-I have to give a thumbs down to Ontario’s MMP referendum. I’m not completely against electoral reform, but when you have party leaders writing the party list, you have a situation where MPPs are being appointed which strikes me as being completely against the principle of having an elected house.

-Buzz is the Liberals will be releasing TV ads this week.

-The Hill Times has a good run down of the backroom mechanics going on in Parliament regarding key legislative bills and (of course) election timing.

-For anyone interested in drafting an essay dealing with the impact of technology on modern debate, check out this contest.

-Don Baird had a column in the Herald last week talking about the Alberta Liberal Party’s “attack on Stelmach” plan of action.

-Stories like this, would seem to lend some credence to the theory that the May-Dion deal is targeted not so much at Peter MacKay, but rather at Jack Layton.

-Elizabeth May mentioned this little old blog on QP yesterday. Since she’s let the cat out of the bag, I guess I can announce what has long been rumoured. Liz and I have signed a pact whereby she refers to me as a “funny blogger” and I do not call her decision to run in Central Nova “mind numbingly stupid”. I’m sure this move will be controversial, but we feel it will be mutually beneficial.

-In one of my all time favourite inadvertent transitions, a CTV news story the other days on Canadians being overweight was followed by an add for Tim Horton’s new triple chocolate donuts.