The NDP’s Biggest Asset May be Their Biggest Liability
I watched the Macleans leadership debates again on Youtube, and noticed a few things that I hadn’t picked up on when watching it live. For one thing, Thomas Mulcair was…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Crawford Kilian reviews Tom Mulcair’s Strength of Conviction and describes what we can expect out of an NDP federal government as a result:…
The Leaders Debate: No One Won And Why It Doesn’t Matter
Tempting though it may be for those of us in the peanut gallery to rattle on about who won and who flopped in the Leaders Debate, the really important question…
When propaganda becomes memory: Pierre Trudeau and the National Energy Program
PHOTOS: Pierre and Justin Trudeau back in the day, with possibly quite a few Liberal supporters in the background. Below: Prime Minister Steve and Defence Minister Jason Kenney. Everybody in…
B.C. residents choose Mulcair as prime minister in post-debate poll
British Columbians polled just after last Thursday’s Maclean’s leaders debate would pick NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair for Canada’s next Prime Minister. The post B.C. residents choose Mulcair as prime minister…
No losers except Canadians in last night’s ditchwater-dull debate
PHOTOS: Zzzzzzzzz … Why are these men smiling? Below: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, sneering; Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair, smiling unnervingly; Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, doing his best to look pugnacious;…
How Thomas Mulcair Dashed the Hopes of Millions of Canadians
On July 17, 1996, Bill C-35 came into effect, which redefined the federal minimum wage to be the adult minimum wage, in the provinces where the work was performed; by…
The US May Have Trump; But Canada Has An Alien
Let’s put it this way; we could have used the swagger and unexpectedness Donald Trump presented in last nights US Republican debates in the Canadian leaders debate. Instead, the first…
And the verdict is…
Having set out my criteria for watching tonight’s leaders’ debate in today’s column, I’ll offer a quick rundown as to my evaluation. Justin Trudeau was by far the weakest of…
Is it good news or bad news for the Conservatives if Stephen Harper trumps Trump tonight?
PHOTOS: Stephen Harper, as imagined during tonight’s TV debate. (Photo of Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore.) Below: The real Mr. Harper and another shot of the real Mr. Trump. Now,…
New column day
Here, with my suggestions as to what viewers should watch for in tonight’s leaders’ debate – particularly in a campaign where we’ll have ample opportunity to see everything but interaction…
How We Are Helping Stephen Harper Destroy Our Democracy
This year, the Organization for Security and Economic Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), will be sending a delegation to Canada to monitor our upcoming election. This is primarily in response to…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michael Hiltzik discusses how corporate apologists are trying (but failing) to minimize the existence and importance of income inequality. Lawrence Martin notes that…
Why Mulcair Could Be in Trouble Over Bill C-51
I think by now most people realize that the NDP stance on Bill C-51 was crafted to make Justin Trudeau look bad. Before their vocal opposition, Mulcair had not yet…
On control freaks
While we’re on the subject of Stephen Harper’s campaign to insult Canada, let’s note the significance of his choice of attacks on Tom Mulcair. As others have pointed out, the…
NDP vaults past Conservatives, Liberals after 2015 election call: Poll
A Forum Research poll conducted after Stephen Harper officially called the 2015 federal election on Sunday shows that 39 per cent of Canadian voters would vote NDP if the election…
Election Called, Media in Crisis, International Observers Called In
Yesterday Prime Minister Harper dropped the election writ, and Canada is now in it’s 42nd election since confederation. There has been much speculation around the timing of the writ dropping.…
The New National Dilemma After Our Sharp Right Turn
I dug out a little book that I’d bought a while ago at a book fair: The National Dilemma and the Way OutIt was published in 1975, and co-written by…
This just in: Prime minister calls early election … I mean, calls an election early … What could possibly go wrong?
PHOTOS: The prime minister of Canada in a Navy hat. The new kind. Yeah! A macho Navy cap! Now where’s Tommy Flanagan, now that we need him again? No, not…
The One Question to Ask a Conservative Candidate in This Election
He did it. Stephen Harper dropped the writ and we’re heading into a 78 day election campaign. Oh joy! I’m serious. I intend to have a real conversation with my…