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6:35 pm: Quite the tie Tim Hudak is sporting. 6:46 pm: For those keeping track of mentions of random “hard working Ontarian” anecdotes, we’ve heard about the problems facing Ryan, Kevin (the Wallmart worker), and Katherine so far. 6:54 pm: Interesting set…is everyone up for a game of paintball afterwards? 6:56 pm: McGuinty has put […]

For those worried the Ontario election lacked a meaty ballot questions, comes the most exciting statistical controversy since the scrapping of the mandatory long form Census: There are 13 statistical graphs in the Changebook. Every single one reveals significant errors in labelling, citation, scaling, and proportion. In a few cases, the illustrated data is actually […]

September 2nd: Thomas Mulcair says he won’t run for the leadership of the NDP unless the party agrees to hold its convention in late winter or early spring, because he wouldn’t be able to compete in a short race. September 19th: [Muclair] told reporters on Monday that he has truly not decided if he will […]

I find the media generally tends to assign too much importance to endorsements during leadership races. After all, Christy Clark came out on top in BC earlier this year with a lone MLA backing her. But some endorsements do mater. And since Olivia Chow has said she will stay neutral in the race, this is […]

The rules have been set. The NDP will select their next leader March 24th in Toronto. The entry fee will be $15,000, with a $500,000 spending limit. It will be one-member-one-vote, and unions will no longer receive a set percentage of the vote. Not that I would want the job, but were I in charge […]

Thomas Mulcair has broken his silence and made it clear he will not run for his party’s leadership, unless they select a timeline to his liking: OTTAWA — Thomas Mulcair says he won’t run for the leadership of the NDP unless the party agrees to hold its convention in late winter or early spring, because […]

There’s a lot of talk today about the eventual by election for Jack Layton’s Toronto-Danforth seat. Many Liberals are salivating at the prospect of a victory there which would pull them within a mere 67 seats of official opposition status: Liberals hope to paint Layton’s Toronto riding red again Liberal Party president Alfred Apps is […]

I’ll admit it. I was worried it would be difficult to find blog content in the new majority government reality. And then, this gift from the blogging gods: Martin may run for NDP leadership in bid for Liberal merger OTTAWA – Manitoba NDP MP Pat Martin says he’ll run for the NDP leadership himself if […]

It was 40 years ago today that Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives swept to power, ending Alberta’s third political dynasty, and starting its fourth. Lougheed’s slogan was 3 letters long (“NOW”) and his message was simple – as recounted in Rennie’s Alberta Premiers of the 20th Century: These times of turmoil – of protest – of […]