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…
NDP
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…
Manitoba Election: Tory drops the nuclear ball; Green kicks it out of the province
When asked if her party would support a moratorium on transporting radioactive nuclear fuel waste through Manitoba, Progressive Conservative candidate Heather Stephanson equivocated, saying she would not answer a “hypothetical…
Very little changes on the Hudak rampage….I mean campaign
Is Tim Hudak a masochist or something? Every day it seems like the same thing. He finds some convoluted way to try and slam the Liberal campaign with allegations out…
Very little changes on the Hudak rampage….I mean campaign
Is Tim Hudak a masochist or something? Every day it seems like the same thing. He finds some convoluted way to try and slam the Liberal campaign with allegations out…
Very little changes on the Hudak rampage….I mean campaign
Is Tim Hudak a masochist or something? Every day it seems like the same thing. He finds some convoluted way to try and slam the Liberal campaign with allegations out…
Very little changes on the Hudak rampage….I mean campaign
Is Tim Hudak a masochist or something? Every day it seems like the same thing. He finds some convoluted way to try and slam the Liberal campaign with allegations out…
PSE in Newfoundland and Labrador
Last March, Keith Dunne and I wrote an opinion piece on Danny Williams’ post-secondary education (PSE) legacy in Newfoundland and Labrador. Among other things, we pointed out that average undergraduate…
Taking shape
With the NDP's leadership rules now set, let's take a look at how the race is shaping up. As best I can tell, the Mark's list of candidates looks to…