Leadership 2012 Roundup
Apparently there have been a few developments in the NDP’s leadership race – and indeed enough that I’ll likely need to apply a bit more a filter on what I…
Apparently there have been a few developments in the NDP’s leadership race – and indeed enough that I’ll likely need to apply a bit more a filter on what I…
Assorted content to end your weekend. – David Olive highlights the complete lack of need for the Cons’ planned attacks on Old Age Security: Say what you will of Stephen…
Alice has taken a thorough look at the 2011 Q4 fund-raising totals in the NDP’s leadership race and mused that fund-raising may serve as a proxy for first-ballot support. But…
Yes, Alice comes as close as one can to distilling the entire NDP leadership race into a single post. But there’s still plenty going on as the field becomes official…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Frances Russell criticizes the Cons’ latest attempts to stifle parliamentary accountability. And the Citizen can only scoff at Tony Clement’s claim to…
This and that for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom tries to be optimistic about the year ahead, and likely settles on the best reason for hope that Canada’s politics…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Alice offers her own take on Ian Capstick’s leadership musings by questioning why a current candidate would see more prospect of influencing…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – If you’re only going to read one analytic take on the NDP leadership campaign, make it Alice’s – featuring this take on Thomas…
Alice posts the latest NDP membership numbers, showing a sharp spike in several regions of the country even before the leadership campaign has started in earnest. And the immediate growth…
Assorted content for your Friday reading.- Alice posts the full party spending numbers from May's election. And the story in fact looks to have been near-maximum spending by each of…
Assorted content to end your weekend.- Of course the ongoing leadership race will do plenty to determine the NDP's future direction. But for those thinking all will be quiet in…
This and that for your weekend reading.- Alice provides the definitive overview of the NDP's leadership campaign, including the right perspective on who will decide the race:It is entirely possible…
Assorted content to start your week.- Once again, the NDP's popular support is holding up in the face of plenty of predictions to the contrary. But I'm sure we'll hear…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- For those with a few months to kill between now and next March, now may be the time to direct a browser tab toward…
I won't try to catalogue all of the writing about Jack Layton's passing today, but here are a few pieces worth a look... - Steven Staples concludes that Layton's reputation…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Tom Mills challenges the Cons to show any job creation whatsoever as a result of their non-stop corporate tax slashing:The thing is, if corporate…
One more note on today's fund-raising news which is best seen in Alice's historical quarterly data.For 2011 Q2, total fund-raising for the NDP, Libs, Bloc and Greens was $7,918,876.12 -…
Alice notes that all three official parties in Parliament amassed record fund-raising totals during the course of this spring's election campaign. But it's worth adding one asterisk to the raw…