Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – If there’s anything missing from Mark Weidbrot’s musings about the possibility of a U.S. debt downgrade, it’s that the only significant threat…
Ontario NDP
The End of the Blue Grit?
Yes, last night’s Kitchener-Waterloo by-election resulted in a resounding victory for the Ontario NDP and new MPP Catherine Fife. But perhaps more noteworthy is the signal the result sends to…
Poll Predicts A Comfortable Win For The NDP’s Catherine Fife In Kitchener-Waterloo
In a Forum Research poll, conducted Tues. Sept. 4, 2012, support for the NDP was at 42%, while the Liberal and Conservative support had dropped to 26% each. In their…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – There wasn’t much doubt from the recent storm of astroturfed Twitter messages that NDP candidate Catherine Fife stood to do well in tomorrow’s…
Horwath skips vote on Southwestern Ontario Economic Development Fund and runs Rob Ford supporter in Vaughan – what does her NDP stand for?
Kitchener-Waterloo NDP candidate Catherine Fife is running on a slogan of “Leadership that delievers”, but a look at the actions of NDP leader Andrea Horwath and her fellow NDP candidate…
"Students putting students first" – Ontario Student Trustees’ Association calls Putting Students First Act "a fair deal", but will the NDP and Catherine Fife listen?
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…
Pathologies revealed
Paul Wells is right to point out the parallels between the McGuinty Libs’ environmentally-destructive, all-or-nothing omnibus bill and the similar legislation being rammed through Parliament by the Harper Cons. But…
Andrea Horwath Asks McGuinty And Hudak To Meet To Work On The Budget This Weekend
You would think that the premier would do this if he was really interested in making things work and doing his job. This shows that Andrea is serious about making…
Andrea Horwath’s Message To The Premier – Video
Watch the video here: http://ontariondp.com/en/horwath-to-premier-stop-election-threats-and-pass-budget Queen’s Park – New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath called on the Premier to stop the election threats and work with all parties to pass the…
Fact Check On The Ontario Budget Agreements Between The NDP and the Liberals
Premier Dalton McGuinty has been saying that Andrea Horwath and the NDP have reneged on a deal. This is completely false. QUEEN’S PARK — Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Yes, the individual examples are worrisome enough. But the real takeaway from Sarah Schmidt’s report on the CFIA’s testing of food products for…
Ontario NDP Overtake Liberals, Horwath Riding High
The latest Forum Research poll has the Ontario NDP overtaking the Liberals in support and Andrea Horwath continuing to be, by far, the most popular of the 3 main party…
Andrea Horwath’s Dance With Dalton
While I continue to remain dubious of what will happen when the Ontario Legislature votes on Dalton McGuinty’s budget, I give the leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea Horwath, top…
Forum Poll of Ontario: 34% PC, 30% Lib, 30% NDP
That’s a close race for sure, though despite tying the Liberals for second, the NDP remain in third place. Forum Research: Prog. Cons: 34% – 42 seats Ont. Liberal: 30%…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading… – No, we shouldn’t read too much into the first wave of polling following Thomas Mulcair’s election as NDP leader. But there are…
The Ontario Budget: Andrea Horwath’s Dilemma
Being the leader of an opposition party in Ontario just got a lot more difficult for one person yesterday. No, I’m not referring to young Tim (not ready for prime-time…
ONDP Attacks!
I went on to the Ontario NDP’s website and on to their “Our Team” heading – essentially to see their MPPs, I wanted to look up biographical info on one…
Minority Governments, How We Missed You…
Today marks the first defeat of the Ontario Liberals in the legislature on any bill since they came to power in 2003. The Opposition parties lead by Tim Hudak (PC)…
Analysis of ON 2011 Election Results vs My Prediction
My prediction vs the election results. Party - Prediction - Election Lib - 50 - 53 PC - 31 - 37 NDP - 26 - 17 I was pretty close…
Viva Manitoba? Much news of latest Orange Wave fails to reach Alberta
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger in Winnipeg in June. The icon to his left indicates women voters, who were obviously paying attention. Leastways, the people have spoken and he is still…