The Wild Rose Party still don’t have a leader, but they now have a policy platform. Among the highlights of their founding convention: -Setting up an Alberta provincial pension plan -Abolish health care premiums -Allow private health care in Alberta -No funding of abortions by health care (except in extreme circumstances) -Their view on Stelmach’s […]

There are only 9 days to go in the Saskatchewan provincial election and due to a complete absence of any polling data, there’s actually a bit of intrigue around the whole thing. I tend to agree with the common concensus that the NDP have hit a wall and the Sask Party is marching to a […]

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said distributors and retailers should lower prices “as soon as possible” to reflect a soaring Canadian dollar, and held up a copy of the latest Harry Potter book as an example of how some items are still much cheaper in the U.S. […] Flaherty said he looked at a copy of […]

Let’s shed a moment of silence for “Canada’s New Government” which is, alas, no more. After 21 months, the oft-ridiculed slogan is gone. It appears the “North Star” is gaining favour as the new catch phrase. I guess it’s no surprise that the hockey historian PM would pick a defunct hockey team to brand the […]

It’s kind of refreshing to see a party in worse shape than the Liberals: Curzi backtracked from suggestions a sovereign Quebec could strip West Island anglophones of their right to vote, saying that once Quebec became sovereign, all residents of the new country would automatically become Quebec citizens, with full voting rights. In an interview […]

The Liberals hire a new national director – former Rae leadership guy, Greg Fergus.

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For the first time in recent memory, there’s good news for the Liberals in Quebec, with Marc Garneau agreeing to run in Westmount – this after a fairly public feud between him and Dion last month. There was good news for another Quebecois star candidate as well today, as Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire gave […]

Stephen Harper’s new New Government appears to have survived the throne speech so its next test will be on an omnibus crime bill – most of it being composed of legislation sent to parliamentary purgatory this spring. It will be a matter of confidence which seems fair enough to me, given the size of it […]

For those who missed it: WASHINGTON (CNN) – Conservative commentator and best-selling author Ann Coulter may find herself in the midst of a controversy for comments Monday suggesting America would be better if everyone was Christian. Asked by CNBC host Donny Deutsch what the U.S. looks like in her dreams, Coulter said it would look […]