They’re baaaaaack! Canada’s New Government gave it’s second throne speech tonight. And since we’ve had a month of daily election speculation around it, let’s start there. With the Bloc and NDP against it, it’s all in Dion’s hands now. And while there are certainly some ominous promises, throne speeches are vague enough that the Liberals […]

The Tories are targeting ethnic voters and the Bloc…well…aren’t: Speaking to about 200 students at the University of Montreal, Mr. Duceppe blasted the “Canadian ideology of multiculturalism” and accused the federal government of failing to protect the French language in Quebec. Over all, Mr. Duceppe said, the other federal parties “are Canadian” and not up […]

With the Saskatchewan election in full swing, here’s an interview with Saskatchewan Liberal leader David Karwacki I did a week or two ago.

The PCs win the Newfoundland election. This is somewhat surprising. I didn’t even know Newfoundland had an election going on.

Can anyone out there imagine the reaction if a major daily published poll results during a federal campaign 8 to 18 days after the poll was taken? And tried to pass it off as front page news a week before E-Day? Especially when more recent polling data has already been published?

Time for your daily PC scandal… Alberta Deputy Premier Ron Stevens made a three-day pit stop in Hawaii on a 2003 winter trip to Australia for government business, a CBC investigation has shown. Stevens, also the province’s justice minister, was the minister responsible for gaming when he travelled to Australia in January 2003 to study […]

Jamey Carroll with the game winning hit Jamie Carroll resigns

Given what happened in the Quebec by-elections, one imagines people will be paying close attention to round two, expected this fall. One of those by-elections will be in Vancouver Quadra, Stephen Owen’s old riding and a Liberal riding since a man by the name of Turner won it in 1984. The Tories held their nomination […]

I decided to venture out to the Mulroney book signing in Calgary on Wednesday. Sure, he wasn’t a great Prime Minister, but he was a Prime Minister nevertheless. And not even the way Joe Clark or John Turner were Prime Ministers…Lyin‘ Brian was a real Prime Minister. Now, the last book signing I went to […]

Given that the throne speech is still 19 days away, I’d really rather not have to endure daily election speculation around it. I mean, can’t we talk about something a little more relevant, like Paris Hilton, or Britney?