Like that’ll work
Sure, a reasonable government would have some shame over its obvious doctoring of Hansard. But isn’t the most likely outcome of the NDP’s new complaint for Clement’s departmental officials to…
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The Wildrose Party’s Redford Files: Not nearly as funny as the first time…
The Redford Files website: evidence the Wildrose Alliance is on the ropes. Below, an image grabbed from the site. If “the Redford Files” really are “authorized by the Wildrose Party,”…
Thomas Mulcair, wanker
Regular readers of this blog will know that NDP MP and leadership candidate Thomas Mulcair is the Member of Parliament for the riding that includes École polytechnique. Mulcair, through his…
How can opposition battle Harper’s War Against Information when there’s no battle plan?
HillTimes: There are an estimated 1,500 communications staffers working in ministers’ offices and departments, including 87 in the PMO and PCO. (And don’t forget Sun Media, Postmedia, editorial board at…
Parliament In Review: October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 26 saw a rare opportunity for the opposition parties to set the agenda. And as a result, the big issue was one which the Cons prefer to discuss…
Dewar Ideology Lets Have Everything!
“The orange wave stopped in Manitoba,” (Dewar) Yes it’s true, but only in the sense that the west of the country didn’t fly straight into the NDP like Quebec. But…
Canada is a Better Place with Pat Martin in Parliament
I’m a Liberal, but there’s a lot about the NDP that I like. Foremost is the straight talking approach of some of their MPs. In the few televised committee hearings…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Marc Lee presents an alternative economic vision to the capital-first-and-only approach that currently serves as conventional wisdom. – Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson suggests five…
How the NDP Can Win
With the NDP leadership debates soon to get underway, I thought I would post some thoughts on what themes and issues the party should be emphasizing To form a majority…
The upward trajectory
Alice posts the latest NDP membership numbers, showing a sharp spike in several regions of the country even before the leadership campaign has started in earnest. And the immediate growth…
The Litmus Test for selecting the new NDP and Liberal Leaders: What will remove Stephen Harper
Two leadership races of enormous consequence are taking place in Canada right now: the overt race to select a new leader to replace Jack Layton, and the covert race to…
On first steps
It's undoubtedly great news to see that the NDP is making strides in its Quebec membership numbers even before its leadership campaign has started in earnest. But it's worth being…
Parliament In Review: October 25, 2011
Tuesday, October 25 saw another day of discussion about the Canadian Wheat Board. But this time, the topic of debate was set on the opposition's terms, as the proceedings focused…
Sunday Afternoon Leadership 2012 Links
A few updates on the NDP's leadership campaign...First, there's Pierre Ducasse's take on what he's looking for in a candidate - including various factors which might point to numerous candidates…
For the divisive, petty Harper Conservatives, no cause is too important for bickering
French-speaking troops of the Régiment de la Chaudière push inland from Juno Beach toward Bény-sur-Mer on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Below, Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney, Bloc MP Louis Plamondon.Why…
With friends like this
As anybody who follows Canadian politics should know, NDP MP Thomas Mulcair is MP for École Polytechnique. As an NDP leadership candidate, Mulcair has just been presented his first big…
Brad Wall Light?
I got to know and like Dave McGrane in the Saskatchewan Young New Democrats, but the following assessment misses the mark: McGrane, an assistant professor at St. Thomas More College,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading.- Alice posts the full party spending numbers from May's election. And the story in fact looks to have been near-maximum spending by each of…
The NDP’s Trouncing in Saskatchewan Should be a Wake-Up Call
In the recent Saskatchewan provincial election, the NDP took a thrashing. From the Huffington Post:The Saskatchewan NDP suffered one of the most crushing blows in the party's history Monday night.…