The left wing media bias rears its ugly head. Michael Ignatieff proves he’s not an elitist. Stephen Haper in 2006: “Meeting celebrities was the other guy’s schtick“. Since then, he’s been rather “hot and cold” on that subject, one could say. Cabinet Meeting at 24 Sussex. How could anyone have know she would interupt the […]

After hearing from Alexandra Mendes and Sheila Copps last week, my tour of LPC Presidential candidates lands on Ron Hartling today. Who is Ron Hartling? Ron is the former riding president in Kingston and the Islands, one of the few bright spots for the Liberals on May 2nd. Outside of politics, he’s a former diplomat […]

The above ad was from the NDP’s positive hope-filled election campaign. In it, the NDP pointed to Ignatieff’s attendance record and accused him of “not showing up for work”. Funny thing though. As pointed out by Jeff Jedras in October, and the Globe this morning, NDP MPs looking for a promotion to the job of […]

The Liberal Party’s Million Conversations campaign to raise a million dollars has featured almost daily e-mails from current Liberal MPs, past Liberal greats, and Paul Martin. These letters have taken on an increasingly frantic tone, culminating in Jean Chretien’s warning yesterday that Harper may re-open the abortion and Same Sex Marriage issues. Obviously that’s not […]

Daniel Paillé, the man Stephen Harper trusted to investigate the Liberal Party, is the new leader of the Bloc Quebecois. However, the media attention has not been on Paillé, but on the anemic total of 14,000 who bothered to vote in the leadership contest. It’s certainly not a number to get excited about. After all, […]

The NDP may not believe in using financial incentives to encourage environmentally conscious behaviour, but leadership candidate Paul Dewar has come up with a market solution that incentivizes political parties to run female candidates: OTTAWA—New Democratic leadership candidate Paul Dewar wants to bring back the political subsidy the Conservative government axed after winning a majority […]

Having already profiled Alexandra Mendes, my tour of LPC presidential candidates turns next to Sheila Copps. Who is Sheila Copps? I suspect everyone going to the convention is familiar with Sheila Copps. If you’re under 30, you probably remember her as the highest profile casualty of the Martin-Chretien wars, when she lost a nomination battle […]

Last week, I lamented that kind of dirty tactics we saw in Mount Royal are turning Canadians off politics (as did Bruce Anderson). As luck would have it, the good folks at Samara released a report today looking at why politically disengaged Canadians are disengaged. It makes for a good read, on an important topic.

Last week, I provided my initial impressions on the field of LPC presidential candidates. Today, I begin posting posting the candidates’ responses to a questionnaire I sent out to each of them. Up first- Alexandra Mendès. Who is Alexandra Mendès? Mendès won Brossard-LaPrairie after a recount in 2008 – a rare pickup for the Liberals […]

Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring charged with impaired driving: sources EDMONTON – According to sources within the federal government, Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring has voluntarily resigned from caucus after being charged with impaired driving following a weekend fundraising event. No word yet on whether or not Rahim Jaffer was in the car.