I'm not sure I've ever seen a situation in which the polls got things as wrong as they did in the Alberta election this year. So, what happened? Were people were turned off by the bigotry and changed their minds about the Wildrose at the last minute? Did strategic voters, aided perhaps by the "viral" video that was circulated, move to the PCs to ( Read more... )

So... in a recent post, suitablyemoname mentioned the apparent ascendancy of former Péquiste François Légault's "Coalition Avenir Québec", which has somehow gained enough support to be a significant force in Quebec politics - possibly winning a minority or even majority government in the next Quebec election, if their numbers hold ( Read more... )

For the last 4yr.s I've lived in a Liberal riding. Nothing changed for me last night. Former local radio celeb, Dave Taylor is still my MLA. Unfortunately, neither Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were on the ballot, a disappointment for many, I'm sure. Dave Taylor handily beat the well financed PC Candidate, former CNN reporter Art "scud-stud" ( Read more... )

Steady Eddie took the throne speech opportunity to call the March 3 election. Then it took at least 24hr.s to update the PC website with a list of candidates. Meanwhile the Liberals already had some lawn signs up. Then they went into Facebook and opened up candidate accounts.

Most feel that Stelmach is a rural guy who doesn't care much for urban ( Read more... )

    John Tory has backed away from his stance on whether theology-based schools should be receiving public funding.  Stories about this development can be found at:

• The Toronto Star
• CTV
• CBC

    I know that a bunch of the Cons' usual proponents saw Tory's stance on the issue as objectionable.  In fact, I remember reading phrases like "deal-breaker" and ( Read more... )

I just sent the following e-mail to John Tory:

Dear John Tory ( Read more... )

Where are the Swift Boat Veterans when you need 'em?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070906.wontschools06/BNStory/National/home

Perhaps we can get our very own Dover!

Creationism raised as Ont. election issue"Publicly-funded religious schools would be allowed to teach creationism and other theories, says Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory ( Read more... )

Open thread!

Open thread, perhaps - what are your thoughts?

Will Charest bite the bullet for broken promises?
Will Dumont's racial gaffes deflate him?
Will Bosclair tank because of his coke habits?

Who forms the next government?

What does that mean for Canada?