Which Canadian federal parties are the Rulers of Twitterdom?
The answer is found in the politwitter website. The statistics on the site are a bit out of date but do give us a snapshot of how the parties fare…
Liberal Party
Renewal: More coalition building
Maybe it's time to do a Liberal renewal post what with all the musings about the death of the party, debates over retaining centrism or not, etc. I prefer to…
The rewards of planning an organization #nlpoli
While the Liberals in this province shuffle aimlessly toward the political gloom, their Nova Scotia brothers and sisters actually have enough cash in the bank that they can take 42.3…
The Best Case/Worst Case Scenario #nlpoli
So there you have it. The Liberal caucus, less a vacationing Jim Bennett, met last week. They decided Kevin can keep the job of Liberal Party leader and all the…
Sneak Peak at the 2012 Liberal Convention.
Liberal members can go to the convention website at http://convention.liberal.ca/ and vote on what issues they want to see presented. I got the e-mail and was one of the first…
Whither the Liberals #nlpoli
The tale is not told in the view of columnists - Stephen Maher, Chantal Hebert and Susan Delacourt - who try to link a series of different events into one…
Apparently the Liberals are dead. Who knew?
Like clockwork, there's been another rash of obituaries written proclaiming the death of the Liberal Party of Canada. And what they lack in actual data points and evidence, they attempt…
Liberals, let’s make Steve Janke eat his words
National Post's Steve Janke thinks we are doomed. He thinks we will shrivel up and die:I have to wonder, therefore, if there is a cure for what ails the Liberal…
The way not to change #nlpoli
Kevin Aylward did a yeoman service to his party by stepping in and leading it through a tough time. He didn’t add anything to the seat tally. Anyone who claims…
Ontario votes to amble into the twenty-tens
For an election that was about as little as an election can possibly be about, last nights results brought more change to Ontario than many anticipated. And despite the set…
Liberal 3-Peat in Ontario!
Seriously? That is a somewhat amazing result given the three-way nature of the race and how close the polls were in the run-up to election day.
The Cat says Horwath won the Ontario leadership debate
And I would not be surprised in her performance in last night's debate moves between 3% and 4% of votes her way in the next full scale polls over the…
Taking election polls with a grain of salt
In advance of the leader’s debate tonight, two competing polls have come out in recent days that indicate both PC leader Tim Hudak and Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty are leading…
Parking taxes and road tolls: the politics of misdirection
I have an important announcement for all political parties – not every comment made by every individual opposition candidate can or should be used as a stand-in for opposition policy…
Horwath downplays coalition talk; asks Toronto Council to halt TTC cuts
Anyone hoping that a recent plea from provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath to Toronto City Council to hold off on transit cuts will make a difference is kidding themselves. Or…
Liberal Party fundraising – plea for directed donations
The party needs to raise substantially more money than it has in past years, from smaller donations and from a much wider donor base.At the same time, the party is…
Manitoba Election: Tory drops the nuclear ball; Green kicks it out of the province
When asked if her party would support a moratorium on transporting radioactive nuclear fuel waste through Manitoba, Progressive Conservative candidate Heather Stephanson equivocated, saying she would not answer a “hypothetical…
Video: 2011 Manitoba Election Environment Forum
Manitoba citizens will elect a new provincial government Oct. 4, 2011 and environmental issues will play an important role in determining which political party forms that government. Where should Manitoba…
Tim Hudak’s Hypocracy is Apparent in Recent Immigration Debate
Perhaps Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak would like to find a new issue with which to drive a wedge between the Ontario electorate and Premier Dalton McGuinty. Why? Because in…
Harris Decima polls: NDP and Liberal cooperation – now and in 2010
The latest Harris Decima poll shows little appetite for a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party.However, this poll only shows the views of supporters of these two parties with…