A few things making news this weekend…<\/p>\n
1. Deborah Coyne has announced she will be running <\/a>against Jack Layton in the upcoming election. Coyne was one of Clyde Wells’ key advisors during the Meech Lake saga and I would love<\/em> to see her tag team with Jean Lapierre on the National Unity file following the next election. Let me just say that it’s extremelly refreshing to see someone with a little Trudeau in them running for the Liberals.<\/p>\n 2. Speaking of nominations, everyone’s favourite nominations blog is back. Check by Nomination Watch <\/a>to see who the major parties have coerced into giving up their Christmas to campaign. Now someone just needs to get Election Watch going again…<\/p>\n 3. Decima has a new poll <\/a>out: 33-30 Liberals. This is a lot more discouraging for the Grits than the Leger poll <\/a>released yesterday that had them up by 8, even though both polls were conducted at around the same time. This poll<\/a>, showing that Canadians do not trust the federal government, shows that the pottential is there for any politician who can build trust.<\/p>\n