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Meanwhile, in Alberta
I’ll be doing a social media session at the Alberta Liberal Party’s “Politics Re imagined” convention on the weekend of May 28th, in Calgary. You can register here.
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In the interim
The Liberal Party will name an interim leader this Wednesday. While it may not be the most important decision to make over the next four years, it still deserves careful consideration. All indications are the permanent leader won’t be chosen for at least another year – and maybe two – so the interim leader will […]
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Just Visiting?
Guess not: Michael Ignatieff jumps to University of Toronto Michael Ignatieff has been given a cozy office with a fireplace in University of Toronto’s acclaimed Massey College and will take up teaching duties in the law faculty, political-science department, Munk School of Global Affairs and the School of Public Policy and Governance.
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Quick! Someone send out Ruth Ellen Brosseau to run damage control!
A pair of headlines from today: Mulcair to coach new NDP MPs NDP deputy leader doubts bin Laden photos exist
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Je m’excuse
If there’s one thing these election results have shown, it’s that we all owe Stephane Dion a big apology. For the past 3 years, he has been the punchline of every political joke. He has been ridiculed, and treated as if he were the biggest failure in the history of Canadian politics. And yet, as […]
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The return of Mad Max?
The Tories won just 6 seats in Quebec last night. Going down in defeat were arguably Harper’s three strongest Cabinet Ministers from the province: JP Blackburn, Josee Verner, and Lawrence Cannon. With Harper’s leadership on the party now secure, it seems highly likely that Maxime Bernier could find himself in a high profile Cabinet post […]
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About that unnecessary election…
A $300M Canadian election would change little: Pollster Canada is on the verge of being plunged into a $300-million federal election and after it’s all over Parliament could well look the same, an EKOS seat projection concludes. “No party would shift by more than a handful of seats and qualitatively this would be a virtually […]
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"With all of its shams, drudgery, and broken dreams, it’s still a beautiful world. Strive to be happy."
I don’t think I’m in a position to offer much insight right now. It’s hard to give a speech when you’ve been punched in the gut repeatedly. I’d accepted it would be bad but…wow. I’m not sure I’ve ever been quite this devastated by an election result. Like…wow… There will be lots of time in […]
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A look back
If you’re looking to kill time until the polls close, here’s a look back at some of the posts here from the past 36 days. Thanks to the usual suspects for commenting, and thanks to all for reading. Election blogging is always a lot of fun. Let’s do it all again next year! PREDICTIONS AND […]
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Polls, Projections, Predictions
A round-up of what might, but probably won’t, happen tonight: POLLS Leger: CPC 36%, NDP 31%, Lib 21%, BQ 7%, Green 4% Angus Reid: CPC 37%, NDP 33%, Lib 19%, BQ 6%, Green 4% Ipsos: CPC 38%, NDP 33%, Lib 18%, BQ 7%, Green 4% Nanos: CPC 37%, NDP 32%, Lib 21%, BQ 6%, Green […]