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Two Month Old News As It Happens
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone: OTTAWA — Veteran Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua is resigning, paving the way for a mayoral bid in his hometown of Vaughan, Ont. Bevilacqua says he informed Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff Wednesday that he won’t be seeking re-election and the leader thanked him for his years of service, […]
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Complicated
Vic Toews calls on all Canadians to be “vigilant against terrorism“, to help the government apprehend terrorists. I’m not sure what specifically we can do, but I guess this means we’ll all have to force ourselves to watch the next season of Canadian Idol now…
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So You Think You Can Dance Canada
I, for one, say we just scrap the whole election and go straight to a dance off! So what’s the verdict? I think I may have to reluctantly give the edge to Harper. Who has the better dance moves? Iggy S-Harp pollcode.com free polls
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New Brunswick Votes
The writ drops today for the New Brunswick election, with the opposition Conservatives led by David Alward trying to oust Liberal incumbent Shawn Graham. I must confess that my knowledge of New Brunswick politics is mostly limited to Frank McKenna and Bernard Lord leadership rumours, so I don’t have many insights to share. I really […]
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Voluntary Admission
It’s been well publicized that the former two Chief Statisticians in this land were against the Census changes – one of them led the charge against change, and the other resigned in protest over it. Not surprisingly, their successor also acknowledges the results from a voluntary long form won’t be comparable to those of past […]
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Tough On Crime
Police chiefs promise to wage public, political campaign for long-gun registry Police take on Harper over census
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The Liberals and Quebec
Over at The Mark, I take a look at the Liberal Party’s tumultuous love affair with Quebec voters over the years, and the state of the party in La Belle Province moving forward.
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Party Like It’s 1999
Of all the things to hold against Rob Ford, this is probably the least of them: Mayoral candidate Rob Ford had a 1999 marijuana possession charge against him dropped, the Toronto Sun reports. The newspaper says he was pulled over on vacation in Florida and was found with a joint in his back pocket on […]
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Shuffle
McGuinty shuffles the deck: Hoping to breathe new life into his government after a summer marked by blunders, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty unveiled a cabinet shuffle that elevated two new faces, and had several veterans either demoted or switching chairs. John Gerretsen lost his position Wednesday as the province’s Environment Minister, and has been moved […]
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Capitulation
Ipsos pollster John Wright on Quebec: Mr. Wright is awaiting a bill introduced in the Commons in April that would create 30 new ridings, giving 18 seats to Ontario, seven to British Columbia and five to Alberta. What makes the legislation controversial is that no new seats will go to Quebec, which already has 75 […]