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The Blogging Tories have a reading room up on their site (featuring…yes…Adam Smith). Since I don’t intend to read a ton of Milton Friedman anytime soon (unless the government makes me), I felt it might be a good idea to toss up a Liberal reading room. These are all books I’ve read over the past […]

I posted a while back on why I felt it was foolish to read too much into what was, for all intents and purposes, a meaningless vote on Afghanistan. However, it’s becoming more and more apparent that this is a very politically charged issue that will play a major role in both the Liberal leadership […]

Let’s start off with the race on everyone’s mind – the Green Party! Centrerion has scored interviews with David Chernushenko (slogan: easier name to spell than Bevilacqua) and Elizabeth May. And he’s open to suggestions on what questions you’d like to see the two contenders asked. So if you have any burning Green Party of […]

Gerard Kennedy was in the news talking about immigration this week. There’s also got a new front page up on his website with Gerard in an Oilers jersey (this might make the Calgary campaign a bit more challenging…). TDH Strategies has an interview with Michael Ignatieff up. What TDH Strategies does not have are permalinks […]

Ralph Klein has announced Alberta will opt out of equalization if Alberta’s oil revenue is included in the formula. My source in Klein’s office has also let me know that Ralph Klein intends to opt out of the following as well: -UNESCO-The off-shore accord-Canada’s mission to Afghanistan-The Ontario teachers pension plan-The Treaty of Versailles-The United […]

Diefenbaker’s ghost lives on. For what it’s worth, reporters actually laughed at Paul Martin a year ago when he was introducing Belinda Stronach to the media. They’ll eat anyone alive, regardless of political stripe.

-There’s an interesting post on Policy Watch about the Conservatives breaking copyright laws on the government of Canada website. Well…”interesting” if you find discussion on copyright infringement laws interesting. -Is there anyone who knows of any articles on how demographics (ie. Census data) are related to voting patterns in Canada? Send me an e-mail if […]

The main leadership news from over the weekend is that Gerard Kennedy is musing about running in Western Canada next election. I for one think this is a gutsy move on Kennedy’s part and good news for the Liberal Party. Yes, he has what should be an easily winnable seat in Parkdale ready for him, […]

This story in yesterday’s Globe & Mail on men who paint their toe nails is just…weird. The 25-year-old self-professed “hard-core heterosexual” says wearing foundation “seems to go a long way. You get a lot of compliments.” Then there’s Roz Weston, a 31-year-old reporter with Global Television.“I find it relaxing. I sit on the deck with […]

I got a chance to sit down with Ken Dryden for an interview when he was in town earlier this month. After being kidded by Michael Ignatieff for my lack of a technology, I came armed with my brand new mini tape recorder. So, in his own words, here is what Ken Dryden had to […]