The new baseline
In this year's federal election, the NDP took 32% of the vote in Saskatchewan - but didn't win a single seat as other parties dropped off the map and the…
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One of these things is not like the other
89% of domestic shooting homicide victims are female. The bill before Parliament will make it easier for domestic abusers to arm up. John Rafferty and Bruce Hyer are upset that…
thereginamom dot com
the regina mom feels wealthy these days. She was fortunate enough to be a recipient of an Emerging Artists Award from the Canada Council for the Arts last spring. There’s…
Appointment of Next Auditor General Betrays Conservatives’ Contempt of Canada’s Bilingualism
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Angelo Persichilli as his director of communications, he showed the Conservatives contempt of Quebec and the French language. The Toronto native can’t speak French.…
#ndpldr Peggy Nash in Vancouver
In my whirlwind tour last night, I first saw Paul Dewar before racing downtown to catch Peggy Nash’s meet and greet at the Railway Club. While Dewar’s event was held…
#ndpldr Paul Dewar in Vancouver
I should note first that Nathan Cullen, a BC MP and NDP leadership candidate will be meeting tonight at 5pm at The Greedy Pig on Cordova St. I’m still trying…
Paint a Rosy Picture
Murray Mandryk is concerned there may be no “real opposition” in the coming legislature. I’m not surprised that there won’t be. The Green Party of Sask. has been campaigning on…
The Seinfeldian candidate
It's becoming harder to consider NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen as a serious contender. Cullen's failure to take a stand on the Tory bill to repeal the long gun registry…
#ndpldr Is Quebec the key?
First, I’m going to try to tag the titles of future posts about the NDP leadership race with #ndpldr. This way if you don’t care you can skip over or…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Stephen Maher nicely summarizes Tony Clement's sad committee appearance yesterday:The evidence shows that Clement chose the projects himself, in some kind of mysterious…
New column day
Here, on Saskatchewan's unique opportunity to translate the widespread public concerns about inequality and corporate control highlighted by the Occupy movement into electoral change. For further reading, here's the Abacus…
On uneven playing fields
Nancy is understandably concerned about different rules applying to the NDP's leadership race in 2012 than the Libs' in 2013. But it's worth pointing out that there are gaps going…
Credit where credit is due and darts where they are deserved
It's nice to see the NDP taking a principled stand on the life saving long gun registry. Well, most of them anyway. Who does Nathan Cullen think he's playing to…
Cullen’s Plans for Joint Nominations
I was disappointed when Nathan Cullen announced that he wanted to make joint nominations between Liberals, NDP and Greens an option in future elections if he became leader. Prior to…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Jim Stanford highlights the Cons' thoroughly imbalanced view of labour disputes by pointing out that their concern for the economy has been limited to…
On priorities
In the absence of any evidence that the NDP's new caucus will be anything but a strong opposition to the Harper Cons, Kady goes hunting for a story based on…
Paul Dewar ALSO in Vancouver Thursday
For those who can’t get enough of NDP leadership candidates, Thursday looks like a good day to live in Vancouver. I just found the Facebook event for Paul Dewar’s planned…
Leading nowhere
After several months of interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel being neatly edited out of far too much coverage of Canadian politics, it shouldn't come as too much surprise that she's…
NDP Top Brass stifling growth of the party in Quebec
A straw in the wind, which might soon become the straw that broke the NDP camel's back in Quebec: membership cards are excruciatingly slow for one province.Guess which province?The one…
Peggy Nash in Vancouver this Thursday
Vancouver will get another NDP leadership candidate through town this Thursday when Toronto MP and (former) Finance Critic Peggy Nash comes to town. Brian Topp has already visited once, Nathan…