-
This Week in Northumberland, UK
What I love most about Ed Stelmach is how his government seems drawn to the silly little screw-up stories. The latest example: EDMONTON – Tourism officials in northeastern England are both pleased and baffled by a new $25-million Alberta rebranding campaign that features a photo of children frolicking on one of its North Sea beaches. […]
-
Taxe sur toutes les choses
A shocking new poll out today: The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey indicates that 30 per cent of respondents nationwide are less likely to vote Liberal in the next election as a result of the party leader’s reflections on taxes last week; only 16 per cent are more likely to support the Grits. The damage was […]
-
NDP Fantasy
There’s some internet speculation floating around about the NDP extracting a referendum on PR as the price for keeping Harper’s government afloat. Ain’t gonna happen. Not a chance. No way. As much as the NDP would love a PR referendum, they couldn’t even get that deal out of Paul Martin when he was desperately trying […]
-
Results for People…When our Polling Numbers Drop
So Jack Layton’s “I’m the only man willing to oppose Harper” shtick seems to have run its course: OTTAWA — The House of Commons should spend the next couple of months focusing on reforms to employment insurance and pensions, not electioneering, NDP Leader Jack Leader says. It’s a significant change in tactics for Mr. Layton, […]
-
Policy Watch
Although the focus of the upcoming LPC convention seems to be all about WOMOV (oh, and I guess picking a leader), it is still a policy convention. As discussed before, policy debate took place online for the first time ever – a welcome change since it gave everyone the opportunity to participate. And it appears […]
-
You May Now Be Seated – The Tory Race to Replace Tory
Friday was the deadline to enter the Ontario PC leadership race and, even though the contest has been somewhat wired for Tim Hudak, a field of four MPPs has emerged – Hudak (the frontrunner), Randy Hillier (think right…then walk a few more steps right), Christine Elliott (Jim Flaherty’s wife), and Frank Klees (Jaine Klees‘ husband). […]
-
The Ongoing WOMOV Saga
There’s been a lot of blog bluzz over the proposal to change the Liberal leadership process to a weighted one-member-one-vote system, and the subsequent YLC amendment to set up youth quotas. A few weeks ago, there was a change to the amendment procedure where instead of a 50% vote up front, the YLC amendment would […]
-
Game Theory in Canadian Politics
Tom Flanagan has a Globe op-ed where he muses about the Liberals needing to “re-activate” the coalition in order to bring Harper down. Yeah…because Stephen Harper has never voted with the “separatists” and the “socialists” to bring down a Liberal government. His slightly more valid point is that Ignatieff doesn’t enjoy the same benefit Harper […]
-
STV
There’s a lot of buzz out in the blogosphere about the latest poll. No, not that one – this one: Vancouver, B.C. – The numbers are in and British Columbia voters are giving a big thumbs up to electoral reform with 65 per cent saying they will vote for BC-STV in the upcoming referendum on […]
-
The Long and Winding Road
The Renewal Committee releases its report, and puts the emphasis on a 308 riding strategy. I’ve already given my comments on this – in short, I think this is a step in the right direction. The real challenge is ensuring this doesn’t get buried like, well, most other reports.