Election Financing
Questions for Garth Turner
Sunday night, I broke the story that Garth Turner, Liberal MP for Halton was collecting funds from donors into a trust. As specified by Elections Canada,…
October 2007
16 posts from October 2007.
Election Financing
What is Garth Turner doing?
As Halton MP Garth Turner stands in the House of Commons and acts offended by the so-called “In and Out” scandal with which the Liberals are trying to tar the…
Election Financing
In and Out, Conservatives respond
A copy of a letter sent to the President of the Liberal Party Senator Marie Poulin and Executive Director Greg Fergus landed in my inbox tonight. It concerns…
CBC
CBC, politics and Facebook
The other day, I discovered a tool on Facebook for advertisers that allows a prospective ad buyer to narrow down a potential target group for the purposes of…
Stéphane Dion
Ignatieff laughs behind Dion’s back
I was sitting up in the gallery on the day after the Speech from the Throne to catch the show after question period. Stephane Dion would be making a decision…
Digital Politics
Facebook statistics
Everybody and their brother knows about Facebook these days. Whether finding old high school classmates, building one’s professional network, or sharing photos…
Canadian Media
Torqued headline at the Globe
Somebody should tell the headline writers at the Globe that the election was canceled… “Harper ‘reloads’”? Oh… come… on… Can anyone guess the Globe’s editorial…
Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal outrage!
While they won’t offer a binding opinion (ie. a vote) on the government’s mandate, the Liberal Party of Canada is offering their anger on behalf of all…
Stéphane Dion
The new “opposition”
If Joe Clark’s mistake was that he arrogantly governed with his minority government as if he had a majority, will Stephane Dion’s mistake be that he is timidly…