Canadian Politics
Carney to prorogue Parliament after by-elections?
Is Mark Carney set to shutter Parliament after April's by-elections? With a backdoor majority in reach, prorogation would let him dodge accountability for a…
By-Elections
7 posts on By-Elections from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Elections
Throne Speech and Fall Election
The Parliamentary break is effectively over as Ottawa Hillites are speculating about the future of the government, of Stephane Dion’s career and, of course,…
By-elections
Thoughts about the by-elections
Repeating my bit from Macleans.ca, just for the record: “Earthquake in Quebec. “Stephane Dion fails his first electoral test as Liberal leader as the Grits…
By-elections
Liberal candidate of record is a Conservative on the books
Meet Louise Boulanger, the Liberal candidate for the Quebec by-election in the riding of Roberval–Lac-St-Jean. Here is a picture of Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the…
By-elections
Ontario by-elections
Two by-elections are upcoming this fall in Ontario and I’ve got a bit of info on these individuals and the timing of the contest to be called by the Prime…
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…
Election Financing
By-elections come at strange cost
I was on the Liberal website today looking to check the price of the observer status for their upcoming convention ($1250?! *$#@!). The observer pass at the…