OttawaDouble double standardNorman Spector has offered the obvious rejoinder: that Canadians elected Jean Chrétien, notwithstanding his barely-comprehensible...
GeneralDion and Duceppe, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s....There’s a delicious irony in the thought of Gilles Duceppe coming to the defense of Stéphane "Clarity Act" Dion in the middle of...
OttawaMorning memo: Speak into my good earBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Admittedly, the sample size is small (506 respondents) and the margin of error correspondingly large...
OttawaMorning memo: Being a leader means you can’t possibly winBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: The logical corollary to the Conservatives’ relentless and oftentimes bizarre ’not a leader’ campaign...
OttawaBTC: Democracy is hardAfter each debate last week someone would ask me who I thought "won" and I would say what I honestly believed to be true: "I have...
OttawaMorning memo: Ever the optimist, Harper looks at the bright side of an economic collapseBEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Another day, another poll showing the Conservatives losing support. This time, Harris-Decima’s got...
OttawaMorning memo: Are Harper’s odds of a majority going down with the market?BEST PHOTO: POLL OF THE DAY: Has the Conservative vote stalled ? Can Stephen Harper avoid going back to Ottawa on October 15 with...
OttawaBTC: Constructive criticism (II)In regards to this weekend’s homework , below you’ll find a rundown of the political stories the Globe, Star and Times included in...
GeneralQuebec’s religious vote (no, really!)Surprising fact number one: Quebec has a sizable voting bloc consisting of regular church going folk. Who knew? Surprising fact...