Calgary Grit

MacLean’s has an in depth interview with Stephen Harper, which has generated a fair amount of online buzz. Paul Wells thinks it’s newsworthy that Harper will include the abolition of public financing as part of his next campaign platform. Given what we saw last campaign, I think it’s newsworthy that this means Harper will have […]

Rookie Calgary Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr has put forward a private members bill in an attempt to curb gun violence in Alberta. What grabbed my attention with this was not so much the obvious politics of an inner city MLA getting tough with gang violence or the merits of the bill. No, what impresses me […]

The Hill Times begins speculating on who the next host of Mike Duffy Live On The Hill will be. And since the media loves baseless speculation about political leadership races, perhaps we should all begin some rampant speculation about this media leadership race, oui? So, to get the ball rolling, I will confirm that anonymous […]

Damn that pro-big oil tax on everything! Hat Tip – agrdt

As you might imagine, the conversation is a bit weighty, but how can you not be at least curious to listen to an hour of Michael Ignatieff interviewing Pierre Trudeau? Hat Tip – Red Tory

John Tory’s Awesome Quest for the Golden Seat has gone into overtime, but it may finally be nearing its conclusion. And the tory making the supreme sacrifice for Tory? It’s Laurie Scott, a young woman whose stock in the party had been on the rise. Go figure. Regardless, the Tory side show can be expected […]

I spent my breakfast yesterday at the Economic Club’s annual chief economist breakfast thingy – the news recap can be found here, with some economic polling data here. Although listening to economists at 7:30 am can be a chore, I was prepared to stay awake since, unlike Stephen Harper, these were real economists. Before long, […]

US porn industry seeks multi-billion dollar bailout Hat tip – Kerplonka

Ottawa , ON – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Party President Doug Ferguson today announced Rocco Rossi will serve as National Director of the Liberal Party of Canada beginning January 26, 2009. Mr. Rossi has served as Chief Executive Officer of The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario for the past four years. With Mr. […]