Despite all their talk about protecting the French language, the separatist movement has always taken a “je m’en fout” attitude towards francophones living outside of Quebec. So it shouldn’t be a big surprise that Gilles Duceppe went absolutely insane today over rather benign comments from the GG: In an interview published by the French newspaper […]

I suppose it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the people who spent all election whispering “no plan” have put forward a plan of their own to (sort of) unite the left in Alberta. Here’s what the Alberta Federation of Labour is proposing: 1) The Liberals, NDP and Greens would “divvy up” all Alberta ridings and agree […]

Since I’ve been bitching about the Liberal Party’s fundraising problems for ever and ever, it’s only fair to help them publicize this latest initiative. Meet “The Victory Fund” – a stab at trying to get those small time donors the CPC have so effectively recruited with their “give us 20$ because the CBC is eeeevil” […]

It wouldn’t surprise me if Liberals are starting to view by-elections like a trip to the dentist – every six months you get a bit of discomfort…with the possibility of a lot of discomfort if they find a cavity. And there’s a toothache right now, with another quartet of by elections looming. Asuming, of course, […]

A few random Sunday links” 1) The “six words for Bush” blog asks readers to submit 6 word memoirs about W. My favourite is the title of this post. 2) It sounds like something the Pastafarians would dream up, but there’s some data to suggest that climate change leads to more witch burnings… (h/t freakonomics) […]

With a neck and neck race for the democratic nomination, the usually insignificant Guam primary is now…slightly less insignificant. Barack Obama has become the first Democrat to ever set up a campaign office in Guam (Republican Rudy Gulliani, of course, set one up in January as part of his “Florida and Guam” strategy), while Bill […]

For those who missed it, the Hill Times released their annual MP awards (referred to as the “Hillies” my me and, nobody else). And the winners are… Sexiest MP First Maxime Bernier takes over Peter MacKay’s job in foreign affairs. Then he ends MacKay’s 9 year reign as the “sexiest MP” on the Hill. Anyone […]

Why don’t we just declare Stephen Harper “supreme emperor” and get it over with already? OTTAWA–Ottawa’s financial watchdog says she won’t go along with draft government rules that she says would undermine the independence of officers of Parliament like herself. Auditor-General Sheila Fraser found allies yesterday who condemned the Conservative proposal, which could mean that […]

…at least he’s doing better than this Liberal Party leader: TROUBLED WA Opposition leader Troy Buswell has broken down in tears at a press conference and admitted he sniffed the chair of a female Liberal Party staffer. With tears in his eyes, Mr Buswell had to compose himself before telling the media in Mandurah this […]

Maybe it’s best to just treat opposition motions as meaningless stunts but, at the same time, it’s hard to see the governing party voting non-confidence in the body tasked with organizing fair elections as inconsequential. For starters, William Corbett and other top officials are going to have to resign or be Keened. The government can’t […]