Elections
Throne Speech and Fall Election
The Parliamentary break is effectively over as Ottawa Hillites are speculating about the future of the government, of Stephane Dion’s career and, of course,…
September 2007
7 posts from September 2007.
CBC
Don Newman’s politics
Did anyone else catch this editorial by one of Ottawa’s most respected news veterans? This lambasting of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been featured on…
By-elections
Thoughts about the by-elections
Repeating my bit from Macleans.ca, just for the record: “Earthquake in Quebec. “Stephane Dion fails his first electoral test as Liberal leader as the Grits…
Canadian Policy
And this is why we can’t have nice things
Google street view may be illegal Canada’s privacy commissioner has been googling Google, and she’s raising concerns over the search engine’s new Street View…
Election Financing
Manufactured scandal
There is a faux controversy brewing in the media and among Liberal bloggers about Conservative ads that ran in the last election. As all parties do during…
Conservative Party of Canada
Decoding Harper’s Political Strategy on Afghanistan
This article by Campbell Clark of the Globe and Mail describing Defense Minister Peter MacKay’s comments on Afghanistan on CTV’s Question Period this past…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
How refreshing!
Having spent a number of years at a Canadian university, it can often feel that one’s wandering through a parallel world when it comes to politics. Rational…