A Tory Majority and a Progressive Win in Alberta
I’ve not blogged or tweeted terribly much about politics lately. Once in a while, I’ll share an article or tweet a rant. But my days of opining about it are behind me. The give...
Tagged: Canada
Canada’s Grits and Tories “Grin and Bear it”
While columnist Lawrence Martin approves of the face-saving deal between Government and Opposition, I am increasingly dismayed. Previously, I noted how Mr. Ignatieff and Canada’s Liberal Party allowed a Conservative budget to pass merely...
Canada’s Opposition Enables Harper Budget
If you thought Nader was right that the Democrats and Republicans are identical twins, check this latest development in Canada: Today, Mr. Duceppe ridiculed the Liberal proposition [of regular status reports on the economy...
Faltering Liberals?
Canada will hold another general election on October 14th, as Harper make a bold move to reestablish his mandate and possibly grab a majority government. (Its such a bold move he broke his own...
Canadian Whines
Stephen Harper was sworn in on Monday, marking the first Conservative government in Canada since 1993, and the first one ever born out of Western right-wing politics that was the basis of the Reform...
Conservatives In… Barely
In Canada’s federal parliamentary elections last night, the Conservatives returned to power for the first time since 1993, almost 13 years in the political wilderness caused in large part by the West’s more hard-line...
Oh, Canada! – A Prelude
On Monday, Canada will elect its next Parliament, and it looks like the Liberal party, which escaped defeat in 2004 by scaring Canadians about their opposition, are trying to repeat the same exact campaign…...
Martin’s Pander-Bear
Wow, talk about ballsy. Paul Martin, the Prime Minister fighting for his political life in Canada’s federal election this January, has recently announced that he intends to cut the immigrant landing fee. “But there...
