Dan Arnold
The Reform Act and our parliamentary democracy on trial
More reaction to Michael Chong’s proposals
The milk wars
The Dairy Farmers of Canada are not impressed with Martha Hall Findlay. The Conservatives at least attempted to register their dismay yesterday, while the New Democrats issued the following release this morning.
David Wilks becomes a headline
As a result of this story and these videos, the Conservative backbencher gets noticed by the Globe, Star, CBC, Canadian Press, Postmedia and Global.
Gender equality and democracy (II)
Dan Arnold troubleshoots Paul Dewar’s proposal to increase the number of women seeking office.
Of love and politics and life
Jonathan McLeod notes Jack Layton’s use of the word “love.”
Man of the year: It was easy to make this priority
Dan Arnold over at Calgary Grit comes up with his Person of the Year and, following his self-imposed rule-of-thumb that it’s best to avoid the incumbent Prime Minister because that’s always too obvious a choice, comes up with Stéphane Dion. This sounds right. Maxime Bernier was another fellow who looked bewildered while things happened to him, but not for as long nor with stakes as high. Few provincial premiers had a sustained national profile. Jack Layton never changes. Justin Trudeau’s role is to be forever nominated, to get the hopes of Trudeauphiliacs alive and to boil the blood of Trudeauphobes. For the moment Michael Ignatieff looks like Buster Keaton in the old movie when the house collapses around him, wondering wha hoppened.