Blog Archive for May, 2009
Saturday, May. 30, 2009 5:11PM EDT
EI as a national unity issue?
Tim Powers
So much for the Liberals staying away from the divisive issues they constantly berate the Prime Minister for engaging in, Tim Powers says
Friday, May. 29, 2009 8:04PM EDT
Then & Now: Jean Charest
Dan Cook
Charest denies / admits meeting with Schreiber
Friday, May. 29, 2009 6:14PM EDT
Hanging the gallery
Andrew Steele
As veteran political journalists make their exit, often without replacements, there's a lot less useful information coming out of our legislatures
Friday, May. 29, 2009 5:04PM EDT
What's new with this one
Bruce Anderson
That a stampede to eject the Tories hasn't developed yet doesn't mean it won't, but it does suggest we need to differentiate between economic and political recessions
Friday, May. 29, 2009 2:53PM EDT
Rubes
Douglas Bell
Like dotty ex-viceroys come to call on former subjects, Dubya and Slick Willie are breezing through Toronto - and 6,000-odd Canadians are willing fork out big bucks to see them?
Friday, May. 29, 2009 7:24AM EDT
Playing to the level of their opponents
Adam Radwanski
First Goodale's gotcha, then the 'Nixonian' quip. Has Michael Ignatieff already given up on the idea of rising above the fray?
Friday, May. 29, 2009 7:16AM EDT
Credibility
Tim Powers
Tim Powers sees in MacKay's response to a ruby injury the same toughness, grit and commitment to cause as the soldiers the Defence Minister represents
Thursday, May. 28, 2009 11:38AM EDT
Flaherty's Numbers
Dan Cook
Follow the dwindling fortunes of Canada's coffers
Thursday, May. 28, 2009 11:31AM EDT
Apology
Douglas Bell
The CRTC has punished CTV News over Dion, but this blogger, too, breached journalistic ethics in a manner that requires a cleansing act of contrition
Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 7:10PM EDT
What Liberals won't run on
Adam Radwanski
Forget about a second stimulus package. Delays getting money out the door would give a new government an opportunity to get the first one right
Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 6:42PM EDT
Sixteen billion reasons
Bruce Anderson
The Tories' economic management has been tested, and many voters, at all points on the spectrum, will find reasons to wonder if they are in good hands
Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 6:29PM EDT
In Memoriam: Charles Dalfen
Dan Cook
Ex-CRTC head was champion of Canadian content
Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 1:50PM EDT
Incompetence or malice?
Andrew Steele
The more sinister option is likely. After all, the minority Conservative government appears trapped in short-term survival tactics over long-term strategy
Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 12:14PM EDT
In Quotes: Dunce Cap
Dan Cook
NDP MP Thomas Mulcair on Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 9:38AM EDT
It's deep breath time
Our politicians need to shift gears, ditch the silly EI game, exit the bailout casino and start getting back prudent husbandry of taxpayer resources
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 6:30PM EDT
The GG's seal adventure
Tim Powers
By standing up for the hunt, and in this case digging in, the Queen's representative has done us proud, Tim Powers writes
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 4:28PM EDT
Peddling for votes
Andrew Steele
Toronto's mayor is smart to expoloit bike lanes on Jarvis. Even if just 2% of city commuters cycle, they constitute a bloc with as much pull as Manitoba in a federal ballot
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 2:47PM EDT
And that's the end of his broadcast
Adam Radwanski
Don Newman's departure from the CBC is a big loss. But it says something that the network apparently considers him irreplaceable.
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 1:05PM EDT
The NDP does it again
Robert Silver
First Carole James, then Jack Layton and now Nova Soctia's Darrell Dexter is choosing cheap populism over the environment. Robert Silver is unimpressed
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 1:01PM EDT
What's your definition of 'establishment'?
Adam Radwanski
Tim Hudak's hold on the Ontario Tories' may depend on who stuck around through the John Tory era
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 9:29AM EDT
Stop the presses!
Robert Silver
Somebody was spinning those Ontario PC membership numbers. And Robert Silver is shocked, just shocked, at this revelation
Tuesday, May. 26, 2009 9:04AM EDT
Green issues won't go away
Bruce Anderson
Worried about the next generation, voters in Canada don't want a green government - they want a healthier planet and a government that shares this desire
Monday, May. 25, 2009 4:22PM EDT
Goodbye pension, hello tension
Andrew Steele
With the Liberals set to make pension reform a cornerstone of their election platform, the Tories would be wise to seize on a proposed national summit as an opportunity
Monday, May. 25, 2009 1:17PM EDT
Leggo his ego
Adam Radwanski
Michael Bryant's departure from Dalton McGuinty's team injects a rare dose of drama into the Ontario Liberals
Monday, May. 25, 2009 12:43PM EDT
Dim the lights...
A criminal trial for Schreiber in Canada would be boffo at the box office and a certain laff riot - at least for those among us of the Liberal persuasion
Monday, May. 25, 2009 9:16AM EDT
Why women matter more
For politicians, they are the voters you can't win without, the ones who most carefully test your character, and those whose support can never be taken for granted
Saturday, May. 23, 2009 6:35PM EDT
Bryant quits, life goes on
Robert Silver
Successful political parties like McGuinty's Liberals don't just carry on after losing talent, they see such losses as a chance to rejuvenate
Friday, May. 22, 2009 5:24PM EDT
Questions that need asking
Robert Silver
Details on new members matter more than the Ontario PC leadership horse race
Friday, May. 22, 2009 3:34PM EDT
Canadian Idols
Douglas Bell
The Conservative attack ads work because they help Harper paint himself as Kris Allen to Ignatieff's Adam Lambert
Friday, May. 22, 2009 10:46AM EDT
Survey Says: 8% 'Believe Dhalla's Version'
Thursday, May. 21, 2009 12:36PM EDT
When attack ads work?
Robert Silver
Rob Silver demands empirical evidence from past economic slow-downs that shows going negative is less effective during slow-downs than boom times
Thursday, May. 21, 2009 11:35AM EDT
The devil is in the details - and the context
Bruce Anderson
Ignatieff's reputation could suffer, but in authorizing these ads, at this time, the risk to Harper could over the long run prove greater still
Thursday, May. 21, 2009 11:10AM EDT
Dancing around the elephant
Adam Radwanski
Other than confirming suspicions about his personality, the Oliphant inquiry won't tell us much about the years of Mulroney's life that mattered most to Canadians
Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 8:48PM EDT
Our empire continues to expand
Adam Radwanski
Welcome aboard the latest addition to our blogroll
Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 8:23PM EDT
If you found this post, we're off to a good start
Adam Radwanski
Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 6:19PM EDT
You spin me round (like a record)
Robert Silver
Leadership campaigns sometimes, well, exaggerate their numbers just slightly. The Ontario PCs are likely no exception
Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 6:13PM EDT
Iggy's molases approach
Tim Powers
The five days it took for the Liberal Leader to punch back at the Conservative attack ads seems like an eternity
Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 5:36PM EDT
Neck and neck - and all of them red
The contenders for Ontario's PC leadership keep turning the spotlight back on themselves as they perform a grotesque ritual of self-immolation
Wednesday, May. 20, 2009 4:09PM EDT
The New Serious
Bruce Anderson
How Obama's presidency and global economic instability have made excessive partisanship toxic for Canada's politicians
Saturday, May. 16, 2009 3:54PM EDT
Attack ads that are unprecedented...since the last ones
Robert Silver
Thursday, May. 07, 2009 11:16AM EDT
So much for the happy, unified Liberal Party and the kind leader
tpowers
Wednesday, May. 06, 2009 6:18PM EDT
Nothin' spells lovin' like protectin' your federal cousin
aradwanski
Monday, May. 04, 2009 10:13PM EDT
The wife of my enemy's Finance Minister is my friend, I think?
rsilver
Monday, May. 04, 2009 11:33AM EDT
The biggest story out of the Liberal convention - Don is gone
tpowers
Saturday, May. 02, 2009 12:48PM EDT
Live from Vancouver: The night (and early morning) that delegated Liberal conventions died
rsilver
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