Continuing a theme begun by my colleagues Matt Salvatore with his piece on the ‘Top 5 political blogs’ and Michael Von Herff’s piece ‘The 10 best tweeters for those following Ottawa’, I’d like to discuss those web sites and blogs that are essential reads for those tracking issues, events and gossip in federal politics. With [...]
Election fever around Parliament Hill is beginning to heat up and it is becoming increasingly likely that at some point over the next 3-4 months a federal election will be called. Parliament Hill, on the eve of the summer recess, is rife with this fever as speculation of elections, mergers, and coalitions is now the [...]
Paul Rutherford of the QMI Agency had a great take on things when he wrote that it’s a good thing Canadians are laser-focused on the Olympics right now, or else they might have been more alarmed by the last comments from Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. The budget boss laid out a frightening scenario [...]
It is hard to believe that 2009 is almost over and 2010 is less than a month away. If you read the papers, there is a lot of talk about how ONLY last year Stephan Dion was leader of the Liberal Party and holding the PM’s Government hostage with the threat of a federal election. [...]
Well, yesterday was not exactly a red letter day for the Liberal Party. It started with a news report based on the most recent Ipsos Reid poll that indicates that the Liberal Party under Michael Ignatieff would face an even worse electoral loss than it did last year under Stephane Dion. That’s not good news [...]
