October 5, 2009: Liberal MP Mark Holland is among the majority of the MPs in the 308-seat House of Commons who have not signed on to Twitter. He sees it as an “info-dumping” medium and says he cannot find a compelling reason to start tweeting. “You…
The video above is the first 46 seconds of my ten minute interview with the new leader of the Alberta Wildrose Alliance Party, Danielle Smith. You may also want to watch my previous interview with Smith. After the introductory banter, I grabbed my…
A little birdie told me that George Smitherman, Ontario’s infrastructure minister, just dismissed federal Liberal claims that infrastructure dollars are disproportionately going to Tory ridings in Ontario. He told reporters, “you can slice and dice…
something on page 24 of the Liberal Pink Book leaped out at me: Preventing Violence Against Women Under Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, women are increasingly at risk for domestic abuse and violence. It’s pretty sloppy writing at best,…
“If I am not elected, I imagine that I will ask Harvard to let me back” — Michael Ignatieff to the Harvard Crimson published November 30th, 2005 Given Michael Ignatieff’s recent troubles in the polls it appears that he is retreating to his safety…
Received in my inbox this afternoon from a Conservative Member of Parliament (published with permission): When we formed govt the crats stopped bringing cheques to announcements & we were FORCED to cough up the $ to buy our own. Specifically, at [a…
The Tories have been criticized lately for putting their party logo on some non-negotiable jumbo novelty cheques. While I agree that the practice of associating party brand so explicitly with public money should stop, let’s remember that news is…
The Globe and Mail’s Jane Taber writes about the latest poll showing the Conservatives climbing in the polls. Here are just the first five paragraphs. What’s the story here? Stephen Harper, the piano man and economic manager, is making Canadians so…