions on Monday? Governor Stephen Poloz had no choice but to make the only move he could. He cut…
Big Media Influencing Canadian Election For Political Favoritism
As the debates over the debates has raged on over the past several months, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. Journalists in Canada seem to be throwing out their duty…
Can Harper tell a trade pact from an aid package?
Did you hear that Canada and Ukraine are signing their own free trade deal? The Ukraine had another US$ 5 billion trade deficit last year and Mr. Harper wants to…
Star candidate or sacrificial lamb?
If the son of late author Mordecai Richler had been offered his choice of electoral districts for the October election, the last choice should have been Toronto-St. Paul’s. This is…
Do Conservatives consider Justin Trudeau dangerous?
While most Canadians simply laugh off the silly “Trudeau’s not ready” commercials playing with increasing intensity on English-language television, there is another more layered campaign underlying it. This more insidious…
The Hair makes his first mistake.
In front of a bored group of children in gym clothes the other day, the Hair announced the obvious: Canada is in an economic ‘downturn.’ Neither he nor Federal Finance…
Is the bell tolling for the Hair?
When 17th Century English churchman and poet John Donne wrote ‘No man is an island’ he had obviously never met Stephen Harper. For the Prime Minister is the Hair and…
Do we really want all the latest election toys?
Targeted marketing is not just for your drug store. It is also in play for the upcoming federal election. Not that it is going to be as open and simple…
The Candidate: To communicate and motivate.
Part 6 of our series for Canada’s federal candidates. Do you want a guarantee of how to lose an election? It is so terribly easy. It is to fail to…
First lessons in the environment.
It hardly matters at what age young men have their first camping experience. The most common first lesson is to never pee into the campfire. Not only is that a…