Canadian Politics
Jay Hill is the interim leader of Wexit Canada
The existence of the Wexit movement is a national tragedy. Former Harper government House Leader Jay Hill was named interim leader of “Wexit Canada”, a new…
Jay Hill
9 posts on Jay Hill from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Stephen Harper
Liveblogging the cabinet shuffle
9:52AM: Rob Nicholson, Gail Shea, Leona Aglukkaq, Peter Kent and Peter van Loan, Chuck Strahl show up to Rideau Hall 9:52AM: And Christian Paradis, Jim…
Stephen Harper
Cabinet facts and speculation
See my final cabinet speculation here Tomorrow, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will name his new cabinet at Rideau Hall at 10:30am. There is a lot of…
Conservative Party of Canada
Lobbyists and the campaign
Yesterday, the National Post had an interesting story on the connections between lobbyists and governments and how the federal accountability act has evolved…
Conservative Party of Canada
Casey votes against the budget he liked
Today, Nova Scotian MP Bill Casey from Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley voted against his party’s budget by voting against C-52, a budget…
Parliament of Canada
Only one vote so far…
A whip, in a legislature, is the member of a party who is responsible for ensuring member attendance at votes, for handing out offices, standing committee…
Stephen Harper
Rumours and fact
Yesterday, I reported at 1:30pm that no cabmin would lose their job and that cabinet would grow. Craig Oliver broke the news in the MSM about 8.5 hours later…
Stephen Harper
Cabinet predictions
I’m going to take a shot at predicting PM-elect Stephen Harper’s cabinet. The following is partly an indication of what I think should happen and partly what I…
Liberal Party of Canada
Another day, another scandal
There are reports today (here, here and here) that another scandal has come out for Paul Martin’s Liberal Party. It appears that Hewlett Packard has…