Yesterday, I wrote about how the PC candidate in Kitchener-Waterloo, Tracey Weiler, has been running away from the PC leader Tim Hudak. In the riding of Vaughan, the ONDP and…
I haven’t yet blogged about Angus Reid’s poll on how respondents see the economic issue ads released earlier this year by the NDP and Cons. But I’ll take a moment…
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/08/28/pol-cp-torture-opposition.html
The NDP and Catherine Fife have already come out against the Putting Students First Act, but will they listen to the students of Ontario themselves or their big union money…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Assorted content to end your week. – Yes, it’s alarming that the Cons are eliminating environmental assessments on a huge number of projects. But even more worrisome is the complete…
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
