Calgary Grit

An alert reader sent me the following press release, sent out my the BC Young Liberals during the election campaign. I guess it beats a Buzz Hargrove endorsement but there’s certainly something a little surreal about the entire press release: VOTE FOR THE SPIRIT BEAR. VOTE LIBERAL. In Canadian politics, the Liberal Party of Canada […]

We interrupt wild leadership speculation for this public service announcement… While picking a new head will be important in fixing the Liberal Party, the body also needs some major work. The party is in debt, has a disillusioned base, and no real vision of where it wants to take the country. So I’ll pose the […]

Rodney MacDonald wins the PC leadership, becoming the next Premier of Nova Scotia. McUpdate: There’s some talk in the comments section about the Nova Scotia Tories going for a “next generation” leader. If you think about it, since the Liberals crowned a senior citizen in 2003, the trend across Canadian politics seems to be towards […]

Jennifer Heil wins Canada’s first medal of the Olympics, a gold in Moguls. Let’s just hope she doesn’t defect to Latvia before the medal ceremony…

For anyone longing for the days of daily poll numbers, CTV released a new poll on their newscast tonight. (Haven’t found the online link for it yet) The highlights: (Among Liberal voters) Who did you vote for?23% Emerson62% Liberals10% both (Among Liberal voters) Would you vote for Emerson if he’d run as a Tory?11% yes76% […]

It’s still rumour at this point but, after what we’ve seen this week, I wouldn’t be surprised by this at all: Earlier, one of our astute readers reported federal Conservative godfather John Reynolds (who is not a lawyer) would be “joining Lyall Knott” – a well-known provincial Liberal fundraiser – at Clark Wilson LLP. A […]

Since all the cool bloggers are doing it, I’ll post a link to Garth Turner’s blog, where he trashes his party and leader over the Emerson and Fortier fiasco. I applaud Turner for his principled stand, and think he has every right to speak out about these hypocritical appointments. But, that said, his blogging is […]

Courtesy of Andrew Coyne, here are two more all too delicious news stories on everyone’s favourite topic: Michael Fortier may be Montreal’s representative in the newly elected Conservative cabinet, but the Senate riding he will represent in Quebec doesn’t include any part of the city in its boundaries. Heh heh. Members of Parliament who bolt […]

The Liberals are talking about televising Question Period in the Senate, so that Canadians everywhere can watch Michael Fortier. I’m hoping that this will lead to a “Much More CPAC” TV station. In addition to Senate hearings, we could have a Real World type show where washed up politicians (I’m looking at you Joe Clark) […]

I sincerely hope that David Emerson will continue to put partisan politics aside and base his decision on whether or not to support this private members bill from a non-partisan perspective.