Columns
Requiem for the regulators
Last week the CRTC, the government body that regulates radio, television and telecommunications in this country, got its hooks into Plenty of Fish, the…
British Columbia
18 posts on British Columbia from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
BC Poll shows Adrian Dix versus Christy Clark not over yet
Campaign Research just released some polling data on the upcoming BC election race. Here are some key findings: – NDP 38%, LIB 33%, GRN 12%, CON 12% – 18-34…
US Politics
Canadian celebrities for Mitt Romney
Bobby Orr: He’s one of the greatest hockey players of all time, who played for the greatest team of all time, and scored the greatest Stanley Cup goal of all…
Columns
Christy Clark’s missed opportunity
Tom Mulcair has had a busy week. In his first real outing on the national stage on any policy issue of pan-Canadian importance he chose to entangle energy,…
Columns
Why is the CBC is above the law?
The setup, from Kris Sims: OTTAWA – The CBC isn’t getting taken to the woodshed for airing vote results to western Canada on election night. In a letter to a…
Canadian Politics
Bad move Christy Clark
Trading a sales tax cut for a corporate tax increase? This is bad tax policy from the Premier of BC. The HST has been a thorny and populist issue. The NDP is…
Michael Ignatieff
Just where does Ignatieff stand on the HST? Or on anything?
A week ago, I wrote about BC Liberal party MP Ujjal Dosanjh’s characterization of the BC HST as the “Harper Sales Tax”. I pointed out that it was quite a…
Parliament of Canada
New Senators
Newfoundland and Labrador – Fabian Manning Nova Scotia – Fred Dickson, Stephen Greene, Michael L. MacDonald PEI – Mike Duffy New Brunswick – Percy Mockler,…
Parliament of Canada
Senate appointments
I’ve learned of some of the names that are on the Prime Minister’s short-list of potential senators. The PM is expected to name 17 or 18 senators within the…