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Liberal, NDP insiders talk merger Senior insiders with the federal Liberals and New Democrats have been holding secret talks about the possibility of merging their parties to form a new entity to take on the Conservatives, CBC News has learned. Many Liberal insiders confirmed that discussions between the two parties are not just focused on […]

This seems perfectly reasonable to me: Ignatieff willing to lead coalition, but talk of merger with NDP is ‘absurd’ Michael Ignatieff says coalition governments are “perfectly legitimate” and he’d be prepared to lead one if that’s the hand Canadian voters deal him in the next election. But the Liberal Leader says it would be disrespectful […]

Last week, I posted about why a Liberal-NDP merger is unlikely to work. However, after listening to the arguments of many Liberals over the past week, I have come a new conclusion. I now support a merger. A merger between the Liberal and the Conservative parties. I know many of you will laugh, but let’s […]

I won’t spend as much time going through the NDP or Bloc vote as I did for the Liberals and Conservatives. Unlike for the other two parties, the NDP vote isn’t quite as predictable – the best model I can come up with only accounts for a little over half of the variation. Personally, I […]

Landing in my inbox is the following seat redistribution proposal from MP Derek Lee: Ontario 113 (up from 106 currently and down from 124 in the gov bill)Québec 75B.C. 39 (up from 36 currently, but down from the proposed 43)Manitoba 11 (down from 14)Newfoundland 6 (down from 7)Saskatchewan 10 (down from 14)Alberta 31 (up from […]

I don’t know about you, but I plan on getting, like, 10 or 20 haircuts this month to beat the HST.

Then: Grit insider Rocco Rossi running for T.O. mayor Now: Hat Tip – JT

AM-G7-Wrong-City, Bgt code:2; Budget; Espy AP, Reut; Tax group says Halifax wrong choice for G-7 Canadian Press Newswire Sun Apr 30 1995, 1:21pm ETSection: National General NewsByline: By Steve LambertDateline: HALIFAX HALIFAX (CP) – The federal government was wrong to put next month’s G-7 summit in Halifax because the city needs too many government-funded fixups, […]

Earlier this week I looked at the link between demographics and the Liberal vote share in ridings across Canada. For the long and boring explanation, just click here. For the short and boring explanation, let me just say that I took the Conservative vote in each riding as the response variable and a slew of […]