Calgary Grit

There’s lots of blogobuzz about coalitions, mergers, and accords this week – Bob Rae celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Peterson-Rae Accord, the Tories fear monger about a coalition for the gazillionth time, Kinsella muses about Liberal-NDP deals (well, a reader does), and Frank Graves talks about mergers: How to unlock the Tory lead? Do […]

David McKie at CBC identifies the most frugal MPs and the big spenders. Oh, and since I haven’t said anything yet on the controversy over MP expenses, I’ll keep it short: Yup, they should be made public.

Last summer, I spent a good deal of time playing around on my election spreadsheet – if you scroll way down on the sidebar, you can see some of the posts under the “Fun With Numbers” heading. But the one thing I never got around to looking at was the link between riding demographics and […]

It may have taken a long weekend to get there, but today marks the first time in nearly two months that there hasn’t been a single Jaffuergis story on any of the major news aggregators or big papers.

Daveberta recaps the ALP convention with some skepticism, while Calgary Liberal begs to differ with Dave’s assessment. Meanwhile Monty Karl has good things to say about Swann’s speech, which can be read here. Also coming out of the convention are reports the Liberals may not field a full slate of candidates next election, in an […]

The explanation for Harper’s snap Senate appointment today: While Harper has often waited until several vacancies accumulated before appointing a batch of new senators, his office said Keon’s vacancy had to be filled immediately. “It is key to pass important legislation such as the budget bill, reform to the pardon system and ensure (Liberal Leader […]

The Canadian Senate. Outside of journalists, only a few dozen people watch it live. Maybe a couple hundred follow it on a semi-regular basis. So I can’t think of a better appointment than the owner of the Toronto Argos: Lions, Argos owner Braley tapped for Senate Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed David Braley, a […]

Harper says meeting Bono isn’t his ‘shtick’ Prime Minister Stephen Harper snubbed U2 singer and activist Bono at the G8 summit, saying he is too busy to discuss the African AIDS crisis with him. “My priority here this week is to meet with other leaders,” Harper told reporters in Heiligendamm, Germany, where the summit is […]

I must admit, I’m a little disappointed in Angelo Persichilli’s column today. Not because he speculates about the Liberals dumping Ignatieff. Not because he muses about who would replace Ignatieff (including…wait for it…Frank McKenna!). No, the reason I’m disappointed is that he couldn’t find a single anonymous source, Liberal strategist, or party insider to grumble […]