Remember all those set up comparing Ignatieff to Obama, let's compare him first to the candidate he replaced, when they brought him in from his position as a Prof in the USA, directly into his current seat, even though he hasn't been living in Canada for decades.

Jean AugstinePolitical Experience at the time of her replacement ( Read more... )

This is mainly aimed towards British Columbians (but talk if you wanna ( Read more... )

Grass root Liberal supporters on this Monday felt deeply betrayed when Liberal Party gave into supporting Bill C-15 introduced by Conservative Party that enacts "minimum penalties for serious drug offences, to increase the maximum penalty for cannabis (marihuana) production" [1].

So senseless War on Drugs will continue, and you can expect urban gang ( Read more... )

Not surprisingly, Canada tends to "outperform" the US on measures such as percentage below the poverty level, i.e., Canada has a lower percentage, gini coefficient (less disparity in income distribution) and health care statistics (lower costs, higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality rate). More surprisingly, I think, according to figures ( Read more... )

Jean Pelletier, aka "velvet executioner." has died.

Warren Kinsella, as always, has a very deformed take on the matter, using this as yet another chance to take yet another dig at the Conservatives. Yes, nice guy that Pelletier. Too bad he was a thief and an asshole.

Happy New Year, all!  It's been quiet here lately, but what say we get a couple more discussions in before LJ shuts down for good? For old time's sake.

Last month an article in the Toronto Star argued that Paul Martin should be Canada's man of the year because he set the economy on the right course to best weather the financial storm in which the ( Read more... )

I keep hearing people mention the possibility of the Liberals and the NDP merging. I'm sorry, but are the Liberals really a left wing party? Personally, I don't think so.

In brief:
- Dion will stay on as Liberal leader until a new leader is chosen
- Blames Conservative ads for portraying him as something he isn't

The Globe and Mail reports this morning that: Stéphane Dion will face pressure to declare within days that he will end his troubled leadership of the federal Liberal Party and let the machinery start rolling to replace him, senior party members said yesterday ( Read more... )

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