UncategorizedTough talkThere was a darkening in Stephen Harper’s rhetoric today. The line that popped in his speech to a rally in Winnipeg early this...
UncategorizedHealth care: it’s all about the economyPolls consistently show that health care is one of the top two or three concerns of Canadians. Yet it has barely registered in...
UncategorizedAloha, votersAt about 7:15 p.m., Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a few lines into his stump speech, to a ballroom packed with Tories at...
UncategorizedNot a campaign event, we hopeFinance Minister Jim Flaherty will talk to the media tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. on Parliament Hill about process surrounding...
UncategorizedStocks down (not what you think)Stephen Harper is about to speak to a smallish Tory crowd at the Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel and Marina. The view here on...
GeneralHarper and the oddsmakersOver at the always interesting Intrade predictions market (where people can buy contracts to bet on the outcomes of things like...
UncategorizedMaybe mom should scoop some under-valued stocksAfter a rather cool message delivered in the unsteadily beating financial heart of Toronto today, the Prime Minister tried for a...
UncategorizedBroker-in-ChiefStephen Harper was probably smart not to try feigning an emotional response today over the state of the economy. The Prime...
UncategorizedStart fizzy, end flat?What is it about starting a federal election as the front runner? Parties that enjoy a lead at the outset almost always seem to...
GeneralScrewy Math QuestionFor Harper, what’s better than two of your opponents ganging up on you? Four of your opponents ganging up on you. It makes so much...