Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal leadership race heats up
In my last post, I speculated that New Brunswick Liberal MP (and son of a former Governor General) Dominic LeBlanc would throw his hat into the ring for…
Bob Rae
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Elections
Dion will implement carbon tax even if there’s a recession
After a joint address to the Empire Club and Canadian Club yesterday, Stephane Dion faced reporters. The exchange between Richard Madan from City and Dion was…
Liberal Party of Canada
Bob Rae wants his friends in the media to know
that if they want to contact him during the election for their stories, they can contact him at his taxpayer-funded email address that has the advantage of not…
Conservative Party of Canada
The Death of Oily – the tragic premature demise of an almost Canadian icon
It was the first brillantly sunny pre-summer weekend of June. Joggers in Ottawa hit the river parkway and canal while sun-bathers converged on Parliament Hill.…
By-elections
By-election notes
– big loss for Stephane Dion tonight. In by-elections, the number of votes for the government usually goes down. In seat +/-, we see Stephane Dion -1 and…
Liberal Party of Canada
Questions about Bob Rae staffers in the House
Questions raised by my post yesterday were brought up in the House of Commons today by James Bezan (Conservative MP, Selkirk-Interlake) to Parliamentary…
Liberal Party of Canada
Bob Rae leadership campaign staffers linked to Sponsorship Scandal
Former and likely future Liberal leadership candidate Bob Rae is working this weekend to get himself elected to the House of Commons in the riding of Toronto…
Election Financing
Conservatives demand answers on Liberal fundraising scheme
In response to a story broken here three days ago, the Conservatives are demanding answers from Elections Canada on the Grit fundraising auction being held…
Liberal Party of Canada
McKenna in Ottawa
Frank McKenna is in Ottawa today for an informal and intimate dinner at a small Centretown restaurant. He’ll be meeting with political staffers from all four…