PC Party of Ontario
Klees campaign responds to Hudak
I just got off the phone with a senior member of Frank Klees’ campaign regarding the letter from Tim Hudak’s co-chair Blair McCreadie. To say the least, Klees’…
Steve Paikin
10 posts on Steve Paikin from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Elections
Is Harper’s campaign in decline?
Recent polls would indicate that the Conservative campaign has experienced a steady softening in support since both federal leader’s debates. When polls go…
Elections
The shadowboxing opposition
Largely unable to effectively criticize Mr. Harper’s record in office, Canada’s opposition leaders underestimate the intelligence of Canadians and focus on a…
Canadian Politics
English debate, the next morning
Five federal party leaders squared off last night around the oblong table at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Coming off of a sort of dress-rehearsal last…
Canadian Politics
Tonight’s debate: the drinking game
Tonight, Canada’s four national mainstream party leaders (and one wildcard) will gather at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre for the English language debate. To…
Elections
“Clearly, our leader won the debate”
You’ll hear this line from every party but the first public utterance of it that I saw was from the Liberal camp on twitter: “Stéphane Dion won decisively! He…
Canadian Media
TVO disagrees with Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May writes a statement on the Green Party website hoping to put the “Canadians are stupid” issue to rest. Unfortunately, in her statement she writes,…
Canadian Politics
Does Elizabeth May fundamentally agree or disagree?
One thing that we can all agree upon is that Elizabeth May talks too fast and this has got her into some trouble in the past surrounding her February 2007…
Canadian Politics
Leave Leftdog alone!
he may be a dog online, but he’s… a human. There’s a lot of brouhaha in the blogosphere and in the Green politicosphere about this video: A left-wing blogger…