– and not simply because it is Harper and Flaherty being called to task for breaking campaign promises, this is good news because elected officials are being called to task for lying to the electorate.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper should get full credit for opening the discussion on Senate reform, if that was what he was actually attempting to do.

There have been a few conversations here where the phrase “something’s better than nothing” has cropped up in defense of one thing or another our Beloved Leader, or has not, done.

If anybody is picking on his family they need their ass kicked - but if Emerson is getting his boxers in a knot over his riding association wanting their money back, or hot under the collar over what people are saying about him these days, he should look to what his new found friends did […]

Former Liberal industry minister David Emerson has jumped ship to become a Conservative cabinet minister.

A warning perhaps? Are they coming to get us? Did you notice how it is demanding in nature? Will we who are left of centre be now forced to “open our doors”? Why is the door red?

Welcome to Canada where the temperature drops 20 degrees as soon as you cross the border but we dance naked around the parliamentary bonfire anyway.

– if you see this and consider it a sign of a Liberal friendly media.

– even though their side essentially won.

Were the NDP poised to take many more seats without the presence of the Green Party? Interesting question.

I’m not exactly sure what happened last night can be called a “sweep”, but CFRA seems to think that it is, so that’s what their lead is this morning. What did happen was that Canada gave…..

Yup, that’s where I’ll be…. why not join me?

Man steals ballot box, crushes it under truck: It really can be taken too seriously folks, do we want this sort of garbage happening in our country?

…I would take my latest late night revelation as I walked the dog before bed as a violation of Canada’s Elections Act. You see, the Conservative candidate put his lawn sign up on our condo property, [gasp] which happens to be directly across the street from the local polling station for tomorrow’s election without the […]

Today, with one day to go before the election, there is plenty of fever pitched posting, foolish speculation and emotional commentary on blogs in Canada. Elections are important in any democracy but this one in particular is remarkably dull when compared with some of the recent elections and the stakes involved.
This time around, it is […]