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  • Demand Better

    Conservatives admit they’re behind false byelection phone calls in Liberal riding OTTAWA — The Conservatives have confirmed they are behind a rash of phone calls to Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s Montreal-riding over the past couple of weeks in which constituents allegedly were told of Cotler’s resignation and a pending byelection. This is completely indefensible, only […]

  • The Value of Endorsements

    Leadership races are notoriously hard to handicap, due to the absence of credible polling data. Asking Canadians who they want as the next NDP leader is pointless, since only 3 or 4% of NDP voters will buy a membership. Despite the best efforts of the Globe & Mail, few Canadians have heard of Brian Topp, […]

  • Party of Principle

    While Peter C. Newman has been getting headlines with his diagnosis that the Liberal Party is dead, Andrew Coyne offers his recipe for resurrection here. While I generally agree with Coyne’s article, like Far and Wide, I would quibble that his criticism of the roadmap to renewal is unfair (“do you think it is easy […]

  • Bag ‘O Links: Alberta Edition

    1. We’ve known Rob Anders has been asleep on the job for years…though this may be the first literal instance: Still, I’m sure most who have heard John Duncan speak will have some sympathy for Anders. 2. Alberta Liberal MLA Bridgit Pastoor is heading back to the Tories, as part of the “future considerations” in […]

  • Time for some F’ing Civility

    I bookmarked this news story as soon as I saw it in May because, Pat Martin being Pat Martin, I knew it wouldn’t be long before it would be worth resurrecting: “This is my new policy,” Martin said, holding up a handful of party-coloured buttons he had made reading “Opto Civitas.” “I choose civility. That’s […]

  • Asymmetrical Federalism

    The NDP has made a lot of noise arguing Quebec deserves a fixed percentage of seats in the House of Commons. At the same time, they continue to move full speed ahead with a leadership race where Quebecers will be little more than an afterthought. After some enthusiastic headlines about the party’s membership numbers “soaring” […]

  • Opposition for the Sake of Opposition

    The Liberals have come out against an expanded House of Commons, arguing we have enough MPs as it is. I personally feel the problem is one of quality rather than quantity, but most Canadians would likely agree with the Liberal position and it makes a certain amount of sense when you consider Canada’s population-to-MP ratio. […]

  • Copps’ Laws

    I haven’t picked a horse in the race for LPC President, but Sheila Copps is certainly the candidate I’m most familiar with – I was, after all, one of a very very small number of Copps delegates at the 2003 Liberal Leadership Convention. And while I like a lot of what I’ve heard from Sheila […]

  • Luxury Tax

    The Conservatives admit to overspending by $420,000 and are found guilty of breaking election laws. The punishment? A $50,000 fine…or about the amount they’ll raise from their next anti-CBC e-mail. Which is kind of appropriate, since they never got more than a political slap on the wrist for the “in and out scandal”. The blame […]

  • The end of whatshisnames campaign

    Not since the Dean Scream has a Presidential campaign imploded in a matter of seconds. This clip may go down as one of the worst debate performances in US history:

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