Gordon Brown resigns – Labour leadership race to follow

Can Computers Replace Journalists?By FREAKONOMICS New software developed by computer science and journalism professors at Northwestern University, and licensed and distributed by Narrative Science of Evanston, Ill., may be bad news for some writers. The software can generate news stories from hard data inputs. ”There’s no human author and no human editing,” says Stuart Frankel, […]

It’s official: Tories drop Guergis as riding candidate The Conservative Party’s National Council has bounced Helena Guergis as the nominated candidate for Simcoe-Grey, CTV News has learned. She was informed of the decision Wednesday afternoon, as was her riding association, CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported. Sources told CTV News that Guergis was removed […]

With the UK election set for tomorrow, in true Canadian style, we’ve seen a last gasp “stop the Conservatives” strategic voting pitch being tossed out by Labour. Not a bad play on their part since I suspect voters would tend to overestimate their local Labour candidate’s chances and underestimate their local LibDems’. But even if […]

I’ve posted my thoughts on the James Moore hockey tweet “controversy” over at PuckProb. The short of it is this – Moore’s been a Canucks fan his entire life, so I tend to think he has suffered enough already. No need to pile on here. And, while I’m cross-promoting, here’s a look at the biggest […]

Michael Chong has proposed a motion to clean up Question Period: That the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to recommend changes to the Standing Orders and other conventions governing Oral Questions, and to consider, among other things, (i) elevating decorum and fortifying the use of discipline by the Speaker, to strengthen […]

…quarter 1 fundraising numbers are out! Yay! The Conservatives have outfundraised all of the opposition parties, combined, in the first quarter of 2010. According to the first quarter returns, just posted on Elections Canada’s website, the Conservatives have raised $4,023,923.14 from 32,466 donors. That’s $2,846,507 more than the other parties, including the Greens. The Liberals […]

Last week, Stephen Taylor posted a fundraising letter where Doug Finley used the Frank Graves CBC controversy to fill the Tory coffers. I’ve been able to get my hands on their latest CBC-attack fundraising letter, which I share with you here: Here we go again. Yes, I am writing to you about the CBC. Canada’s […]

The federal Alberta Liberals will be holding their convention in Lethbridge this weekend, with the big event being the race for President between incumbent George Hodgson, and the challenger, Dean Blake. Having been away from the scene for two years, I’m a little hesitant to weigh in, but my Victory Fund cheque still goes to […]

The biggest tongue twister of a name is leaving Ottawa: Winnipeg MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis is giving up her seat in Parliament. Effective May 1, the longtime NDP politician will resign the Winnipeg North seat she has held since 1997. Wasylycia-Leis, 58, made the announcement Tuesday in Ottawa. There has been speculation she intends to run […]