Vic Toews calls on all Canadians to be “vigilant against terrorism“, to help the government apprehend terrorists. I’m not sure what specifically we can do, but I guess this means we’ll all have to force ourselves to watch the next season of Canadian Idol now…

I, for one, say we just scrap the whole election and go straight to a dance off! So what’s the verdict? I think I may have to reluctantly give the edge to Harper. Who has the better dance moves? Iggy S-Harp    pollcode.com free polls

The writ drops today for the New Brunswick election, with the opposition Conservatives led by David Alward trying to oust Liberal incumbent Shawn Graham. I must confess that my knowledge of New Brunswick politics is mostly limited to Frank McKenna and Bernard Lord leadership rumours, so I don’t have many insights to share. I really […]

It’s been well publicized that the former two Chief Statisticians in this land were against the Census changes – one of them led the charge against change, and the other resigned in protest over it. Not surprisingly, their successor also acknowledges the results from a voluntary long form won’t be comparable to those of past […]

Police chiefs promise to wage public, political campaign for long-gun registry Police take on Harper over census

Over at The Mark, I take a look at the Liberal Party’s tumultuous love affair with Quebec voters over the years, and the state of the party in La Belle Province moving forward.

Now: Michael Ignatieff’s principal secretary and top Quebec aide quit because the Liberal Leader doesn’t know the province “from Minnesota,” Stephen Harper’s strategists say. The gloating memo, sent to Tory MPs and supporters Monday, was inspired by the departure of Jean-Marc Fournier. A former member of Quebec’s National Assembly, he left Jean Charest’s government in […]

11:00 am today: Conservatives slip, Liberals gain: poll 1:12 pm today: Tories rebound after mid-summer slump, hold six-point lead: poll

Baird to house leader. Strahl to transport. Duncan to Indian Affairs. Not much to see here. The PM trusts Baird, but we already knew that.

Brett Favre retires, Bristol and Levi break up, and John Tory announces he’s not running for mayor of Toronto.