Digital Politics
Four years of Blogging Tories
Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the founding of Blogging Tories, Canada’s original political blogroll and aggregator. I started blogging about a…
December 2008
20 posts from December 2008.
Parliament of Canada
New Senators
Newfoundland and Labrador – Fabian Manning Nova Scotia – Fred Dickson, Stephen Greene, Michael L. MacDonald PEI – Mike Duffy New Brunswick – Percy Mockler,…
Parliament of Canada
Senate appointments expected today
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce 18 appointments to the Senate today. A lot of the Ottawa-based media is either on break or anticipating…
Michael Ignatieff
Bombshell: PM Ignatieff may hike the GST in the future
In a one-on-one interview today with Citynews’ Richard Madan, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said that he won’t take a GST hike off the table in dealing with…
Parliament of Canada
Senate appointments
I’ve learned of some of the names that are on the Prime Minister’s short-list of potential senators. The PM is expected to name 17 or 18 senators within the…
Parliament of Canada
Senate picks
Newfoundland and Labrador (1 seat) – Fabian Manning Price Edward Island (1 seat) – Mike Duffy Nova Scotia (3 seats) – Dr. John Hamm, Michael MacDonald, Stewart…
Michael Ignatieff
Paul Zed to run Ignatieff campaign
I’ve learned tonight from sources close to the Ignatieff team that Paul Zed will head up Ignatieff’s leadership campaign as his National Director. Zed is the…
Michael Ignatieff
Ignatieff leadership gain of LeBlanc and the scuttling of the Liberal-NDP coalition?
News that is late-breaking tonight suggests that Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc will drop out of the Liberal leadership race and endorse Michael Ignatieff. It is…
Parliament of Canada
Thank you!
To everyone that made the Rally for Canada rallies a success, I want to say a sincere thank you. In Ottawa, we braved -10C weather and managed to turn out…