Elections
Canadian ads and the latest process story scandal
The Conservatives put out a new ad yesterday called “Our Country”. The Liberals rapid-response desk in their war-room put together this video to suggest common…
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Liberal Party of Canada
Michael Ignatieff silent on Nobel Prize Committee’s “Megaphone Diplomacy” with China
Jailed Chinese pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Xiaobo was arrested in 2008 for being an author of “Charter 08”, a…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
The politics of paternalism
The big news this week was the bombshell interview given by CSIS director Richard Fadden to CBC’s Peter Mansbridge on The National where Canada’s spy chief…
Stephen Harper
Stop the presses! PM snubbed by Barack Obama!
Yesterday, I reported on a desperate Liberal attempt to downplay, and the Canadian media’s attempt to diminish Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the…
New Democratic Party of Canada
NDP convention — Saturday summary
Today, the NDP got down to business and discussed policy, policy and more policy. In fact, the difference with Liberal policy conventions and NDP policy…
Jack Layton
This ain’t your hippie father’s NDP
The New Democratic Party is meeting in Halifax this weekend for their federal convention where they will discuss policy, hand out literature and hit up Pizza…
Michael Ignatieff
Larry Summers nods off
US President Barack Obama’s economic adviser Larry Summers is seen here dozing off during a press conference with reporters while his boss explains what he…
Stephen Harper
We’ve been seeing a lot of the Prime Minister as of late. Why?
The Prime Ministership of Canada, by its very nature, is an all encompassing and busy job. Some note that this Prime Minister is hands on with a number of…