I caught an interesting spot on CPAC dealing with Bill Casey and his riding tonight. I wish I'd got home from the gym in time to record it all, it should be required watching for every voter in he country. But this isn't about Bill..... [...more]
Canadian voters over the past quarter-century have indicated to academic investigators that most of them can't define right or left or care about the distinction. They increasingly think of themselves as non-partisan and non-ideological. They have the weakest political-party affinity in the Western world. [...more]
Just west of Quebec City, and just east of Resume Speed, lies the sleepy town of St. Agapit, where Stephen Harper delivered a slashing partisan speech last week, with both Stéphane Dion and Gilles Duceppe squarely in his sights. Why would the prime minister spend an evening where the highway through town is also called Rue Principale? Because towns like St. Agapit are part of the Conservative hopes to grow from minority to majority status at the next election. [...more]
Blue Like You | Don’t let Dalton pass the buck -- Yesterday we were visiting some relatives in Brantford, Ontario. The conversation turned to native issues, as it often does these days. [...more]
Globe | Rex Murphy: Mr. Harper throws down the gauntlet -- There's life in the old cat yet, thank the Lord. The doddering feline in question here is Canadian politics. There's been so much of the American stuff, Obama and Hillary, Obama and McCain, Obama and Obama - and don't get me wrong, it's all been quality material - that it felt like our own politics had just disappeared, or slunk out of the room while the really big game down in the States took over the headlines and fed the talk shows. [...more]
