Allow me to draw your attention to a pair of recent items on Pundits’ Guide: 1. The pace of candidate nominations has picked up, but the parties still have a long way to go, if you assume an early October writ drop. The Tories have nominated 175 candidates, the Liberals 77, the Greens 33, the […]

So, as usual, I was spending my Sunday evening unwinding by watching the NDP YouTube channel, when I came across this gem – Jack Layton’s response’s to the Conservative budget. Remember, this Friday’s confidence vote on the ways and means motion is for that very same budget, and there’s been a lot of noise about […]

Ignatieff vows never to form coalition Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff vowed Friday that his party would never enter into a governing coalition and said he could make Parliament work without such a deal. “In January, we did not support a coalition, and we do not support a coalition today or tomorrow,” Ignatieff told reporters in […]

As much as I love leadership races, and as interesting as it is to watch a race where the winner actually becomes Premier, I don’t plan to follow the Manitoba NDP leadership race to replace Gary Doer that closely. As in, this will probably be the last post on it until so-and-so wins. So, if […]

Do you think it is easy to make priorities?

With an election call likely under a month away, we’re starting to get an idea of the narratives the parties will be using to try and frame the campaign. After all, elections are all about the 10 second story, be it “throw the crooks out“, “it’s the economy stupid“, “we need free trade“, or “hope“. […]

Now: QUEBEC — Gilles Duceppe on Tuesday defended plans by organizers to read aloud the 1970 Front de Liberation du Quebec manifesto during a festival this weekend on the Plains of Abraham, telling reporters it is history and those who object are condoning “censorship.” Then: Quebec sovereigntists have promised to protest outside the [Plains of […]

It’s back to school time across Canada so, for those of you lucky enough to have tuned out politics this summer, here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening on the federal scene. Conservatives: Spent the summer making it perfectly clear that the Conservative Party is in no way funding any sort of gay festivals, […]

There’s been a lot of debate over whether or not Canadians want an election this fall. So, rather than give my take, I’ll let Misters Harper and Ignatieff do the talking. The argument against an election, usually goes like this: “We need an election like a hole in the head. It is not the preferred […]

“Is an election the answer? No, a change of direction is. But if the Liberals come through with a non-confidence motion, don’t hold your breath that the NDP will back up Mr. Harper — you’d fall over.”–Jack Layton, last week NDP Leader Jack Layton is to hold a news conference Thursday to clarify the party’s […]