An Old Tory reflects on the Liberal convention: Living in a time warp
Keith Beardsley was “on the inside” as a member of Stephen Harper’s inner circle both while Harper was in opposition and, later, as deputy chief of staff to the Conservative prime minister. After...
View ArticleJustin Trudeau’s co-campaign chair: The 2015 general election campaign has...
Katie Telford and Daniel Gagnier are the co-campaign chairs for the Liberal Party of Canada. The 2015 general election will be their first test and it will be a big one. Their Liberal predecessors in...
View ArticleFrom Fort Mac to Fort York: The ripples of Chow’s resignation on federal...
The decision by Olivia Chow last week to quit her seat in the House of Commons to take a run at the Mayor’s chair in Toronto has already started a broad ripple effect in federal politics that stretches...
View ArticleNew Ontario election ads: Hudak’s math and Andrea’s switchers
Two new ads out this afternoon for consideration by those eligible to cast a ballot in the June 12 Ontario election. One is from the Liberals and a week after economists first raised questions about...
View ArticleCutting deficits? Slashing government programs? Yes, that’s the NDP in New...
A New Democrat talking about slashing deficits? Balancing budgets? Cutting government waste? That would be New Brunswick NDP Leader Dominic Cardy.
View ArticleToday’s must-see, can’t-miss, will-win-the-bet, political video
This is a spectacularly bad video from a federal Liberal nomination hopeful in Niagara Falls http://t.co/H4WqRdDrph h/t @Justin_Ling — Siobhan Morris (@siomo) July 1, 2015 No way! Really? Ok, I’ll...
View ArticleBreaking down the Liberal fiscal framework
The Liberals presented their fiscal plan Saturday, outlining where a Justin Trudeau government would raise money, spend money and what kind of budget balances would be left over. Here’s the highlights:...
View ArticleDifferent hair, same platform! Liberals make Trudeau’s coif a virtue
The sneering tag line in some Conservative ads attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in this election campaign have been, “Nice hair, though”, the idea being that that’s all Trudeau is — a nice...
View ArticleTrudeau’s letter to supporters on eve of becoming PM
The following was just sent out this evening to Liberal supporters: Friend, as I write to you, evening is falling outside our new home, Rideau Cottage, on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa. A few...
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