…the Tories have a new “maverick”, it appears. BC MP John Cummins decided to end whatever faint hopes he ever had of making it to Cabinet by ripping Jim Prentice a new one earlier this week: OTTAWA–A Vancouver-area Conservative MP has caused a stir by accusing federal Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice and his provincial […]

With Decima and the Strategic Counsel releasing new polls yesterday, I figured I’d average them in with the most recent Ipsos and SES numbers: CPC 35.25%Lib 30.25%NDP 15.75%BQ 9%Greens 9% Hard for anyone, outside of maybe the Greens, to be overly excited about those numbers.

The latest Decima poll confirms the SES Easter poll that had the Tory lead down to 3. I haven’t been able to find any detailed breakdowns as of yet, but the Bloc are at a shockingly small 29% in Quebec. Both Ipsos and the SC should have new numbers out in the next week or […]

Apparently the provincial PCs have been cashing their bonus cheques to the tune of one million dollars over the past year. I don’t have a problem with MLAs getting paid more for doing extra work but when it’s nearly doubling their salary and the “work” being done requires air quotes to describe it? I dunno… […]

The latest Ipsos Poll: CPC 36Lib 34NDP 12BQ 9Green 8 So, the Tories go from 14 points up a few weeks back down to a 2 point lead. There’s only one logical conclusion to reach; Yes sir, Stephen Harper is steamrolling to a majority government. Huh? In other news, Elizabeth May is ready to take […]

Wow. Liberals 33%PQ 30%ADQ 30% First of all, I guess I was wrong, wrong, wrong about Tuesday’s debate. To me, it looked like Charest had won and Dumont was nothing more than a hyperactive squirrel (think Jack Layton in the 2004 debates) but it seems Quebecers saw it differently or, at the very least, the […]

Since SES seems to have become the oracle for all bloggers, it’d be hard to not post their latest numbers: How Comfortable Would You Be With A Conservative Majority Government? Comfortable 33.6%Somewhat comfortable 18.6%Somewhat uncomfortable 15.0%Uncomfortable 29.1%Unsure 3.6% Westin and others are playing this as a big coup for the Tories and it certainly does […]

Jason Cherniak has ignited a heated debate in the blogosphere after calling BS on a recent Angus Reid poll. He contends that it should be ignore since it was conducted online, rather than over the phone. As someone who enjoys few things more than reading a good article on sampling methodology, I thought I’d chime […]

1. Paul Hellyer has proven himself to, yet again, be a man of ideas. His solution for global warming? Use alien technology. Had he simply brought up this idea a year ago, I think the Draft Paul Hellyer campaign would have been a lot more successful. 2. Speaking of Kyoto solutions which will never ever […]