Calgary Grit

1. In an article in today’s Globe about how Elections Canada deals with those who accidentally break election rules, they mentioned that Jean Lapierre got in a bit of trouble for showing his ballot to a TV camera. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess the infraction didn’t occur on October 30th, […]

One day left until the Greatest Prime Minister contest crowns a winner. At noon Mountain tomorrow, the poll will close and a winner will be announced. The two finalists both shared a vision of what Canada could be and did everything they could to fulfill that dream. They both left the country in far, far […]

…Bill Clinton breaks US protocol by criticizing another President. Remember, this is a guy who is best friends forever with Bush Sr. and has been very hesitant to speak loudly against Bush Jr. in the past.

Courtesy of Progressive Calgary, comes the link to a constitution for an independent Alberta someone with way too much time on their hands has written up. This separatist group has gone over every single detail of an independent Alberta – for example, elections will be held the first Monday of every April. None too surprisingly […]

Various comments from the four rounds of voting, on the two finalists: Macdonald and Laurier, I think, are equally indispensable to Canada’s evolution as a nation. Without Macdonald, Canada would have collapsed and fallen under the influence of the United States. Without Laurier, the Tories post-Macdonald would have continued to rule, and they weren’t exactly […]

Adrienne Clarkson is now hinting that she may have played a role in the non-confidence vote insanity we saw earlier this spring: “You may be surprised and interested to know that I am really glad to have participated in (a minority government),” Clarkson said in a speech Wednesday, her largest final engagement and a farewell […]

As part of the final round of Greatest Prime Minister, here are several rankings of Canadian PM’s I’ve managed to collect (once again, Bastards and Boneheads proved to be a great source for this). The Maclean’s Study Great:1.William Lyon Mackenzie King2. Sir John A. Macdonald3. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Near-Great:4. Louis Saint-Laurent High-Average:5. Pierre Elliott Trudeau6. […]

Paul Wells has the letter from the dissident Quebec Tories up on his website, while the Globe & Mail covers the story in today’s paper. For those who haven’t read up on it yet, three former and current Conservative candidates in Quebec and one organizer have demanded that Stephen Harper step down as leader of […]

After three weeks of voting, the field is down to two: John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s first two long-serving PMs. While it’s tempting to imagine this vote will break down on Liberal/Conservative lines, these are leaders from a time when the words meant something different. Laurier championed provincial rights and supported free trade. […]

Some of you in Alberta may remember the saga of Chris Kiebermanis, the 26 year old construction worker who won Edmonton-Castle-Downs for the Alberta Liberals last November (provincially), then won recount after recount, before the courts finally awarded the riding to the Tory candidate. Well, as proof that you do sometimes get second chances, Kiebermanis’ […]