Elections
July election on EI? Possible but quite improbable
Is there election fever in Ottawa? This seems to be the question on Parliament Hill whenever we move through the months of May and June in a minority…
Belinda Stronach
41 posts on Belinda Stronach from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Conservative Party of Canada
Lois Brown interview
Lois Brown is the newly elected Conservative MP from Newmarket-Aurora. The former Conservative national councillor and Belinda Stronach rival for CPC…
Parliament of Canada
The Code of the Centre Block Schoolyard
“The Prime Minister should apologize” whines Her Majesty’s Loyal Official Opposition in reaction to Stephen Harper’s latest attack on the sensibilities of the…
Stéphane Dion
Martha’s parachute
Today, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion handed Martha Hall Findlay the safe Liberal riding of Willowdale to replace retiring MP Jim Peterson. As I said in…
Liberal Party of Canada
Convention leftovers
I’ve a few convention leftovers that I want to share. Convention buttons were a big hit on the floor among Liberals. (See my previous post for the other…
Digital Politics
Best.convention.swag.evar
Friday morning blogging the convention after a couple of great hospitality suites last night. Ignatieff had the big party at the Intercontinental, ironically…
Canadian Media
While you were barking…
Stories in the written press (newspaper/internet) about Puppy-gate: 376 Number of news stories about announced by-elections: 97 Number of news stories about…
Liberal Party of Canada
Belinda Stronach, I call BS
Today, Belinda Stronach announced that she will not be seeking the leadership of the Liberal Party. CTV News cited that her reason for not running was because…
New Democratic Party of Canada
More NDP flip-flops
(Please see my earlier post on NDP hypocrisy regarding the office of the Ethics Commissioner) Consider that the NDP (the 3rd party) has asked for an…