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The Sun Won’t Come Out For Hudak
The Toronto Star’s endorsement of Dalton McGuinty shouldn’t surprise anyone. Yes, they were briefly the “Orange Star” this spring, but anyone who has read their Ontario election coverage saw this one coming a mile away. Today’s Globe endorsement is likely a bit more meaningful – at least, if you think newspaper endorsements mean much of […]
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Entitled to their entitlements
Foreign Affairs Minister Baird demands gold on new business cards MacKay racks up nearly $3-million in flights on VIP jets Peter MacKay Under Fire For Using Search-And-Rescue Helicopter Following Vacation
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The Morning After
Last night was the lone televised debate of the Ontario election campaign. With the vote too close to call, a lot was riding on it, and after last night… …not a heck of a lot changed. I have a hard time seeing how anyone would actually change their mind as a result of last night’s […]
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Debate Live Blog
6:35 pm: Quite the tie Tim Hudak is sporting. 6:46 pm: For those keeping track of mentions of random “hard working Ontarian” anecdotes, we’ve heard about the problems facing Ryan, Kevin (the Wallmart worker), and Katherine so far. 6:54 pm: Interesting set…is everyone up for a game of paintball afterwards? 6:56 pm: McGuinty has put […]
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Ontario Debates
No one knows who will win the Ontario election, two of the three leaders remain virtual unknowns, and the campaign still lacks a ballot question. Yet somehow, without warning, Ontario finds itself just 9 sleeps away from Voting Day. So tonight’s debate will be important. I’ll be live-blogging the festivities starting at 6:30, and will […]
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Dean Del Mastro: Champion of Democracy and Scientific Polling Methodologies
The biggest fireworks so far in the sleepy Ontario election campaign have not come between the candidates, but between the pollsters. And there’s a new pollster on the block – Dean Del Mastro: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary has stepped heavily into the Ontario election for the second time, this time commissioning a 1,000-person […]
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"On October 6th vote for proper scaling of the Y-axis. Vote Liberal."
For those worried the Ontario election lacked a meaty ballot questions, comes the most exciting statistical controversy since the scrapping of the mandatory long form Census: There are 13 statistical graphs in the Changebook. Every single one reveals significant errors in labelling, citation, scaling, and proportion. In a few cases, the illustrated data is actually […]
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Gary Mar is the Man
After Saturday’s first round of voting, it seems all but certain that Gary Mar will be the next Premier of Alberta: Gary Mar: 24195 (41%)Alison Redford: 11129 (19%)Doug Horner: 8635 (15%)Ted Morton: 6962 (12%)Rick Orman: 6005 (10%)Doug Griffiths: 2435 (4%) Yes, Ed Stelmach turned 15% on the first ballot into a win in 2006, but […]
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It’s bad enough the NDP are letting other candidates run
September 2nd: Thomas Mulcair says he won’t run for the leadership of the NDP unless the party agrees to hold its convention in late winter or early spring, because he wouldn’t be able to compete in a short race. September 19th: [Muclair] told reporters on Monday that he has truly not decided if he will […]
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This Week in Alberta – the PCs pick a leader
Given that general elections only matter in Alberta every 30 or 40 years, the PC leadership race is really the one chance Albertans get to have their say in who becomes Premier. Not surprisingly, over 140,000 Albertans voted in 2006, and we could see close to that number casting their ballot tomorrow. Assuming no candidate […]