(I’ll be updating this thread if anything interesting happens today…) I know every newscast these days has a constitutional expert citing precedence (that, and streeters with angry Albertans). But the fact of the matter is, this is unprecedented. Michaelle Jean is today setting the precedence future scholars will cite. And, because of that, she needs […]

…there was a delay in the delivery of my blog post. I don’t have much to say about the speeches, other than this whole rumpus continues to remind me of May 2005. I kept expecting Harper to end his speech talking about how his father brought him to Parliament Hill as a child. There was […]

Previously on days of our parliamentary lives… Gilles and Stock plotted to form a coalition. Gilles, Jack, and Steve plotted to form a coalition. Gilles, Jack, and Stephane plotted to form a coalition (now the #3 story in the world). And now, today’s thrilling non-conclusion to our story: 1. A Leger poll is out tonight. […]

…here’s my bottom line. Looking at this one objectively, Harper should compromise on the FU, the opposition should back him, and he should therefore stay in power until the next election (when, hopefully, he deservingly gets his ass handed to him). But since the man has shown himself incapable of compromise, the coalition has every […]

1. We have the first bit of national polling data which tells us…I don’t want to say “nothing”, but “inconclusive” would be a good way to describe it. 2. Andrew Potter on coalition governments. Also at Macleans, Aaron Wherry recaps today’s QP session, which he aptly describes as “democracy thrown to the hyenas” – after […]

November 18th: The less partisan throne speech comes with promises of a more civil Parliament, following the Oct. 14 federal election. Although pledges to cool down the parliamentary rancour have been made in the past, some are suggesting moves to address the economic downturn could achieve those goals. “There seems to be a consensus that […]

The final round of the Canadian blog awards has arrived. And since I know you’ve all appreciated my spot-on analysis over the past year (“Harper’s move to remove public subsidies is brilliant!”), please take a moment to vote for this blog in the “best political blog category“, or any of the other ones I’ve been […]

I’ll admit I was always of the opinion that this coalition would never come to pass but, after watching the trio’s press conference yesterday, it certainly seems like a very real possibility. So the question now becomes – is it inevitable? The internal problems appear to have been resolved and the major principles for power […]

Memo to the National Post: Yes, I know your chief rival won’t print a story unless there are “Liberal insiders” to quote. But that’s no excuse. And when you splash “Liberal-NDP plan would see Ignatieff as PM” on your front page just hours before Dion is unanimously chosen to lead the coalition, you come across […]