Calgary Grit

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Despite BC’s reputation for wild west politics, Tuesday’s election stayed on script, with Gordon Campbell easily winning a third straight majority government: Liberals: 49 seats, 46%NDP: 36 seats, 42% So, no change in the popular vote from 2006, and the parties each gained 3 new seats. How thrilling. So what does it all mean? 1. […]

After months of anticipation, they’ve finally arrived. Tory attack ads against Michael Ignatieff! Will they air? Who knows. It’s a tactical shift to leak it out on Stephen Taylor’s blog, rather than doing a big press conference in the death star – I’ll be very curious to see what kind of earned media these get. […]

For anyone interested, the Post’s “Full Comment” online blogging portal will now be including occasional posts from this blog – presumably in an effort to subject the largely right-wing commentators there to some good old fashioned pinko Liberal propaganda.

Tonight, British Columbians head to the polls, looking to give Gordon Campbell a third straight majority. No doubt, the province will be in a testy mood following the Canucks’ elimination last night, so the real question is who they’ll take their anger out on. Had I been living in BC four years ago, I probably […]

Tagline: “A Conservative Leader for a Conservative Party” and “Common Sense Solutions That Help Ordinary Ontarians“ Unofficial Tagline: “A Conservative Leader for those of you who think Mike Harris was too much of a pinko commie“ Image: Randy is rockin’ the suspenders. The Basics: The basics are all there on the front page for everyone […]

With the Star Trek franchise on life support, following recent film and TV flops, this is just what the EMH ordered. JJ Abrams’ fingerprints are all over this one, and the end result is a fast-paced, hip, sexy, funny, and action-packed movie. If you’re not a Trek fan, this one will make for a good […]

NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo to Labour Minister Peter Fonseca: “The question is: Will you stand up for the Liberal Party or will you stand up for workers in Ontario?” asked Ms. DiNovo. “Will you penalize Ruby Dhalla? Will you put Ruby Dhalla in jail?“ Yes, why bother even having an investigation or a trial? Surely […]

…come from Gilles Duceppe. Seriously – had this been the image MI put forward himself in the past, I would have been very tempted to support him in one of the past two leadership races: The central targets for the Bloc are Mr. Ignatieff’s general demeanour, as well as any past opinion that can be […]