Thomas Mulcair and the NDP will benefit if there’s any long-term impact For some, Stephen Harper’s quick press conference following the Conservative Party’s caucus meeting was enough. He said he was on top of the Senate expenses mess, that it would be cleaned up, and that the perpetrators are gone (from the caucus, and the [...]
For federal Conservatives, keeping power now outweighs everything else There was a time in this country when its federal Conservatives put their principles front and centre. There were all those who abandoned the Progressive Conservative Party of Brian Mulroney, in large measure because they were tired of the sights and smells of corruption. Even as [...]
Canadian politics promises to be turbulent as voters disgruntled For citizens from coast to coast to coast, this summer promises to be a time of discontent with Canadian politics. What most of us want, most of the time, is simply that our governments be competent: display a sense of where they’re going, and that as [...]
Expect energy, labour issues to dominate Christy Clark agenda The dust is beginning to settle after Tuesday’s stunning election victory for Christy Clark and the BC Liberals. Premier Clark still has to find a seat for herself, of course — and rumours are strong that she’ll choose to compete for one outside the Vancouver area. [...]
Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair spends week on urban agenda It’s a holiday weekend — and that means last week was a week for MPs to be in their constituencies. For the Toronto NDP caucus, it was also a week to host their leader, Thomas Mulcair — and to sharpen the NDP’s focus on urban [...]
Stephen Harper seen as unaccountable as Chrétien was thanks to Mike Duffy scandal The tipping point has passed. Senator Mike Duffy’s endless tale of money and greed has managed to energize Canadians — not against him, but against the Conservatives in Ottawa. “There will be a new code in Ottawa. Break the rules, you will be [...]
Results from BC Election 2013 that caused surprise are actually part of a pattern Manitoba’s Greg Selinger. Ontario’s Dalton McGuinty. Alberta’s Alison Redford. Now BC’s Christy Clark. All four of these were apparently on track to lose their long-in-the-tooth administrations — and all four managed re-election of their governments. In all four cases, as well, [...]
BC votes for “more of the same” in BC Election 2013 All across the country, back room strategists and political scientists will be studying this one. Christy Clark stunned the country last night by winning re-election in the BC Election 2013. Not just winning it, but actually increasing the Liberal Party majority in the process. [...]
Leaders zip around as BC Election 2013 campaign ends Rack up another 1,700 kilometres for NDP leader Adrian Dix on Monday. Throw a few more stops in unfriendly territory in and around Victoria for Christy Clark. It was the final day of campaigning in the BC Election 2013, and the two front runners poured on the [...]
Campaigns in BC Election 2013 reflect British Columbia’s split geographic personality British Columbians know, if they’ve travelled anywhere, that the province’s boundaries on a map don’t mean as much as does the geography of wet weather. The coast is wet — very wet. Hop over the Coast Range in the north, or the Cascades in [...]
