The Hall of Fallen Candidates grows: Conservatives – 2The Halifax Tory who lasted as long in the race as Gilles Duceppe’s PQ leadership runThe blogging Tory Liberals – 2The Quebec radio host who mused about killing nativesAnother Liberal who made anti-native remarks…albeit back when he was in Mulroney’s Cabinet NDP – 3The BC drug advocate […]

Elizabeth May has been doing a cross-country train trip this week to drum up Green Party support in small towns. Being a sap for retro-campaigning, I’ve got to say I really like this idea – especially for a party trying to grab headlines and a leader trying to position herself as being different than other […]

A look at the lighter side of the campaign so far, through the cartoons. Hat tips to Aislin, MacKay, Cook, the Globe, and Maple Leaf Web.

Updates to follow once I get some free time, but for now: Read the Platform Globe Recap A Richer CanadaThe Liberal platform stays true to the Liberal legacy of strong economic and fiscal management, including commitments to: Balance the budget: We will restore the $3-billion contingency fund abandoned by the Conservatives to give Canada’s government […]

The Conservatives say Toronto Centre Tory candidate Chris Reid resigned this weekend after telling them that he couldn’t commit to serving four years in government. 2008 Toronto Centre By Election ResultsLiberal 59%NDP 13.8%Green 13.4%CPC 12.3%

Week 1 in Review On the Net: (Conservative) Premier Danny Williams’ ABC campaign has a website. And be sure to check out the Democratic Space campaign coverage. Quote of the Week: “My own belief is if we were gong to have some kind of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by […]

After fretting about the political dangers of the Listeria scare, Ritz quipped: “This is like a death by a thousand cuts. Or should I say cold cuts.” Then when told of a death in Prince Edward Island, Ritz said, “Please tell me it’s (Liberal MP) Wayne Easter.”

The Greens released their platform today – smartly trimming down their previous 160 page policy document to a slick 8 pages (including pictures!). Although I know they’d disagree, from my view it appears the Greens are trying to stake out the left of the spectrum. While the Dippers have become a lot more populist and […]

The Liberals released their PSE platform today and, since I think this is an important and often overshadowed policy area, I figured I should critique it. As luck would have it, an expert in the field sent me in his (rather lengthy) synopsis of it which I will repost rather than giving my own 2 […]

Who do you think Tory officials would have referred to with that colourful language? Liberals? The CBC? Elections Canada? Nope. Those words were in reference to Conservative campaigns who felt uneasy at the in-an-out scheme. Hat Tip – Radwanski