Calgary Grit

I was forwarded this e-mail about a David Orchard event going on in Alberta tonight. It seems David is doing the whole West Coast blitz, so I’d certainly consider him as a possible LPC leadership candidate at this point. Hello friends, Thanks for the ideas and suggestions for the venue for David’s meeting with friends […]

“le ciel est bleu, l’enfer est rouge” Age: 50 Background: Born in Quebec City, Dion has an alphabet after his name on his wikipedia bio (PC , MP, BA , MA , Ph.D.), so one imagines he’s fairly well educated. He taught political science for 12 years at the Universite de Montreal, before entering politics. […]

From the Metro paper in Vancouver, comes reports (albeit from Liberal sources) that David Emerson is unhappy with the Conservative government: Emerson sad about move, report saysDARRIN HANGS WITH JET AND JASONPAGE 16Trade Minister David Emerson is telling former associates privately that he is unhappy being a member of the Conservative government, which he sees […]

This is a brilliant media stunt for Harper, all the more so because it’s genuine. The cowboy hats and burger flipping last summer was a disaster because Harper hated it, but talking hockey on TSN is a way he can relate to Canadians without being out of his element. Why do Canadians like Stephen Harper? […]

For anyone looking to kill some time… -Via Cherniak, I found this pretty funny. Hopefully Gerard’s launch won’t feature “we’re going to St. John’s, then we’re going to St. John, then we’re going to Victoria, then we’re going to Red Deer, then we’re going to Moose Jaw, then we’re going to take back Ottawa – […]

As fun as it is to see 60 comments in every leadership post I put up, one thing we’ve seen all too often this campaign on various blogs has been the “anonymous drive by smearing”. You know the ones I’m talking about: “I have a friend who has worked very closely with Martha Hall Findlay […]

When stuff like this is among the Globe’s top stories. Pun away!

While I’m hesitant to bump the 150+ comments in the Gerard Kennedy post further down the page, I have two little tid-bits I’d like to post this morning. The first is of the appointment of former Tory MP Jim Gouk to the board of directors of Nav Canada. We are assured that it’s OK because: […]

I’m going to switch the order and start this profile off with an endorsement of Gerard Kennedy to be the next leader of the Liberal Party. Three months ago I had no idea who Gerard Kennedy was but the more I hear about him and the more I listen to him, the more convinced I […]