Jean Charest: It could have been worse for him but the man is certainly vulnerable, which means there will be intense pressure from within his own party to resign or, at the very least, rebrand. Minority governments are dicey in even the most stable political places and Quebec politics is the antithesis of stability so […]

I’ll have some analysis later today but here are some of the raw numbers from the Quebec election (huge thanks to AT for e-mailing them in!). Seat totals by region MontrealLib: 20, -1P.Q: 8, +1ADQ: 0 Montreal Suburbs (Laval and South Shore)Lib: 10, -3P.Q: 4ADQ: 3 +3 Capitale NationaleLib: 2, -7P.Q: 2ADQ: 7, +7 (ADQ […]

Mr. Boisclair said he plans to lead the party into the next election, but admitted he had misread the electorate during the campaign. Another referendum on sovereignty “was not, apparently, a priority,” he told the media. However, he said the overall voting trends supported the PQ’s position within Quebec. Two-thirds of seats were given to […]

The government of Nova Scotia is running attack ads against Calgary…yeah, you heard that right. In fairness, it’s a well produced kind of funny, attack ad, but still…

Random thoughts throughout the evening: 6:45 pm: Libs 49 (35%), PQ 30 (31%), ADQ 35 (27%)I haven’t been able to get near a TV for so I don’t know what the talking heads are saying but I, for one, am really surprised by the ration of seats to popular votes for each party. The common […]

Via MM, comes this great resource for political geeks everywhere. The American Rhetoric Speech Bank has thousands of historical speeches which you can listen to, download, or read. I browsed through some of the top 100 over the weekend and they certainly have all the classics. And, hey, if Kennedy and King aren’t for you, […]

1. Completely off topic, but if you want proof that Quebec is a distinct society, this video makes a pretty good case of it… 2. As much as I loathe SU politics, it’s hard not to find this amusing. Daveberta links to the greatest SU debate of all time. 3. Tid Hudak is running The […]

I managed to catch most of Joe Clark’s speech at the U of A Monday (appropriately enough in the Tory building) entitled “Losing Canada’s Advantage: The Harper Government’s Narrow View of Canadian Foreign Policy“. With a hook like that, how could I refuse? The thrust of Joe’s speech was that Canada has typically been successful […]

Tom Wappell has called it a career. Great news as this opens up a fairly strong Liberal seat for some fresh blood and gets rid of one of (if not the most) socially conservative MPs in the Liberal Party.

They hate the cops, vote against 9/11 victims, support child pornography, are soft on terrorism, and care more about the Taliban than our own soldiers. Man, it’s amazing any Canadians can find it in their heart to vote Liberal… OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the Liberals yesterday of caring more about Afghan insurgents […]