The Real Opposition
Although the Liberals may have been reduced to third-party status in parliament after the last election, there’s little doubt that, largely thanks to the feisty leadership of Bob Rae, they…
Although the Liberals may have been reduced to third-party status in parliament after the last election, there’s little doubt that, largely thanks to the feisty leadership of Bob Rae, they…
The motion to maintain the age requirements for OAS at 65 was defeated. The motion read: That the House reject calls by the Prime Minister to balance the Conservative deficit…
Since the Northern Gateway pipeline hit the news, the regina mom has read more posts about science than ever before. And it’s not because science claims a place in her…
Back in 2004, the Harper Conservatives accused the Paul Martin Liberals of having a “hidden agenda” to raise the age to qualify for the Old Age Security to 67. The…
I’ll post a quick reminder that the deadline to register for an NDP membership in order to be eligible to vote to elect a new leader is February 18 –…
Monday, December 5 saw the House of Commons debate the NDP’s motion on climate change. And while the Cons tried to put up a relatively brave facade on an issue…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The New Democrat comments on the need to develop the NDP as a movement as well as a party. And a national movement…
#cpc #gop #lpc #ndp #cdnpoli #politics In the news; the appeals court in California overturned a ban on same sex marriage. This ban was a citizen inspired law triggered by…
Leadnow.ca recently polled its email contacts to declare whether they agree/disagree with the statement “The NDP, Liberals and Greens should work together to defeat Conservative incumbents. After the election, they…
Announced this week, Toronto-Danforth voters will head to the polls on March 12th 19th to vote for a new MP after the death of NDP Leader Jack Layton, who had…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Geoffrey Stevens discusses the basic problem behind the Cons’ insistence on cutting back actual help to people while wasting billions on prisons…
Up upon an isolated mountain top, in a dark and long forgotten manor, underneath thunderous clouds, a large titanic body of gears and motors emblazoned in red stands motionless. The…
I’ll avoid making too much of the Cons’ machinations around the Toronto-Danforth by-election. But it does seem worth noting that the announcement comes in advance of the six-month deadline to…
Since it’s been a little while, I’ll offer another of my periodic caveats that these rankings are intended to reflect my perception as to how likely a particular candidate is…
Thanks to an end-of-week conference it’s been a few days since I’ve done a general roundup on the NDP leadership race. And based on the pace of activity, it looks…
After the previous day’s debacle in which government-sponsored amendments to the Cons’ dumb-on-crime bill were ruled out of order, one might have expected at least some acknowledgment of fallibility on…
Patrick has assembled an interesting response to Eric Grenier’s work in quantifying the effect of endorsements in the NDP leadership race. But while I can understand the instinct to try…
One part of the brain can work something out while another part is doing something else, or so it seems. the regina mom stayed up all night. When that happens,…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mike Ward nicely describes the “Orwellian reverie” being used by the Cons to try to manipulate the public into acceding to the every…
Today the HarperCons stepped into the cesspool polluted waters tarsands issue to announce a water monitoring project which will take 3 years and $50 million to fully implement. the regina…