During the recent election, I asked a few times about the existing Federal child care funding and thought I was told that it would remain in place, though conservative voices were pretty quiet on the point. It now seems will not remain in place and certain folk are already unhappy:  •  “Quebec …

What a week. A Federal election and Rabbie Burns Day.  •  I am glad the Federal election is over. It took time away from fretting over popular televised sports. I am comfortable with how things turned out but I am still a bit unclear how arguing over the Arctic became such a hot button issue all … read more »

Who knew a great faceless national bureaucracy could know so well what's really going on?  •  “Dana Doiron, who speaks for Elections Canada, said the rule, designed to protect privacy, has been in existence for a long time. However, it was only enforced in the Maritimes for the first time on …

I forgot how fun it is to make fun of a new government. The trouble with the last crew is that they stuck around so long making the jokes stale. Real stale. So it is great, in this first change of Canadian government of the history of the blogosphere, it is nice to see folks working out the new …

Could it be more perfect? I don't think so.  •  The Tories get the keys to the kingdom but with so few seats they are on the short leash. The wing nuts will be more difficult to keep in place so they will have to be dealt with. Are we witnessing the second coming of Joe Clark?The Liberals save … read more »

Odd numbers so far. The Grits are leading in the popular early vote and did well in Atlantic Canada. NDP vote solid.  •  Update: Who thought the Liberals would get over 100 seat and over 30% of the vote?  •  Further Thoughts: What will it be?  •  “Tories + NDP + a slightly wacko shock radio host …

I think there was a mistake made by someone when the election date was picked. We were given too much time to think and too much time to talk. And what did we talk about over Christmas and New Years? The season of giving to the good and to the needy passed in semi-silence politically speaking but …

Interesting to note discussion of the wording of section 329 of the Canada Elections Act:  •  “Prohibition -- premature transmission of results  •  329. No person shall transmit the result or purported result of the vote in an electoral district to the public in another electoral district before …

I think that this is a very good point. Martin stands a very good chance of having the lowest number of votes for the Liberal Party ever. Worse than the crushing folk gave the Trudeau era in 1984 with 28.02% of the popular vote, worse than either the 1878 depression inspired crush of Alexander …