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The French language debate was a very interesting debate in some ways superior to the English language debate because the issue of national unity was discussed in very revealing ways and the issues of unemployment, poverty and social policy got … Continue reading →

A much closer horse race appears to be developing if the results of a new Ekos Ipolitics poll are accurate. The poll completed just prior to the English language debate shows that the Conservatives have dropped down to 33.8 %, … Continue reading →

Stephen Harper faced a barrage of accusations and criticism about his performance as Prime Minister last night but he stayed largely unflappable in the face of the severe criticism sent his way by Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe. … Continue reading →

The long awaited report of the Auditor General on the Canadian government’s spending on the G8 summit has become a potential very damaging problem for the Harper government. A leaked copy of an early draft of the final report yet … Continue reading →

The latest election polls in Canada show the governing Conservatives in the lead at about 41 % but not yet in majority territory with several blemishes breaking out over bad judgment in the appointment of senior advisors. The Liberals fortunes … Continue reading →

I just got back from a fascinating energizing trip to America’s third largest metropolis, the city of Chicago. A city of fabulous architecture, extraordinary energy, friendly intelligent and largely progressive people, intriguing politics and a centre of dynamic culture, music … Continue reading →

Incredibly at a time when the world watches with horror the nuclear reactor disaster in Japan, the hidebound out of touch media leadership who clearly operate as if they were in the nineteenth century as opposed to the 21st have … Continue reading →

There is a lot of loose diatribe and fear mongering among politicians , journalists and citizens about the danger of coalition government that reveals an appalling ignorance of Canadian political history and parliamentary government. The only criterion for becoming the … Continue reading →

Several new polls have come out including a Leger poll, an Ekos poll and an Ipsos poll that show the Liberals at 18% in Québec. This is much better than the 11 % reported in an earlier CROP poll. The … Continue reading →

Britons in very large numbers reminiscent of the great trade union and peace marches of the early 1970s turned out for a march and demonstration in central London against the cuts now underway in essential social services and public spending. … Continue reading →