Calgary Grit

Since it appears we won’t get a major Cabinet shuffle before the next election, we’ll have to be content with the ever exciting Parliamentary Secretary shuffle. Gone is the timid voice of Marlene Jennings, while Jim Karygiannis ironically joins the ever growing cast Liberals working on democratic reform, showing that Paul Martin still has a […]

Richard Gwynn has a great article in the Star today about Martin’s foreign policy today, where the role of Quebec in Canadian foreign policy will be discussed. Here’s Gwynn’s opening line: No great political expertise is needed to guess that Prime Minister Paul Martin will respond to Quebec’s demands for its own voice in foreign […]

Here’s what some bloggers have to say about Martin stealing Ralph Klein’s not-so-brilliant refund idea: Accidental Deliberations:As is so often the case, though, good politics makes for terrible policy. Pample The Moose:But returning it to the taxpayer? What a farce. In Alberta, Ralph Klein can at least point to an absence of provincial debt. But […]

John Tory shows that his hockey instincts are as good as his political ones. The Leafs’ chances of winning a cup this year are about as good as…well…John Tory’s chances of becoming Premier. (Queen’s Park) – Progressive Conservative Party Leader John Tory today said that Dalton McGuinty is showing questionable judgement once again by supporting […]

You know things are bad in Ottawa when Ralph Goodale looks to Ralph Klein for inspiration. Yes, the federal government saw Ralph Klein’s “prosperity bonus“, saw the lackluster reaction of Albertans to it, saw it get criticized as an uninspiring policy and said: “gosh, maybe we should do that.” From now on, Canadians will get […]

In a none too shocking move, Tony Valeri has pushed the opposition days back to the end of the House’s sitting, dealing a blow to anyone who has a fall election date in their pool. For those who haven’t already done the math, if the Tories were to use their first opposition day to bring […]

The right wing in the US is mighty pissed at George Bush’s lattest Supreme Court pick. Are they upset because she has never tried a case before? No. No. Are they upset that she appears to be unqualified? No. Are they upset that this is blatant cronyism? (at least in Canada the boss’ employees and […]

With the fall TV season now underway, I thought I’d take some time to preview some exciting new shows this fall: Lost: A plan with all 307 members of parliament crashes over the Pacific Ocean…and no one looks for them. Desperate House: A Party in power resorts to every possible tactic to hold on to […]

Election fever is in the air as the Conservatives have launched their Edmonton campaign. All the big stars are on the signs…with one conspicuous absence: Stephen Harper. Luckily, rising Conservative star Rona Ambrose explained the omission: Conspicuously absent from the signs is any mention of embattled party leader Stephen Harper. But the local candidates said […]

The National Post seems to have beat all the other dailies on an internal Liberal strategy for once – which is likely more strange than the story itself. Nevertheless, the hot rumour they splashed across their front page today is that the Liberals will be introducing “balanced budget” legislation that will force governments forever and […]