The Future of The NDP
A lot has been written about the Conservative leadership race. But, so far, the contest for the leadership of the NDP has generated little comment — mainly because, until recently,…
NDP leadership race
The Future of The NDP
A lot has been written about the Conservative leadership race. But, so far, the contest for the leadership of the NDP has generated little comment — mainly because, until recently,…
Cheri Di Novo Is Fucking Nuts
That is all. Other than maybe this, for now. THERE IS MORE!
Cheri Di Novo Is Fucking Nuts
That is all.Other than maybe this, for now. THERE IS MORE!
Cheri Di Novo Is Fucking Nuts
That is all.Other than maybe this, for now. THERE IS MORE!
Mulcair’s Center Squeeze
Most New Democrats – probably all New Democrats – genuinely dislike Steven Harper. With good reason, he’s muzzled scientists, bullied unions, abandoned the impoverished, given tax breaks to the largest…
NDP claims about voter suppression attempts doubtful?
The NDPis claiming that the massive voter suppression attacks – done during thesecond, third and final ballot, and over the course of several hours, andinvolving more false calls than the…
The NDP Leadership vote: The Puzzle of just how many people voted
Trying topiece the numbers together to get a handle on the impact of voter suppressionduring the NDP leadership election is difficult because of the conflictingreports about just how many people…
Did voter suppression change the results of the NDP leadership election?
For the2012 NDP leadership vote to be considered legitimate, the NDP needs to employwhatever devices it can (including resort to Elections Canada and the RCMP) toput to bed the valid…
Thomas Mulcair Wins the NDP Leadership Race
It was a long and at times exceptionally boring convention. Because of the computer glitches and delay in vote count, it looked like an eternity especially as – on top…
Nathan Cullen: NDP Leadership Race March 2012
I believe Nathan Cullen gave one of the best speeches at the NDP Leadership convention in Toronto. Watch and enjoy. Thomas Mulcair and Peggy Nash stumbled a bit.Read more here.Despite…
NDP Convention – Day 1
Don’t know how coherent or value added this will be after a day of tweeting, thought I’d try to get a few things down here. First of all, impressions on…
Liberal blogger CalgaryGrit makes persuasive argument for Cullen as NDP leader
WesternGrit ranks the top NDP leadership candidates through the prism of what is best for the Liberal Party, and, while expressly not endorsing any candidate, outlines a very strong case…
NDP Members: You can guarantee that an NDP MP will be our next prime minister IF …
… IF you make your decision to listen to the massive outpouring of views by NDP supporters and Liberal Party supporters, the bulk of whom favour electoral cooperation and post-election…
Sorry, Michael: There will be Group Think at the NDP leadership convention
Michael Den Tandt of Postmedia News has been wrestling with the challenges posed by the unique NDP convention method. It is the first time in Canadian history that a leadership…
Ten thousand Canadians on electoral cooperation
The online activist group Leadnow.ca surveyed its members and found this result: This could be the start of something big. Last Thursday, we sent a message to the whole Leadnow…
Will Nathan Cullen have to thank these 2 if he becomes leader on Saturday?
We’ve heard little about the results of the push by these two significant groups, but perhaps by Sunday morning we will all be nodding our heads and saying: Of course!…
The C-word: Refreshing honesty from NDP’s Nathan Cullen
Remember when Michael Ignatieff turned himself into a pretzel while trying to respond to the simple question whether he would or would not enter into a coalition with other parties…
40,000 Dippers Down, 90,000 to go!
There is a lot of interest in the election of the next NDP leader: thousands have already cast their preferential voting ballots! The NDP’s two-day leadership convention begins Friday in…