Gerard Kennedy has officially jumped into the leadership fray, with Ken Dryden to follow suit tomorrow. While I would have preferred to see Kennedy’s launch in Winnipeg to play up the Western angle, the last campaign to launch out of Manitoba was probably Louis Riel’s and that one ended rather poorly. The optics of having […]

Although I’ve been critical of a lot of Conservative policies (OK…all Conservative policies), this is one idea which I really do like. Obviously it doesn’t make a lot of sense in a minority government situation, but there’s no reason not to have fixed election dates when majority governments have been elected. Just from an internal […]

I was going to comment on the whole flag fiasco but Rick Mercer has waded in with ten times the post I could ever write on the topic. So, yeah – what Rick said.

For better or worse, Bob Rae is off and running in the Liberal leadership race. While a lot of people are questioning the motives of Rae’s supporters, I tip my hat to them. The Liberals backing Rae can say that they have been with him since the day he became a Liberal Party member, which […]

David Emerson has back tracked from comments he made referring to Harper as a “hard ass”. “I probably did say he was a hard-ass. It was meant as a compliment, not a criticism. If I call you a hard-ass I think you’re a pretty solid guy and you’ve got grit. If I call you a […]

Sure, the Liberal leadership race has gotten a lot of ink and there’s a lot of buzz about Preston Manning and the provincial PC race out here. But, the real leadership race we’ve all been following has finally played itself out – the PEI New Democrats have elected a new leader: Prince Edward Island’s New […]

Well, at the very least, he can’t shoot anyone if he’s asleep…

Hat Tips: Cowboys for Social Responsibility, a view from the left

Now that Ralph Klein has been neutered by his party’s membership, I doubt we’ll see a lot of bold ideas from him as his time in office withers away. Not that that’s new. On the bright side, Klein has backed down from the most controversial elements of his “third way” healthcare reforms.

While he couldn’t land Jim Karygiannis, Gerard Kennedy has assembled an impressive team of young MPs to back his leadership bid. Feel free to check out the Globe story which is a good story, by the mere definition that it makes my guy look pretty good. Feel free to continue last week’s 191 comment discussion […]