Interesting… Apparently, Gerard Kennedy is leaning strongly to running in the leadership as the party renewal candidate. It will be interesting to see if the 308-riding strategy can lure Kennedy into the race. Like Obama running hard for delegates in Idaho, Kennedy is the candidate most likely to win delegates where the Liberals have been […]

Not. OTTAWA — The once-mighty Liberal party has raised less money from fewer donors so far this year than the NDP, traditionally the poor sister of Canadianpolitics. According to quarterly financial returns posted by Elections Canada, fewer than 35,000 donors contributed a total of $3.6 million to the Liberal party from January to September this […]

hat tip – Bowie In fairness, these guys have succesfully pranked a lot of big names, including Queen Elizabeth, during the Referendum.

This was a pretty standard Cabinet making exercise, with few surprises. Among the highlights: The Strong Performers Get Promoted Jim Prentice winds up with Environment (presumably because he’s the only member of caucus who owns a hybrid car) and Lawrence Cannon gets Foreign Affairs, meaning we’ll quickly see if the strong reputations Harper’s HoC flank-men […]

This is pretty cool – a visual history of the electoral college. hat tip –freakonomics

Tomorrow is Cabinet Day and, while it doesn’t figure to be as exciting as Harper’s first Cabinet (Floor crossers! Senators!), there’s still some intrigue surrounding it. With Flaherty locked in to Finance, the biggest mystery is who will take over the revolving door at Foreign Affairs. When I first drafted this post yesterday, I was […]

Barack’s infomercial appears tonight at 8 pm – the rumoured cost of 5 million dollars is about as much money of the Liberal Party raised in 2007, by the way. And later tonight, you can catch the next President on The Daily Show. Because, judging by the polls, this one’s as close to a lock […]

But I’m sure this won’t stop the rumours: OTTAWA — Frank McKenna announced today that he will not be a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. “Although I have been deeply moved by expressions of support for me from across the country, I have not been persuaded to change my long-standing […]

Because, in Canada, you now must always signal an election by calling off a trip to China: QUEBEC and MONTREAL — Quebec voters will likely face another election campaign before Christmas as Premier Jean Charest plans to call an election next week for a Dec. 8 vote. The stage was set for a snap election […]

There’s increasing chatter in the back channels that, because the upcoming Liberal policy convention has been turned into a leadership one, the convention itself might relocate from Vancouver to Toronto, Montreal, or Ottawa. Even though a Vancouver convention means a more expensive plane ticket for me, I think a move to central Canada would send […]