As Paul Martin dyspeptically delays and attempts to manipulate the election date to his own advantage, the latest pre-writ poll indicates that the Grits are headed into a minority government. We’ve heard of this news before, but this time the…

The first shots of the web campaign were fired today and it was quid pro quo as both the Liberals and the Conservatives seemed to have played off of each other with perfect timing. The Liberal Party of Canada released the website…

Today is likely the last day of the 37th Parliament and Paul Martin is expected to call an election during the Victoria Day weekend for a June 28th election. Some MPs will not be running for re-election and among them is the Right Honourable Joe…

Another example of the Liberal push for a peripheral route to persuade voters is the recruitment of Bono, the lead singer of U2. Bono is to appear (cue fanfare) at the federal government’s AIDS spending announcement to make a beautiful day for Paul…

Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star reports today that the executive of the Liberal riding association of Burnaby-Douglas has resigned over the strong-arm tactics of Mr. Martin’s appointing of his own candidate in that riding instead of one chosen…

In 1986, Richard Petty and John Cacioppo developed a model which outlined two routes by which a person (or an audience) is persuaded by a speaker to believe a certain message. The two formed the dual-process model of persuasion which described a…

While watching the hockey playoffs on CBC, like most of us, I’ve seen ads for CBC’s “Greatest Canadian” where viewers get to go to CBC’s website and nominate their choice for which canuck they deem most worth for this honour. It’s Ra Ra Canada as…

There must be an election coming up. When health care is discussed, Canadians listen, and it seems every party is trying to get the attention of all Canadians. Last week, the Minister of Health, Pierre Pettigrew said: “If some provinces want to…

Did anyone else notice that the national broadcaster re-aired its ‘critically acclaimed’ 2-part, 4-hour mini-series on Pierre Trudeau on what may be, perhaps, the eve of the dissolution of parliament (and thus the election campaign) by Paul Martin?…

In Afghanistan, where our armed men and women are fighting the war on terror, a surprise came this week. The ‘relish-green’ uniforms are now merely a choice for Canadian troops (depending on the type of operations). The Canadian soldiers in…