September 1st, 2009: “Stephen Harper has been prime minister for four years, and he’s never visited China. We’ll be there next week.” September 2nd, 2009: Ignatieff cancels trip to China after election threat. June 15, 2010: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff to visit China.

Jim Dinning is named U of C Chancellor I know the vote’s been held, but I’m still willing to wager money he finds a way to blow this before taking on the title on July 1st…

1) Hop on the big red bus – it’s time for a summer road trip! Hopefully the bus rolls across the Prairies because… 2) …the National Post also believes the Liberals should look West. I’m always worried when I agree with the Post but, then again, the paper might start looking downright socialist when compared […]

I get the concerns about vote splitting on the left. Given the differences between the people who vote NDP and the people who vote Liberal, I don’t think those concerns are founded but, yeah, I get them. So rather than lunge into a merger, why not just switch to a preferential ballot? The Liberals and […]

So I was asked to pen a short piece for The Mark a few weeks ago on how to fix the Liberal Party. I foolishly overlooked the idea of blowing up the party as a solution, suggesting instead that the Liberals need to expand their support base outside of the GTA. The full article can […]

Liberal, NDP insiders talk merger Senior insiders with the federal Liberals and New Democrats have been holding secret talks about the possibility of merging their parties to form a new entity to take on the Conservatives, CBC News has learned. Many Liberal insiders confirmed that discussions between the two parties are not just focused on […]

This seems perfectly reasonable to me: Ignatieff willing to lead coalition, but talk of merger with NDP is ‘absurd’ Michael Ignatieff says coalition governments are “perfectly legitimate” and he’d be prepared to lead one if that’s the hand Canadian voters deal him in the next election. But the Liberal Leader says it would be disrespectful […]

Last week, I posted about why a Liberal-NDP merger is unlikely to work. However, after listening to the arguments of many Liberals over the past week, I have come a new conclusion. I now support a merger. A merger between the Liberal and the Conservative parties. I know many of you will laugh, but let’s […]

I won’t spend as much time going through the NDP or Bloc vote as I did for the Liberals and Conservatives. Unlike for the other two parties, the NDP vote isn’t quite as predictable – the best model I can come up with only accounts for a little over half of the variation. Personally, I […]