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The off-beat election pool is now closed; thanks to the 40-50 people who signed up. Be sure to pass on any stories about candidates for the major parties bringing up abortion, Belinda in TV ads, or nominees for the most vicious attack ad of the campaign. Out of curiosity, I added up the totals of […]

Courtesy of Jim Travers, comes a glimpse into Paul Martin’s new election strategy: In Montreal, he said Canadians must choose the best man to lose the country While many people may feel this is not the wisest thing to say, I for one am 100% behind this strategy. That’s because, after watching him for the […]

There’s another election going on – the final five nominees have been announced in all categories for the Canadian Blog Awards. I’m very pleased to see this blog nominated for: Best BlogBest Progressive BlogBest Blog Post Series (for the Greatest Prime Minister series) I’ll take a look at the whole field later this week, but […]

It’s been called crack for political junkies. And it’s back. SES’s daily polling is up and running again, with twice the sample size from last year. Here are their first results: LIB – 37% (+3)CP – 29% (+1)NDP – 15% (-5)BQ – 14% (NC)GP – 5% (+1) The first few days of the campaign have […]

After the first two days when Harper told the world he hates Canada and reminded Ontario voters of why the feeling is mutual, he has really managed to take control of this campaign. For good or bad, the entire campaign has been all about Harper. It’s obvious that his GST pledge will become the talked […]

As has been rumoured for awhile, the Conservatives came out today with their big ticket item – a reduction of the GST to 5%. The recent Liberal spending spree when they gave out 5 billion dollars a day is going to make it very difficult for them to attack the loss of 4.5 billion in […]

I entered the James Bow election pool today with the following predictions (as an aside, be sure to enter the Off-Beat Election Pool if you haven’t already done so!): Lib 109CPC 109BQ 59NDP 31I’ve been going back and forth over who would come out on top for quite some time now so I just decided […]

A few thoughts on Day 2 of the campaign… 1. Just when you thought Gilles Duceppe couldn’t screw things up, he comes out with the first mind-numbingly stupid policy of the campaign. The BQ has announced that they want Quebec to field their own teams at international sporting events. Maybe Quebecers are willing to look […]

Over the past week, I’ve previewed the NDP, the Bloc, and the Tories. I wrap up my election preview with a look at the Liberals (sorry Green Party fans). As an added bonus, I’ll lead off with a recap of the national caucus election conference call from earlier this evening. A contact of mine sent […]

Stephen Harper has re-iterated his promise to hold a free vote on Same Sex marriage should he get elected as Prime Minister. I can sort of see what Harper is trying to do here. Announce it on day 1 and you get the troops fired up – the people door knocking in minus thirty need […]