GeneralHappy Jack in WestmountJack Layton being Jack Layton, though not in Westmount. It is doubtful this by-election, or the the one in Longueuil or...
GeneralA scientist AND hot? She’s got my voteRule number one: when you’re the battle-weary leader of the Opposition, and an election could be imminent, don’t introduce your...
OttawaUPDATED - Still more on the candidate selection process – Apparently, it really is an honour just to be nominated.Yesterday, ITQ posted the new guidelines for potential Conservative candidates, which have become considerably more onerous since...
OttawaUPDATED Outremont (et al) revisited: Buying the by-electionsUPDATED, FIXED, ETC - Never. Doing. Math. Again. First of all, apologies for the delay in posting the promised graphic -- it turns...
OttawaUPDATED - Green Grow the Lawsuits, O: Green Shift Inc.’s Statement of Claim... in annoyingly uncopypasteable PDF format for now, but I’ll try to have the text up later, as it’s a reasonably clean scan and...
GeneralRealignment? (continued)It isn’t only the media and expert reactions to the two main parties’ environmental plans that bespeak a strange reordering of...
GeneralRealignment?Some interesting reactions to the Liberal carbon plan in the last couple of days. Here’s Don Martin, first, writing in the...
GeneralITQ Online Outrage Tracker: You got trademark law in my climate change debate!UPDATED -Added comment from Jennifer Wright - thanks to BigCityLib for the tip. If you haven’t been following this story, this...
GeneralUPDATED Well, if you ask *me* - The ITQ Advice Column (Trademark Woes Edition)Oh, for heaven’s sake: More from Canadian Press: Here’s the thing: I suspect that the Liberal Party is legally in the clear on...
GeneralCarbon protectionismHere’s another unforced error in the Liberal plan: A "carbon tariff"? Soot-Hawley? This is unnecessary, first of all - it makes no...