Calgary Grit

A parliamentary institution announces he won’t run again… UPDATE: Bill Graham makes it official too…could mean Bob Rae running in a by election if the election keeps getting pushed back.

1. For a fun time, be sure to check out the Gerrymandering game. 2. Saturday’s Globe profile echoes the Right Side Up hypothesis that Harper runs into trouble once he runs out of scripting. 3. The blogs are up in a roar over the news that the Conservatives will be sponsoring Pierre Bourque’s (from “news” […]

The Hill Times has published their annual “hillies”, “best of”, “Peter MacKay is hot awards”, or whatever other name you want to call them. Here are some of the highlights from this year: Sexiest Male1. Peter MacKay2. Maxime Bernier3. Scott Brison Sexiest Female1. Ruby Dhalla2. Rona Ambrose3. Helena Guergis Best Dressed Male1. Scott Brison2. Maxime […]

The National did their end-of-term political run-down last night. Here’s what the pannel had to say: Best Political PlayCoyne: Bill Casey jumping ship.Gregg: Dion’s deal with Elizabeth MayHebert: Justin Trudeau running in a tough riding and winning the nomination himself.Russo: Harper not calling an election Worst Political PlayCoyne: Opposition parties passing the Kyoto BillGregg: Conservatives […]

Lorne Calvert and, now possibly Danny Williams, have decided to call Harper’s bluff and may sue over the new equalization formula. To me, it seems like Calvert’s holding a 2-7 off suit, because I can’t for the life of me see any sort of legal justification for his claim. Even if natural resources are a […]

(UPDATED – SEE BOTTOM OF POST FOR FULL ANALYSIS) Calgary ElbowCheffins (Lib) 46%Henninger (PC) 38%Reed (Gre) 6%Greydanus (AA) 4%Brown (NDP) 3%Grover (SC) 2%Willerton (Ind) 1% Drumheller– StettlerHayden (PC) 58%Dooley (Lib) 14%Davidson (SC) 12%Rew (Ind) 7%France (AA) 5%Wigmore (Gre) 3%Bough (NDP) 1% Full analysis tomorrow but, for now, let me say: I could get used to […]

I'm about ready to call it. Liberals win calgary elbow. Up 2791 to 2135 with a third of the polls to go.

Cheffins up in 11 of first 12 polls in. A very promising start…

One of the most hotly contested byelection campaigns in Alberta’s history wraps up tonight as Calgary Elbow residents vote for the MLA to replace Ralph Klein. The Tories have burned through $200,000 of taxpayer dollars to send out pamphlets across the province, they’ve re-re-re-re-announced funding for a South Calgary hospital, and they even rolled Jim […]

I won’t pretend to understand how equalization works. I won’t pretend to understand if the “opt back” to the Atlantic Accord is the same or different than the original Atlantic Accord. I won’t pontificate on the pros and cons of side deals with the provinces. I won’t speculate on the legitimacy of the Senate holding […]