Stephen Taylor

Here’s a recent email from Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) president Mike Crawley (with some explanatory links from me – be sure to click through on them)

Prime Minister Paul Martin committed to call a general election within 30 days of the release of the Gomery Commission final report but the opposition parties are eager to have a holiday election campaign resulting in Canadians going to the polls in January.

This means that we must be ready to run a winning campaign now. We are asking you today because your involvement now is key to a Liberal victory to donate to the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) and to volunteer your time on a local election campaign.

We have made important progress since being elected. Better health care. Stronger environmental standards. Equal rights for all. Investments and commitments in every community across the country. We are making positive change together. And Stephen Harper is threatening our progress. We need your support to make sure he doesn’t get a chance.

You can make a real difference today. We need every Liberal in Canada to donate now. You will receive a tax receipt for your contribution – and join thousands of Canadians supporting the Liberal Party’s campaign for Canada.

Mike Crawley

In the days before a Canadian federal election campaign, we’re already starting to see signs of bias from the CBC.

Watch this video and ask yourself “Promising poll for whom?”

CBC Newsworld headlines (26 sec) (requires Real player)

Promising for the entitled media?
Promising for the CBC?
Promising for the Liberals?

Certainly not for the Conservatives.

I cannot imagine the CBC putting a “Promising poll” title on a news story suggesting a Conservative majority.

This is editorialized news folks, from our state-run broadcaster.

Pair this with the effect of leading and influencing polls on the electorate.

Last night I attended the book launch of Adam Daifallah and Tasha Kheiriddin’s new book, Rescuing Canada’s Right at the Albany Club in downtown Toronto.

The event was hosted by Mike Harris and was attended by more than a few notable guests. One of which, of course, was Conrad Black (we always seem to show up at the same parties…). Humour aside, his appearance was apparently a surprise (it would be reported as such) to the horde of cameras that was camped out in the lobby of the club. As he arrived, the cameras flanked him as he made his way about the room. He stopped only to congratulate the authors and to chat with Gerry Nicholls of the NCC. The mess of cameras and reporters left the club and the party continued on as usual with a few people left stunned. CTV later that evening would gleefully report that Conrad Black had appeared at a launch event for a book on rescuing Canada’s conservative movement.

Fellow Blogging Tories Greg Staples, Bob Tarantino, Steve Janke and Eli Schuster were also in attendance and were talking politics and election predictions for most of the night.

I also finally met Warren Kinsella, who it turns out was as impressed with me as I was with him. Seriously though, Warren was a good sport for climbing into the proverbial lion’s den of conservatism that evening to support some mutual friends.

The other Liberal that showed up that evening was Jason Cherniak. Later in the evening, Jason and I smoked a couple of cigars and talked about (what else?) blogging and politics.

A couple of my favourite MSM scribes were also taking in the festive atmosphere of the evening. Rondi Adamson and Michael Taube stayed to chat through most of the evening, while Andrew Coyne, after passing on some faux-guilt for my recent penchant for heckling and after receiving some of my faux-guilt for his lack of blogging, left to do the National‘s “At Issues” panel.

Unfortunately I missed Mike Harris and Tony Clement as the two common sense revolutionaries left the party early. Tony and I are scheduled to do a podcast one day but his life is incredibly busy right now as he fighting hard to win the riding of Perry Sound Muskoka for the blue team.

All in all, the event was wildly successful and a good time for those that attended. Adam and Tasha are set to start their tour, so check the dates and pick up your copy. I’ll be posting my review of the book soon.