Surely Canada’s self-proclaimed hockey historian PM can’t refuse, can he? OTTAWA — National Hockey Day? That’s what the third Friday in February would become in Canada if a member of Parliament from Alberta has her way. Linda Duncan has already produced one political miracle — winning the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona for the NDP in the […]

Ed Stelmach(February 23, 2008): “A Progressive Conservative government will never put Alberta back into a deficit position” Ed Stelmach (today): “Err…on second thought…” Alberta has joined the deficit club! Alberta’s Finance Minister Iris Evans has let it be known that the province will post a billion dollar deficit for the 2008-09 financial year. As a […]

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The year was 2006. Stephen Harper was sworn in as Prime Minister. Ed Stelmach and Stephane Dion pulled off upsets in high profile leadership races. Nelly Furtado was singing Promiscuous Girl. Canada’s men’s hockey team lost to Switzerland at the Olympics. And Canwest was reporting on Iggy’s mini-Iggy. Is any of this news? Well, given […]

After a fierce battle, they’ve called off the battle. For those just tuning in now: QUEBEC — A slugfest of insults between federalists and separatists that threatened to turn to violence led to cancellation of the re-enactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham marking the 250th anniversary of the British conquest of New […]

Some very encouraging news from this week’s Hill Times: The federal Liberals are looking to Canada’s ethno-cultural communities, as well as at state-of-the-art voter targeting software to sell more memberships and revamp their formerly moribund fundraising efforts. New Liberal Party National Director Rocco Rossi, a longtime confidante of new Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) and […]

For those who missed it, Maclean’s has a great one-on-one Q & A with Michael Ignatieff up on their site – Ken Whyte really hit him with some tough questions and, by and large, Iggy seemed to defend himself well.

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With the economic bad news pilling on, Canadians have become more and more concerned about losing their jobs. And for no industry is that fear more real than in…politics. I took a quick look at the historical trends before Christmas. Now, let’s gaze ahead to see just how worried the men and women who lead […]

From QP today: Mr. Pierre Poilievre (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, CPC): Mr. Speaker, it is clear, in fact, that the tape was tampered. The matter is now settled and both parties are pleased with that settlement. From Stephen Harper’s audio expert: A tape recording at the […]