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The Hits Keep Coming
It’s been a very rough start to the 43rd General Election for Elizabeth May’s Green Party. Between candidate vetting that’s proved to be lacking, a poor platform launch with gaffes…
Failures at Launch
We are onto Day 7 of the 43rd General Election and the parties are all spread out around the country trying to win over peoples votes. A big piece of…
Podiums for Six
It was about a month ago that the brand new Federal Election Debates Commission decided on the guest list for the two big Commission debates on October 7th and 10th.…
More #Elxn43 Candidate Vetting Headaches
As we start Day 6 of the 43rd General Election, an early on-going theme has been the problems that some campaigns are having with the vetting of their candidates, and…
When Goliath Thinks He’s David
Ms Soapbox and her daughter were admiring the statues in the Borghese Gallery in Rome when Amnesty International published an open letter expressing its concern that Mr Kenney’s decision to…
Linguistic Gymnastics
We’re onto Day 4 of the 43rd General Election and the first weekend of campaign events. The first few days have been interesting to watch, to see how the different…
Bye-den
The Democracts mostly don’t mind having a President going out of his mind after being boiled frogs thanks to Trump and Bush. Check out Biden’s rambling answer in a debate.…
Talking #FirstDebate with Bill Carroll
This afternoon I had the chance to join Bill Carroll on his nationwide “The Bill Carroll Show” with Shane McKenzie and Amanda Galbraith. We talked about last nights first debate…
What You Need to Know – Week 1 of #Elxn43
During the campaign I’m happy to have the chance to take part in some different projects, one of which is being launched today. “What You Need to Know” is a…
Rising to the Moment
Last night we saw the first debate of the 2019 Federal Election, and it was a night with a lot at stake for those taking part. While every party leader…
Liberals won’t miss Jane or Jody.
There is an erroneous assumption that liberal voters in their B.C. and Ontario ridings would want to vote for former Trudeau cabinet members Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould. That is…
A Cheeky Delivery
During every election campaign many different groups come out to take positions on various issues of the day. In some cases, that involves taking a stance either against or for…
Round One Minus One
We are onto Day 2 of the 43rd General Election and after a first day that included some good speeches, some travel changes, some bus-on-plane contact and an interesting reminder…
In defence of print media.
Starting the day with coffee and the newspaper is a formula that works for me. The coffee wakes me and the newspaper introduces the day, informs, incites and inspires me.…
What’s Going On?
Half of the kitty cats just walked by to sniff my hand only to keep walking as I started to pet them, so they wouldn’t be mistaken as being too…
A Sin of Omission?
In this day and age we tend to closely examine what our political leaders say, and for good reason. The words that most politicians speak during prepared moments are very…
Knights in Dull Armor
With the official start of the 43rd General Election this morning, it’s on and the campaigns are into full swing. As the party leaders start to criss-cross the country and…
Canada’s Political Colour Spectrum, Updated
Ouch. Elizabeth May has been dropped from my choice of leaders. How about you?
Starting with a Bang
This morning the 43rd General Election will kick off, with Liberal leader Justin Trudeau heading to Rideau Hall to visit the Governor General. With that, the campaigns are now rolling,…