I dropped by the Dion town hall on Thursday, mainly because I figured a public town hall with the Liberal leader in Alberta would be sure to generate excitement (if not protests, riots, and/or lynchings). Unfortunately, there were no irate NEP rants from this large and mostly (but not uniformly) Liberal crowd which received Stephane […]

I was really saddened to hear about the passing of Mike Jensen, who was one of the most passionate and intelligent Liberals in Calgary there was. Mike was active in the Liberal Party in Calgary for a long time and I last saw him at the leadership convention where he was a Dion delegate. He […]

-The Politic has a post up asking the question “does Alberta have culture?” Those who doubt it, have obviously never been to the Torrington Gopher Hole Museum. -Speaking of stuffed gophers, Stephen Taylor has an interview up with Jason Kenney on his site. -Eddie has looked anything but steady in recent days, grabbing big headlines […]

Bloggers everywhere today shed a tear as the man who has done oh so much to inspire us over the years said goodbye to politics. Luckily, Jason Kenney’s recent promotion to Cabinet should soon help fill the void. As a tribute to Lapierre, I have scoured my archives and come up with some of my […]

[stay tuned following this for a very special review post of Little Mosque on the Prairie] The Rick Mercer Report was on fire last night, taking shots at the Tories left, right and centre [btw, stay tuned for my recap of Little Mosque on the Prairie following this post]. First, there was his chat with […]

Stephane Dion will be touring Alberta on Thursday and Friday and has even set up a few open town halls which could prove to be quite interesting, given some of the locals. Here are the details for anyone interested: Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion to hold Public Town Hall Meetings in Alberta The Liberal Party of […]

The Frog Lady points out some gems on Wajid’s website.

1. No surprise here – Justin Trudeau has his eyes on Outremont. Glad to see Justin thinking about running. Time will tell how good of an MP he’ll make, but he’s young, a great campaigner, and a strong federalist – we could use more people like him in the Quebec caucus. Westmount Liberal has the […]

There’s a big brouhaha in the blogosphere over accusations that Tories (and BC Liberals) have been buying news stories on Bourque. The way I see it, politicians buy news stories indirectly all the time so I think it’s great that they’ve cut out the middle man. Better to spend a couple thousand tax dollars on […]

It seems that the Khan crossing won’t turn into a major new story like Emerson’s defection or Belinda’s new hair colour. And given the low profile of the man involved and the lack of sensationalism in the crossing, that’s not too surprising. As for my take: 1. To put it into perspective, a man who […]