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Winning Back the Hearts and Minds 30 Oct 2009 | 04:11 pm
Here are the results of the last several federal elections (click on the images for better resolution) across the Canadian electorate from two different lenses (wouldn't it be nice if polls always tol...
Standing Out from the Crowd 16 Oct 2009 | 05:46 pm
The Conservatives' politicization of the distribution of infrastructure funds and government websites is a story that is hitting them hard on one of their biggest weaknesses. But it is not yet a story...
Government of Canada Quietly Changes Logo 14 Oct 2009 | 05:39 pm
Government of Canada Quietly Changes Logo OTTAWA - Last night every Canadian government website underwent a small, but quite momentous change. The logo of the Government of Canada appears to have bee...
Putting Policy Centre Stage and the Thinkers Conference 10 Oct 2009 | 06:56 am
Plans are apparently in the works apparently for the Liberals to hold a "thinkers conference" in January modeled on the famous "Kingston conference" that Pearson organized in 1960 and that set the dir...
Facts to Brighten Your Day and the Road Ahead 7 Oct 2009 | 04:11 am
So it seems that with the election speculation out of the way, many in the media have moved on to the next favourite past time which is obsessing about the latest polls. Since these stories are alread...
A Study in Contrasts 21 Sep 2009 | 05:16 am
Liberals: Positive hopeful ads portraying a vision for Canada's future Vs. Conservatives: Negative deceptive ads ranting about a coalition that has been ruled out (as they ally with those same parties...
Congratulations Eric Hoskins! 18 Sep 2009 | 03:13 pm
Queen's Park and St. Paul's are lucky to have him! Eric's final share of the vote at 47.6% stands at even better than Michael Bryant's from 2007 when Dalton McGuinty was returned to office with a larg...
Are Reforms You Call "Paltry" Really Worth the Price? 17 Sep 2009 | 07:13 am
So apparently the NDP have decided to prop up Stephen Harper till March (as the EI reforms go through committee, 2nd, and 3rd readings) SOLELY in return to what NDP MP Pat Martin flatly calls “paltry ...
Why the NDP Should Go Now 15 Sep 2009 | 11:35 am
It seems the NDP is between a rock and a hard place. While I don't feel so much for Jack Layton who helped to put Harper in office in the first place, I do have some sympathy for many NDP supporters w...
The Case for Change 15 Sep 2009 | 11:01 am
As Parliament returned today, so does this blog. And as the Harper government returned to Question Period for another round of evasive non-answers, ask yourself do we really need more of this? What do...
