Canadian Politics
Are Canadian political polls still useful?
I’ve long viewed polling as a useful but imperfect tool for gauging Canadian sentiment. It helps parties like the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre create…
Tag: Pierre Poilievre
14 posts tagged "Pierre Poilievre".
Canadian Politics
Mapping the results of the 2025 Canadian Federal Election
Yes, it’s finally here. I’ve generated the maps for the 2025 federal election wherein Mark Carney’s Liberal Party elected enough MPs to form a minority…
By-elections
Damien Kurek resigns so Pierre Poilievre can lead
Battle River–Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek officially resigned from Parliament today. The move will trigger a by-election for the riding where Pierre Poilievre will…
Canadian Politics
How many memberships did Pierre Poilievre sell?
The second half of the Conservative Party leadership race is now underway. Midnight on June 4th represented the cut-off for new memberships sold for party…
Stephen Harper
Cabinet shuffle pre-shuffle information
There’s been a lot of speculation in Ottawa this week about the imminent cabinet shuffle as a number of ministers have announced their retirement from federal…
New Democratic Party of Canada
What do you think of this?
Just a small observation about recent NDP caucus appointments made by Thomas Mulcair and different reactions to them. What do you make of this? Liberal…
Canadian Media
We get letters!
From a senior Conservative on the Hill: Did you see this yesterday–Mark Holland apologized to [Former Chief of Staff to Environment Minister John Baird, Chris]…
Michael Ignatieff
Liberal reboot
Yesterday, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff announced that his party will no longer support the Conservative government in the House of Commons, thereby…
Canadian Media
He said “tar baby”? Who else did?
Today in the house, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre said, “On that side of the House, they have the man who fathered the carbon tax, put it up for adoption to…