By-elections
Liberal candidate of record is a Conservative on the books
Meet Louise Boulanger, the Liberal candidate for the Quebec by-election in the riding of Roberval–Lac-St-Jean. Here is a picture of Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the…
August 2007
8 posts from August 2007.
Digital Politics
Republican story from ’72
Take a look at the following video from CBS’ evening news from 1972. There should be a few interesting elements for any viewer, no matter their political…
CBC
CBC’s ‘B Team’
Many months after the this unfortunate report from CBC concerning the Prime Minister’s caucus retreat in Cornwall, Ontario last August, I had the random chance…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Israeli helicopter ride
Shalom, blog readers! I’m in Tel Aviv right now trying to find a strong WiFi signal in order to bring you a promise of a huge update later on about my travels…
Conservative Party of Canada
New Cabinet
The cabinet has been shuffled. Solberg is at Rideau Hall to accompany his good friend Chuck Strahl. Monte will not be getting a new portfolio. He will remain…
Ontario NDP
The language of energy politics
Consider this news item that aired on Citytv (Toronto) on August 11th. It concerns the Ontario NDP’s energy plan going into the next election. A couple of…
Conservative Party of Canada
Cabinet Speculation*
Ottawa is abuzz with cabinet speculation this week as the summer starts to wind down and there’s no election in sight. Between elections, I’m told, the…
By-elections
Ontario by-elections
Two by-elections are upcoming this fall in Ontario and I’ve got a bit of info on these individuals and the timing of the contest to be called by the Prime…