Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jessica Bruno reports on Tom Mulcair’s first six months as leader of the NDP. But while it’s certainly a plus for pundits to…
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On political legacies
Ready the fainting couch for Warren Kinsella, because I’ve got a scoop that he’ll find shocking and appalling. The NDP has been fund-raising for years based on appeals to Jack…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
This is Stephen Lewis’s stirring eulogy at Jack Layton’s funeral, one year ago tomorrow. * “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day,…
Why is Eric Davis running in Kitchener-Waterloo?
Here’s a great piece by Kitchener-Waterloo Liberal candidate Eric Davis answering the most basic question that anyone running for public office has to answer: Why are you running? Eric’s two…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Gerald Caplan weighs in on Jack Layton’s legacy: It seems to me that Jack Layton’s enduring legacy is twofold. First, he set a…
Radicals for our coast: New Democrat MPs and community reps (VIDEO)
A must-watch video on the ongoing fight against Enbridge’s cursed pipeline. The following New Democrat MPs visit Terrace, Kitimat and Kitamaat, British Columbia, and discuss the energy giant’s proposed Northern…
NDP MP Denise Savoie resigns House Commons seat
The Victoria, B.C. MP says her doctor gave her a “health warning” this spring. She plans to leave politics and devote herself full-time to her family.
Remembering Layton by Looking Forward
Jack Layton was not about looking back, he was a forward thinker. "I am running to be the next Prime Minister of Canada" ~ Jack Layton , 2008 In 2008,…
Remembering Layton by Looking Forward
Jack Layton was not about looking back, he was a forward thinker. “I am running to be the next Prime Minister of Canada” ~ Jack Layton , 2008 In 2008,…
Remembering Layton by Looking Forward
Jack Layton was not about looking back, he was a forward thinker. "I am running to be the next Prime Minister of Canada" ~ Jack Layton , 2008In 2008, when…
Remembering Layton by Looking Forward
Jack Layton was not about looking back, he was a forward thinker. “I am running to be the next Prime Minister of Canada” ~ Jack Layton , 2008In 2008, when…
Unions and the left in Ontario: short-sighted politically.
This isn’t a post defending Dalton McGuinty’s bravado and threats to violate the constitutional right of collective bargaining of the public sector workforces and unions – my opinion on that…
Unions and the left in Ontario: short-sighted politically.
This isn't a post defending Dalton McGuinty's bravado and threats to violate the constitutional right of collective bargaining of the public sector workforces and unions - my opinion on that…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – As we approach the anniversary of Jack Layton’s death, Tom Mulcair discusses some of the lessons he learned from his predecessor as…
Let Us Be Loving, Hopeful, and Optimistic
It will be a year tomorrow since Jack Layton passed away, only 3 months after a triumphant election that left the NDP with federal Official Opposition status for the first…
On openings
Following up on this morning’s post (as well as discussions from Kayle Hatt and Chantal Hebert), I’ll offer my theory as to why a Quebec NDP might be a perfect…
The final piece
Let’s follow up on the news that the NDP is planning to assemble a Quebec provincial party in time for the next election with a look at how the move…
Departed MP’s endorsement, big donations by candidate’s firm, complicate complicated Conservative nomination race
Candidates for the Conservative Party’s nomination in the Calgary Centre constituency prepare for next Saturday’s vote. Below: Candidates Greg McLean, Joan Crockatt and Jon Lord. Oh what a tangled web…
On potential support
Abacus’ latest federal poll includes some noteworthy data on which voters see a real prospect of shifting their preferences – and particularly on the number of voters who are willing…