Ontario Jobs Anyone? a brief analysis
I think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I've seen it all over the media and it's also of personal interest to me as…
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Ontario Jobs Anyone? a brief analysis
I think one of the biggest issues in the upcoming provincial election is JOBS! I've seen it all over the media and it's also of personal interest to me as…
Parliament In Review: September 20, 2011
Once again, most of yesterday's session in the House of Commons was spent on what's becoming dubbed the refugee punishment bill. And while there was no sign of any willingness…
NDP’s brilliant use as a wedge issue of the Quebecois are a nation resolution
Right now Liberals and Tories are getting warm around their collars because the major candidates for leadership of the NDP are supporting a special deal for the province of Quebec…
Horwath downplays coalition talk; asks Toronto Council to halt TTC cuts
Anyone hoping that a recent plea from provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath to Toronto City Council to hold off on transit cuts will make a difference is kidding themselves. Or…
The cutoff point
Having asked the question on the weekend, I'll provide my back-of-the-envelope answer as to how many votes I'd expect a candidate to need based on what we know now about…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Munir Sheikh writes (PDF) about good data and intelligent government. I'll add the subtitle, "and other perceived threats to the Harper Conservatives".- Aside from…
Parliament In Review: September 19, 2011
With the start of the fall session of Parliament I'll plan to resume taking a daily look at what happens in the House of Commons - with a particular focus…
The Ontario NDP Platform
Pollsters tell us that Ontario’s New Democrats may double their seat total in next month’s provincial election. It’s also entirely conceivable that they could be part of a coalition government…
Ontario Green vote projected to drop – but it doesn’t have to
Just about the only thing that all parties and observers can agree upon about the upcoming Ontario election is that the high vote percentage gained by the Green Party of…
Mulcair is comfortable on the fence
I share in CalgaryGrit’s confusion at Thomas Mulcair’s continued ambivalence about deciding whether to run for the NDP leadership. Perhaps he’s hoping to drag out the media coverage as he…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Once again, the NDP's popular support is holding up in the face of plenty of predictions to the contrary. But I'm sure we'll hear…
Ontario election: Will the NDP be able to remedy Ontario’s democratic deficit?
With polls showing neither the Liberal nor the Conservative parties being able to secure a firm majority in the coming election, we might be poised for a historic breakthrough in…
Layton’s desk to be left empty
http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlBusiness/House/SeatingPlan/SeatingPlan.pdfSeat 164 is where the Leader of the Opposition would normally sit (directly across from Harper)
Quebec Desreves Everything?
The NDP Brian Topp a man who is running to lead the NDP is proposing that the province of Quebec be given 25% of the seats of the house of…
Embrace Innovation People
I think conservatives are just scared that the clean energy act might be successful. Any educated person knows new technology costs start off high and go down as inputs required…
Embrace Innovation People
I think conservatives are just scared that the clean energy act might be successful. Any educated person knows new technology costs start off high and go down as inputs required…
Embrace Innovation People
I think conservatives are just scared that the clean energy act might be successful. Any educated person knows new technology costs start off high and go down as inputs required…
Embrace Innovation People
I think conservatives are just scared that the clean energy act might be successful. Any educated person knows new technology costs start off high and go down as inputs required…
Liberal Math
This Ontario NDP fact check should warm the hearts of economists, accountants and math teachers everywhere: Are Liberals Smarter Than a 5th Grader? The Ontario Liberals put out a release…