The Man behind the Cullen Plan to Turf-a-Tory in 2015 by electoral cooperation
Nathan Cullen had some blunt words for a Toronto crowd he addressed last night, when asked about the risks to a party which decided to adopt the Cullen Plan and…
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John Ivison says the Cullen Plan could take away Stephen Harper’s majority government
Ivison sees trouble ahead for the Harper Tories with the plan launched by NDP MP Nathan Cullen when he announced that he was running for leader of the NDP. Ivison…
NDP MP Nathan Cullen’s case for electoral cooperation
The leadership race for the NDP just got a lot more interesting.Enter the Innovation Leadership Candidate: An NDP MP has thrown his hat in the ring in order to start…
Doug Saunders nails it: Tax the Crooks!
Doug Saunders Still wondering what the Occupation Movement is protesting about in New York, thousands of other American cities, and now hundreds of cities throughout the world?Then read the article…
Liberals, let’s make Steve Janke eat his words
National Post's Steve Janke thinks we are doomed. He thinks we will shrivel up and die:I have to wonder, therefore, if there is a cure for what ails the Liberal…
Ontario voters wishes thwarted; McGuinty government’s legitimacy questionable
So less than 50% of Ontario voters cast a vote, while half of them voted with their feet by staying home. Wonder why this happened?The system once again failed to…
Feingold gets it: The message of OccupyWallStreet is that people have been ripped off
At last someone has dug down to the root of the swell of public protest that has manifested itself in the OccupyWallStreet movement:Feingold rejected the argument — made even by…
Meet the Canadian rebel who sparked OccupyWallStreet
The spark for the insurgency that now grips the heart of Wall Street, and has spread to many other American cities as well as cities in other parts of the…
The Heart of OccupyWallStreet
The British are deft with words – is every Briton born a wordsmith? – and today The Guardian has come close to defining the heart of the American Spring now…
Who will nail OccupyWallStreet’s theses to the door of modern capitalism?
A pretty fast trajectory for a movement that many dismissed as nonsensical last week:After a weekend growth spurt, the New York financial district sit-in “Occupy Wall Street” has blossomed into…
The Cat supports Occupy Wall Street, the revolution that won’t go away
Michael Moore paid the protestors a visit, and on television was asked what he wanted. I want to see those responsible for the mess doing the perp walk, he said.Michael…
Powerful reason why Horwath should support PR now: her party is bleeding votes
The latest EKOS poll shows one dismaying finding that Andrea Horwath should respond to if she wants to end up on Friday in a position to influence the way the…
The Penny Pledge funding idea the Liberals should borrow
Hat tip to Accidental Deliberations for pointing the way to this: From the Rabble blog cometh forth this piece of wisdom about how to incentivize MPs in Quebec to sign…
UK Labour leader argues for new values for Britain
Ed Miliband's at the Labour Party conference has taken the bit between his teeth with his declaration that he is his own man, and not a copy of either Blair…
Greek PM frames it as a battle for the future
Here's one politician who – rather belatedly – has managed to frame the issue in a way which will make it difficult for Germany to say No. He has shifted…
Ontario NDP’s Andrea Horwath can remedy the democratic deficit, massive poll says
We are close to the wire in the race for a new provincial government in our most populated province, says a massive new poll. The chances right now are high…
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…
Harris Decima polls: NDP and Liberal cooperation – now and in 2010
The latest Harris Decima poll shows little appetite for a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party.However, this poll only shows the views of supporters of these two parties with…
Liberal Riding Associations: Will you take up this torch?
We are entering the time of conventions, when new policies will be discussed as part of the Liberal Party renewal process.I extend the invitation to Liberal riding associations to talk…
Should Trade Unions get 25% of the votes for the new NDP leader? A solution
This issue is boiling up right now, and on Friday the party brass will decide whether to continue the favoured position of trade unions by reserving one quarter of the…