OttawaJack Layton’s mother makes her pickNobody saw this one coming. Doris Layton, mother of the late NDP leader Jack Layton, this morning endorsed her son’s former...
UncategorizedNDP’s Nash: caught off guard on user fees?Sorry, do I have this right? Peggy Nash is running for the NDP leadership...to the right of the Chrétien government on health...
OttawaUBC’s Richard Johnston on a polarizing political yearRichard Johnston, Canada research chair in public opinion, elections and representation at University of British Columbia, is a...
UncategorizedLayton: the final enigmaEventually, Canada will begin to oblige men in Layton’s position to be excruciatingly forthright about their health
OttawaJack Layton on the prayers sent his wayHow prayers lifted the NDP leader’s spirits after his last cancer announcement
UncategorizedBerthier-Maskinongé: the NDP’s Stalingrad?We are all having a good time chortling about the Ruth Ellen Brosseau Crisis (Day 7!) , which has become the biggest "cute white...
UncategorizedElection forecast: dance on a razor’s edgeAre you ready to stay up late May 2? Do you have good coffee and plenty of snacks laid in? This may be the election with the...
UncategorizedGo ahead, start being disappointed in the NDP nowOkey-doke. Let’s think this NDP polling surge through. Tell you what: go ahead and pick some riding where the New Democrat is said...
UncategorizedA colour-blind man looks at Green and orangeI’ve been catching up with the various party platforms, and doing my best to use one of the pet heuristics I developed in my...
UncategorizedClegg: is he good for the Canucks?A fiasco for first-past-the-post would be bad news for its future in Canada