One of the great things about a Canadian election is learning how many ways the same thing can be put. From the right-wing to the left-wing is a span of about a nanometre on the scale of political ideologies. Our neo-cons support socialist programs in health care and business development, our …

The Liberals must be loving this. Everything so far is about how Dion is not as bad as made out to be. First, we learn he has a hearing issue: so he is not the risk the Tory ads would tell you. Then, now he's outdoorsy: so not an inept bookish dweeb the Tory ads say. And, now, he wears no bird …

I don't know about you but leaning your arm on a baby's head is a bit thoughtless, even if you are wearing the "hey, I'm a guy just like you" sweater. Except I don't wear those sweaters...not since 1989 at least. That's why I think leaning on a baby's head is a bit thoughtless. And you know what …

Being Canada's favorite swing voter, it's sad to see that Mr. Harper has begun with a great big fib, caught so plainly by the Edmonton Sun:  •  ...it’s Harper’s Conservatives who are likely to prove most adept at demonizing their opponents. For almost two years, the Tories have kept up a barrage …

David has begged for the election pool to be announced and we are happy to be the blog that provides what Canadians want. So:  •  What will be the state of the House of Commons come 15 October 2008?Bonus question: which party leader faces his last election and why?  •  Do you want to identify who …

I was flipping channels last night and caught Andrew Coyne on TVO's news show The Agenda as part of a panel. He was lamenting the actual record of Stephen Harper as a conservative and listed a few items like the ignoring his own fixed election law and keeping an unelected Senator in the …

...and especially for you, little Jimmy.  •  We stayed up again for a speech. I like speeches so I am something of a sucker but I thought there was just the right measure of menace and warning to the Republican party that my expectation that he would govern as an unfettered independent remains in …

It seems a weird plank to take into an election but the Mayor of the municipality that includes Walkerton Ontario makes an interesting observation:  •  Bagnato, mayor of the municipality that includes the town of Walkerton, said in a news release from his office Friday that three federal ministers …

A comment maker wrote that this morning over at Ben's and I think it works quite well for where we are at. It appears we are going to have a Federal election over exactly nothing. Thoughts? Here are mine.  •  Forgetting that it might be illegal, the idea that an election is ultimately unnecessary …