Even though the NDP has had more trouble than other parties with some of its candidates, it managed to get on the ballot in each of Canada's 308 ridings by the Elections Canada cutoff date of Sept. 22. In fact, it was the only party to do that.
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Monday, October 6
NDP only party on 308 ballots
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DavidAkin
on Mon 06 Oct 2008 11:32 AM EDT
Thursday, October 2
The War Room War
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DavidAkin
on Thu 02 Oct 2008 05:01 PM EDT
In the wake of last night's French-language debates -- which our pollster says Dion did best at -- the war rooms of the major parties have been issuing releases left, right, and centre today. These are some summaries of all of the press releases filling my inbox today. It all ... more »
Wednesday, July 30
Brison kicks off Liberal campaign in Guelph
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DavidAkin
on Wed 30 Jul 2008 03:57 PM EDT
Here's the blurb from the Liberal campaign: Mr. Valeriote and Mr. Brison took specific aim at Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who earlier this year told a business audience that Ontario is “the last place” to invest.... He's up against NDP candidate Tom King -- he of CBC's Dead Dog Café fame -- as well as city councillor and Conservative candidate Gloria Kovach and the Green Party's environment critic Mike Nagy.... Kovach has been winning municipal elections for a long time in Guelph but the Conservatives put themselves behind the eight-ball when the national party stepped in earlier this year to fire the locally-chosen candidate Brett Barr. more »Thursday, June 12
Politicking in Guelph
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DavidAkin
on Thu 12 Jun 2008 04:11 PM EDT
In Guelph, the NDP brings in Jack Layton Friday for a full day of politicking while the Conservatives will soon bring in big guns like John Baird and Diane Finley to support their candidate for a yet-to-be announced by-election. more »Thursday, March 22
The CTV Poll: Conservatives on the edge of a majority
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Mar 2007 10:29 PM EDT
The federal budget tabled Monday has struck a positive chord with many voters, giving the Conservatives a bump in the polls and heightening the possibility of late spring or early summer election. The latest poll, provided to CTV News and The Globe and Mail by The Strategic Counsel, finds Conservative ... more » Tuesday, March 6
NDP distances itself from Blogging Dipper leader
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DavidAkin
on Tue 06 Mar 2007 12:22 AM EST
Who says the blogosophere doesn’t matter? The president of the NDP, Anne McGrath, wrote a letter today to the president of the Canadian Jewish Congress in which the NDP disavowed any connection to blogger Robert McClelland, a frequent commenter at this blog and one of the organizers of the ... more » Friday, February 2
An independent Environment Commissioner: Something else the Liberals never got done
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DavidAkin
on Fri 02 Feb 2007 04:07 PM EST
Our good friends at the New Democratic Party of Canada write today to point out a couple of things about the idea that the Environment Commissioner ought to become independent of the Office of the Auditor General and report straight through to Parliament. Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has been saying ... more » Monday, December 4
The Layton Blooper
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DavidAkin
on Mon 04 Dec 2006 05:25 PM EST
Jack Layton’s first salvo in Question Period today contained this beauty … “Mr. Speaker — the question is: After all these years of inaction, will the Prime Minister finally get something done … to cancel the fat subsidies to big oil and big ass!” Yup. That’s what he said. Listen ... more » Wednesday, November 8
The Iron Man
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DavidAkin
on Wed 08 Nov 2006 10:23 AM EST
So it wasn’t enough yesterday that NDP MP Peter Julian spent 12 hours at the Commons Committee on International Trade trying to force changes to the softwood lumber deal by staging a one-man day-long filibuster. Nope. When the string finally played out at that committee somewhere around 10 pm last night, Julian ... more » Tuesday, November 7
Mr. Julian Goes to Ottawa
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 09:25 AM EST
You remember that famous filibuster Jimmy Stewart’s character tried to pull off in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? Well, ... more » |
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