Canadian Politics
Thomas Mulcair’s NDP
Seven Months, 131,000 members, 69,000 votes, 4 ballots, Thomas Mulcair: 57%. This past weekend in Toronto, the federal New Democrats elected the next leader of…
Jack Layton
109 posts on Jack Layton from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Jack Layton
Jack Layton, 1950-2011
This morning I learned the terrible news of Jack Layton’s passing as the news spread instantly via Twitter. His final press conference in Ottawa this July left…
New Democratic Party of Canada
Nycole Turmel’s Bloc connections
Nycole Turmel is the newly minted interim leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada. She has stepped in while Jack Layton fights another round with cancer.…
Columns
Postal filibuster was a practice round
First Air Canada then Canada Post. What does the future hold in showdowns of Conservatives versus the union-backed New Democratic Party? I noted a couple of…
Columns
Thoughts on the NDP filibuster
The NDP filibuster over bill C-6 is over and it ended with more of a whimper than a bang. With 102 MPs allowed to speak for 20 minutes (not including about 10…
Elections
The Last week of play. What to watch for.
For spectators of the political Olympics, we’re now in the final sprint, the last leg, indeed the gold medal round of the competition to shape the 41st…
Columns
Game Changer
They’ve been popping organic champagne corks in the NDP war room this week as poll after poll is showing that party ahead of the Liberals in a race for second…
New Democratic Party of Canada
Peter Stoffer and his votes against military families
Jack Layton was in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia yesterday touting a plan to help veterans. NDP MP Peter Stoffer is an NDPer in Nova Scotia running for re-election…
Economy and Budget
Federal Budget 2011
I’ll be in the budget lockup for stakeholders in a few minutes. Peter Coleman and I will be going over the budget in detail and will be providing updates…