This is going to turn into a big headache for somebody. Truth be told, I can’t figure out if will be bad news for Dion or Harper, though. Thoughts? UPDATE: According to the National, Harper is asking for “2.5 million plus costs and GST”. Well, all I can say, is thank God for Jim Flaherty! […]

Paul Wells gives Judge Gomery and Joe Clark an epic smackdown – it’s a must read.

The people at freakonomics link to a detailed experiment on voter turn-out rates in the United States. In this case study, it was found that increased amounts of social pressure will increase voting rates. Here were the voter turn-out rates for the different groups: Control: 29.7%Civic Duty: 31.5% (sent a pamphlet telling them it was […]

I’ve been meaning to post something on this for some time now but got tied up in the Alberta election and the 20,000 ALLEGED “gates” that have hit the Harper government. I’ve been drifting towards one of the horses in the US Presidential race for a while and I made it “official” a few weeks […]

Interesting to see the federal government sit on this one until after the Alberta election, eh? OTTAWA — Ottawa will unveil new climate-change regulations this week that would force new oil sands projects and coal-fired electricity plants to capture and store the bulk of their greenhouse gases rather than spew them into the air. I’ll […]

For those who missed the Loud Dobbs-Jack Layton love-in last week, here it is. The two have been brought together by their belief that NAFTA has led to manufacturing jobs going to China.

I’m not sure how this made it through the house; I’d be very curious to hear if there’s a precedence for a money bill of this magnitude originating from an opposition MP’s private members bill becoming law. Either way, it’s off to the Senate now: OTTAWA — The Harper government vowed Thursday to kill legislation […]

Michael Fortier explains to Canadians what Stéphane Dion is really thinking and spins it that Dion is “turning into an adviser to [PQ Leader Pauline] Marois”. That’s a bit of a stretch, mainly because I don’t know why anyone would want strategic political advice from Mr. Dion…

The current government does not deserve to be defeated. Not only should they not be defeated, but past governments should not be defeated. It’s important to condemn parties for defeating past governments, no matter how unpopular those governments were. After all, defeating those past governments gave us the current government… …who does not deserve to […]

…until people stop calling it “NAFTA-gate“. Is it just me, or is there anything more annoying in politics than that need to “gate” suffix every scandal out there?