Calgary Grit

Updated at the bottom with a new poll… As if 40 years of one-party rules wasn’t bad enough, the opposition parties appear to be crumbling at a time when (in theory) the PCs should be vulnerable. Exhibit A is the Alberta Liberal Party, which will lay off its final two staff members on April 30th.Exhibit […]

From a long-time reader comes the following word clouds, based on the complete text of every single members statement given by the Tories and Liberals during the month of March. It’s fairly easy to see what’s on Tory minds these days: For a higher resolution copy of the Tory one, click here. For the Liberal […]

Judging by the reaction today, clearly this is the issue the Liberals must pounce upon to bring down the government…

I don’t have anything really relevant to comment on today but I feel to need to bump the April Fool’s post off the top of the blog come April 2nd. So, I give you a pair of recent Rick Mercer rants – one taking aim at the Grits, and one taking aim at the Tories. […]

One of my old Calgary friends now working in the PMO gave me the inside scoop on the new Ignatieff attack ad blitz, set to launch within the next two weeks. The campaign will be titled “not a Canadian”, similar to the “not a leader” ads used to brand Dion. True to Conservative form, rather […]

There’s a bit of buzz today about the fractures forming in the Conservative Party, with the splinter “homeless Conservatives” group threatening to rip the party apart. Scanning their website (brightly decorated with stars and stripes), one quickly notices that this movement is a force to reckoned with. Already, they have recruited dozens of supporters. Admittedly, […]

Yes, he’s a Conservative. More distressingly, he’s a Bruins fan. But I always kind of liked Monte Solberg. He had a rather enjoyable blog back before it was “cool” for politicians to facebook and tweet. And he never seemed to take himself too seriously on it. So I was pleased to find out he has […]

The LPC National Exec votes down the Renewal Committee’s proposals 9-8. However, OMOV does pass, so it will be voted on at the convention.

Enlightened Savage gives the run-down of yesterday’s Calgary West AGM here. My various “sources” who were there say the place was packed (well over 400 in attendance), and the shenanigans were kept to a minimum with everyone fairly well behaved. In the end, the slate backed by Anders’ challenger, Donna Kennedy-Glans, won the day, taking […]

The Liberal Party’s Renewal Committee is presenting their report to the National Executive today, and I managed to get my hands on a copy. Since I know few will read this entire post, I’ll give you my synopsis up front. The committee shied away from many of the more radical suggestions floating around – this […]