There was a lot of ink spilled about Liberal rebuilding in the wake of the May 2nd shellacking – both among pundits and party members. Although much of that talk has cooled, with January’s biennial convention approaching, it’s likely time to renew the renewal discussion. What I like about the renewal discussion so far is […]

Nathan Cullen shakes up the Mulcair-Topp cage match with an interesting idea: His plan would be to let grassroots members of the three parties [Liberals, NDP, Greens] decide in each riding currently held by the Conservatives whether they wanted to hold a joint nomination meeting. If they agree, all parties could run candidates at that […]

…Justin Trudeau won’t run, but Thomas Mulcair will. So this sets us up for a Mulcair-Topp battle for Stornoway. All early indications are that Topp and Mulcair will play nice with each other, while their supporters mercilessly smear each other in the press. After watching Liberals do this very thing for years, I’d caution against […]

Three of Alberta’s political parties have now held leadership races this year, with the Wildrose Alliance having picked their leader two years ago. Below are the number of Albertans who voted in each contest: Progressive Conservatives: 59,359 on ballot one, 78,176 on ballot twoAlberta Liberals: 8,640Wildrose Alliance: 8,200Alberta Party: 1,200 Yes, the PC total is […]

Stephen Harper speaks out in favour of “modernizing” the rules for succession when it comes to selecting Britain’s, and Canada’s, head of state. …just so long as this modernization doesn’t including allowing Canada’s head of state to be Catholic, Canadian, or born outside a certain gene pool.

Sad and unexpected news, as former MP Reg Alcock died this morning at the age of 63. I’m sure most will remember his time in Cabinet, but what will stick in my mind was a mild controversy I helped stir up at the 2005 Liberal Policy Convention. I was president of the University of Calgary’s […]

…except in 2011 in Canada. Add the Manitoba NDP to the growing list of parties re-elected with a strong, stable majority government. The Newfoundland PCs and Saskatchewan Saskies will join then shortly. We’ll find out about Ontario on Thursday.

Down to third-party status federally. Teetering in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. In opposition everywhere else. Except in PEI. The province that makes up 9% of the federal Liberal caucus decides to stick with Ghiz: Ghiz’s Liberals return to power in PEI The Liberals came back to power with a reduced majority in Prince Edward […]

Although 40 years of one-party rule and pre-ordained election results can make for dull politics, I will give Alberta’s PC dynasty credit for tossing the occasional surprise towards us political junkies. And surprise us they did on Saturday night. For the third consecutive PC leadership contest, the frontrunner fell in spectacular fashion. Alison Redford is […]