Calgary Grit

Thanks to an intensive lobbying campaign by a certain individual, I’m pleased to endorse Brian Clow for the ever important VP Finance position of the Young Liberals of Canada. Brian’s a great guy who will do good work and he has my vote.

Before I head off to Montreal next week, I thought I would give some final thoughts on the “Big 4” candidates in this race. Gerard is obviously my top choice but I’m perfectly happy supporting any of the other three should they win. They all have great positives and I haven’t completely made up my […]

There’s a new poll out today of Alberta PC members (in early November). In a race like this, I really don’t trust the poll numbers, but it gives a sense of how the race is shapping up: Q: Of the eight candidates to replace Ralph Klein as PC leader, which one will you vote for?Jim […]

For the record, I’ll be voting for Senator Marie Poulin for LPC President at the upcoming leadership convention. I’d like to re-emphasize that all three candidates are very qualified and will do great work should they be elected. In my view Senator Poulin has the best grasp on the challenges facing the Liberal Party at […]

I thought yesterday was weird. So far, today is shaping up to be just as bizarre as everyone scrambles to try and take credit for Harper’s resolution. Exhibit 1: Michael Ignatieff By Thursday morning, Ignatieff was firmly planting his flag in the initiative. “It really did start with us, in the leadership campaign, going into […]

3 updates at the bottom… On his blog, Warren Kinsella calmly asks: “WHO WILL SPEAK FOR CANADA, NOW?” Well, to answer Warren’s question, it appears that the man who will speak for Canada is…wait for it…Jimmy K: However, at least one Liberal, Jim Karygiannis, said he would oppose [Harper’s motion]. “Are we going to have […]

From the French Canadian Association of Alberta. You can run the translation yourself but, take my word, it’s scathing: Pour diffusion immédiate Communiqué de presse Si le Québec est une nation : Est-ce que l’histoire, la culture et la langue des francophones du Canada se limitent au territoire québécois ? Edmonton, le 22 novembre 2006 […]

Well, that wasn’t awkward at all, I guess. I must say, I didn’t expect this: Quebec is a nation within a united Canada, but will never stand alone, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. This is being heralded as some sort of compromise when, in fact, all Harper has done is taken the BQ motion […]

I had the opportunity to do a phone interview with Bob Rae last week. As a result, I’ve now had the privilege to interview all the candidates in this race…with one notable exception. I’ve got to admit it’s kind of frustrating – it’s like having every Happy Days episode on tape except the one where […]

This is vewy vewy intewesting: Bloc Québécois supply day motion, debate to be held (whoops! Updated:) Thursday, vote to be held Monday or Tuesday: “Que cette Chambre reconnaisse que les Québécoises et les Québécois forment une nation.” This is going to put Stephen Harper in an awkward situation since he has repeatedly (and wisely) dodged […]