1. Ontario New Democrats: Money. Effect: They disappeared in Week One, and only reappeared at the debate, at which point it was too late. 2. Ontario Liberals: A coherent message.…
Despicable. Disgusting, dispiriting, deflating: Ontario’s 2014 election campaign has been all of those things, and more. It is coming to a blessed end in two days’ time. But this grinding,…
You hear weirdos like me talking about it a lot. And, in super-tight elections like Ontario 2014, Get Out The Vote isn’t just something – it’s everything. Whoever has the…
That’s one way of putting it. What is Harvard’s Nieman Lab? Here. Who is John Tory? Here.
• Jamie Ellerton (PC) and Nancy Leblanc (Liberal) in Parkdale High Park. • John Fraser (Liberal) in Ottawa South. • Jonah Schein (NDP) in Davenport. • Arthur Potts (Liberal) in…
Just got Geoff Pevere’s book, and can’t wait to read it. Bonus: SFH – the band who played with Frankie Venom at his very last performance – is mentioned at…
There are lots of reasons, but the four found in the highly-scientific poll below are the main ones. Can you guess which one is the big one? I have several…
Canada’s Most Boring Newspaper Columnist™was just on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, and was asked to comment on his own newspaper’s endorsation of Tim Hudak’s PCs. He wouldn’t. That is, a…
The Ontario NDP is like Rob Ford? Seriously? From the Sun story, here. .
If nothing else, they’ve become a law unto themselves. I have never seen anything like this. Ever. One thing is certain: the OPP had better hope the NDP win. Hudak…
I’ve had the privilege to help get Prime Ministers and Premiers ready for political debates. I always tell them debates are really just about two things. One, looking and sounding…
But I bravely kept up my reports from the front, and CBC noticed. Remember: it’s all a lot of fun and games – until you remember this started the same…
Having just completed “a whiplash-inducing flip-flop on his transit “Number One Priority,” John Tory has something new to be a hypocrite about: ethics. Discussing Rob Ford’s regular violation of conflict…
This guy could’ve won last night’s #onpoli debate. Doesn’t sweat, doesn’t wave arms, doesn’t use cue cards. .
The big question I can’t answer is this one: in an election campaign where no one has been paying attention, was anyone paying attention last night? If so, get ready…
Whenever political parties unleash new ads – as is happening this week in Ontario – reporters inevitably call up the so-called experts. They call political scientists, image consultants and pollsters.…
Just got this over the transom. This guy is an Ontario Liberal candidate? Is this legit? .
Reporter Andy Radia asked me what Kathleen Wynne and Andrea Horwath need to do tomorrow night. Here’s what I told him, as a free and valuable public service: “Debates are…
