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…
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Jack Layton
Jack Layton interview
On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to interview Jack Layton, the leader of the New Democratic Party. Layton and I chat about a variety of topics including his…
Canadian Media
Globe and Mail causing trouble?
The Globe and Mail recently published an article on Monday about appointments to the Judicial Advisory Committee, a group of volunteer individuals that help…
Jack Layton
Cows with SARS, in our cities
Some say that the NDP has lost touch with rural constituents. Some accuse Jack of being too Toronto-centric in his views. Cows with SARS! From the Brandon…
Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal calls border guards “wimps”
Yesterday in the House, Derek Lee, the Liberal MP for Scarborough-Rouge River had a few choice words for the 60 Canadian border guards that walked off the job…
Parliament of Canada
Warm up the Hotstove, Parliament’s back
The House of Commons reconvenes today for the fall and there are a lot of topics on the horizon. For those of us who are tired of hearing the same questions,…
New Democratic Party of Canada
The NDP convention: Day 1
No, I’m not there… but I was planning to go. I had my accomodations secured and the bus schedule researched, but in the end it’s the NDP and I’ve got CPAC.…
New Democratic Party of Canada
NDP proposes to nationalize…
Found in the NDP draft policy document (section 5): WHEREAS Canada’s primary resource industries such as forestry, mining, and fishing are vital to economic…
New Democratic Party of Canada
The NDP on democratic reform
Just don’t call them “republican”: WHEREAS Queen Elizabeth II was not born nor has ever lived in Canada; andWHEREAS in fact, the actual democratically elected…