Judge for yourself how much it’s worth but, man, did it ever feel good to write that post title down. Trudeau endorses Kennedy’s leadership bidMURRAY CAMPBELLFrom Saturday’s Globe and Mail Justin Trudeau is endorsing Gerard Kennedy in the race for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party. The son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau […]

Submitted without comment: Bob Rae has collected $1-million in donations and borrowed $845,000.Michael Ignatieff has collected $1-million in donations and borrowed $170,000.Gerard Kennedy has collected $453,595 in donations and borrowed $201,750.Stephane Dion has collected $284,976 in donations and borrowed $480,000.

Thanks to an intensive lobbying campaign by a certain individual, I’m pleased to endorse Brian Clow for the ever important VP Finance position of the Young Liberals of Canada. Brian’s a great guy who will do good work and he has my vote.

Before I head off to Montreal next week, I thought I would give some final thoughts on the “Big 4” candidates in this race. Gerard is obviously my top choice but I’m perfectly happy supporting any of the other three should they win. They all have great positives and I haven’t completely made up my […]

There’s a new poll out today of Alberta PC members (in early November). In a race like this, I really don’t trust the poll numbers, but it gives a sense of how the race is shapping up: Q: Of the eight candidates to replace Ralph Klein as PC leader, which one will you vote for?Jim […]

For the record, I’ll be voting for Senator Marie Poulin for LPC President at the upcoming leadership convention. I’d like to re-emphasize that all three candidates are very qualified and will do great work should they be elected. In my view Senator Poulin has the best grasp on the challenges facing the Liberal Party at […]

I thought yesterday was weird. So far, today is shaping up to be just as bizarre as everyone scrambles to try and take credit for Harper’s resolution. Exhibit 1: Michael Ignatieff By Thursday morning, Ignatieff was firmly planting his flag in the initiative. “It really did start with us, in the leadership campaign, going into […]

3 updates at the bottom… On his blog, Warren Kinsella calmly asks: “WHO WILL SPEAK FOR CANADA, NOW?” Well, to answer Warren’s question, it appears that the man who will speak for Canada is…wait for it…Jimmy K: However, at least one Liberal, Jim Karygiannis, said he would oppose [Harper’s motion]. “Are we going to have […]

From the French Canadian Association of Alberta. You can run the translation yourself but, take my word, it’s scathing: Pour diffusion immédiate Communiqué de presse Si le Québec est une nation : Est-ce que l’histoire, la culture et la langue des francophones du Canada se limitent au territoire québécois ? Edmonton, le 22 novembre 2006 […]

Well, that wasn’t awkward at all, I guess. I must say, I didn’t expect this: Quebec is a nation within a united Canada, but will never stand alone, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. This is being heralded as some sort of compromise when, in fact, all Harper has done is taken the BQ motion […]