Stephen Harper
Ottawa abuzz
Ottawa is trying to figure out what to make of Prime Minister Stephen Harper holding his first-ever press conference with the media located in the National…
Election Timing
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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,…
Elections
No spring election
What follows is a personal theory that I’ve been assembling from observation over the past month. There are only three people, I believe, in the Conservative…
Canadian Media
CTV’s Canada AM makes a poor edit
Last week, I was watching Canada AM and would have spit out my coffee if I had been drinking some at the time. I had just seen the program’s Seamus O’Regan…
Conservative Party of Canada
Liberal meltdown
This week was the first week back after a break for Canada’s New Government. Climate change was expected to lead the agenda as it seems to be the sole issue on…
Elections
Call me cynical…
… but is this Prime Minister now saying anything to get re-elected? Consider Paul Martin’s “Hero Fund” announcement today: A new Liberal government will…
Elections
Learning about confidence motions
In this week of political chicken, all three opposition parties are trying to figure out how to best take away the election timing from the Liberal party,…
Paul Martin
Paul Martin is seeking a “mandate”
With every day that passes, it seems more and more likely that we’ll be heading into an early spring election. Indeed, Paul Martin was on the pre-campaign…