Calgary Grit

Bloggers everywhere today shed a tear as the man who has done oh so much to inspire us over the years said goodbye to politics. Luckily, Jason Kenney’s recent promotion to Cabinet should soon help fill the void. As a tribute to Lapierre, I have scoured my archives and come up with some of my […]

[stay tuned following this for a very special review post of Little Mosque on the Prairie] The Rick Mercer Report was on fire last night, taking shots at the Tories left, right and centre [btw, stay tuned for my recap of Little Mosque on the Prairie following this post]. First, there was his chat with […]

Stephane Dion will be touring Alberta on Thursday and Friday and has even set up a few open town halls which could prove to be quite interesting, given some of the locals. Here are the details for anyone interested: Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion to hold Public Town Hall Meetings in Alberta The Liberal Party of […]

The Frog Lady points out some gems on Wajid’s website.

1. No surprise here – Justin Trudeau has his eyes on Outremont. Glad to see Justin thinking about running. Time will tell how good of an MP he’ll make, but he’s young, a great campaigner, and a strong federalist – we could use more people like him in the Quebec caucus. Westmount Liberal has the […]

There’s a big brouhaha in the blogosphere over accusations that Tories (and BC Liberals) have been buying news stories on Bourque. The way I see it, politicians buy news stories indirectly all the time so I think it’s great that they’ve cut out the middle man. Better to spend a couple thousand tax dollars on […]

It seems that the Khan crossing won’t turn into a major new story like Emerson’s defection or Belinda’s new hair colour. And given the low profile of the man involved and the lack of sensationalism in the crossing, that’s not too surprising. As for my take: 1. To put it into perspective, a man who […]

Interesting tid-bit in yesterday’s Herard from Intergovernmental Relations Minister Guy Boutilier: Yet, Boutilier said Alberta and other provinces and territories are owed the same rights associated with the Quebec nation, a distinction recently approved by the House of Commons.“Each province is a nation within a nation,” he said. What exactly that title means is open […]

CfSR has a good catch: Commenting on the elevation of his Lloydminster colleague to the outermost layer of Prime Minister Cartman’s inner most sanctum, Vegreville-Wainwright Conservative MP Leon Benoit said: Saskatchewan needed a minister and Gerry is the obvious choice Ouch. The real question is – does anyone in Canada know who Carol Skelton is […]

It’s certainly not as jaw dropping as Belinda or David, but it appears Harper has poached a Liberal MP. UPDATE: Giant Political Mouse has all the olden goldies from “the best of Wajid Khan”.