An open letter to @jacklayton on the future of the Senate
April 23, 2011 Dear Jack, Recent media reports suggest that you see yourself running to be my next Prime Minister. As you know, the Harper Tories now hold a majority…
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Once upon a time, the NDP cared about fighting gun violence
Until this election, every Jack Layton-led NDP campaign platform has included proposals to deal with illegal guns and gun violence. These include: 2008: Halt the illegal importation of handguns from…
It’s Time
You don't have to choose between tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber
NDP happily embraces gun lobby endorsement
It one thing to have been endorsed by the organized gun lobby for opposing the life saving long gun registry as a number of NDP MPs and candidates have been.…
Not all NDP candidates are comfortable with Jack Layton’s disingenuous gun registry approach
Kelowna Capital News April 22, 2011 Finnis said he personally supports the registry and said he was disappointed some NDP MPs did not. He said Canadians have to register their…
The NDP is in ascent
The Vancouver Sun: NDP official Opposition not so implausibleThe NDP is gaining strength this election. I've maintained for some time Layton is the craftiest politician in Ottawa, and as the…
NDP throws vulnerable Canadians under the bus as fast as the Harper Tories do staffers
This time, it's Vancouver Island North Ronna-Rae Leonard NDP candidate who is trying to be all things to all people: Leonard did not take a stand on the registry itself…
Another New Democrat throws vulnerable Canadians to the wolves
Lacombe Globe April 20, 2011 What should be done about the long gun registry? Scrap the unrestricted (long gun) registry, but the restricted (handgun) registry should stay.
Who’d’ve thunk it?
74% of Canadians support Canada's integrated gun gun control program. So why is Jack Layton still pandering to the 22% who oppose Canada's life saving long gun registry?
Oh look!
Yet another way for the NDP not to defend the life saving long gun registry. The NDP candidate said one of the major issues on the Conservatives' agenda is the…
What if you had a rally…
...and a-b-o-u-t t-w-e-n-t-y people showed up? (Yes, we used hyphens to make the crowd look bigger.)
Would Quebec NDP MPs campaign for Pauline Marois’ yes?
Much as been written recently about the NDP's recent breakthrough in polls in Quebec. Like Brian Mulroney, the NDP seems to be drawing well among the so called "soft nationalist"…
Because talking to vulnerable people is icky
Kootenay-Columbia NDP candidate Mark Shmigelsky has a gun registry plan. It's not a very good plan but it is his plan:If the gun registry issues comes again I will sit…
Another simple question about the long gun registry
If an experienced NDP candidate in rural Central Alberta can stand up for the long gun registry, why won't Jack Layton?
Canada’s 2011 Federal Election: ’tis better to have loved and lost . . .
With the annual retreat of snow and ice blessedly underway, the crap and crud that mysteriously didn’t make it into my back lane dumpster is revealed in all of its…
Akaash Maharaj – Global News: Analysis of the NDP Platform
My analysis of the NDP's platform for Global Television News. It has proven to be a politically shrewd, but fiscally improbable document. Ultimately, could Layton deliver on his his five…
Democracy Debated? Or Democracy Debased?
So the boys have thrown down. The Conservative Leader, Mr. Harper, issued the challenge this morning to Mr. Ignatieff, the Liberal Leader, that they should have a one-on-one debate between…
Nikki Inouye: NDP candidate for Okanagan Shuswap
I've learned who the local NDP candidate for the Okanagan Shuswap is. Nikki Inouye.Here's from her bio on the NDP website:Nikki Inouye was born and raised in the Okanagan Valley.Nikki…
Every Vote is a Strategic Vote
Fellow DemReform blogger CuriosityCat has a great post today on a little tidbit that passed the lips of Jack Layton: “The way to stop Stephen Harper from getting a majority…
Canadian Federal Election 2011
It's exciting. It's an election! The government has fallen, and it's now our chance to kick the bums out of office.I'll definitely volunteer my time to help the NDP in…