Posts Tagged: Federal Election 2005/06
Day Fifty-Four: Posts To The Roundtable
Posted by on Saturday, January 21, 2006 in - 7 comments
I haven't linked to much to the forty-one posts I have written for the CBC Election Roundtable but I wrote two short pieces today that I think were better than average. One is on the last days of this election and the other is on the possibility of Canada electing its least loved Prime Minister of …
What A Lovery Chart
Posted by on Saturday, January 21, 2006 in - 4 comments
Some very clever person over at wikipedia has posted this nice chart of all public polls of the Canadian Fedeeral Election with a fancy swath of colour indicating the trends. It only goes to 18 January in this version. The data for the chart is here. Click for a little larger scale if you feel the …
Again With the Friday Chat Already
Posted by on Friday, January 20, 2006 in - 30 comments
What a week. If I could tell you of my troubles, well, let me just say that I am sure there would be more than one Trabant in the postal system for to ease my soul. So what to talk about? • How about some election questions. Don't point the finger at others in answering these. Point it solely at …
Day Fifty-Two: Activitist Judges
Posted by on Thursday, January 19, 2006 in - 38 comments
There is nothing more embarassing about human existence that the principle "if you say enough, it it will be true". No greater example of this exists than the phrase "activist judges" which has been successfully shoved into the parlance by axe-grinders. Sadly, though not unexpectedly, the current …
Day Fifty-One: Early Voting Up And New Polls
Posted by on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 in - 16 comments
The news is good if you like a vibrant democracy based on good voter turn-out. Apparently advance polls voting is up 25% including this remarkable stat: • “Prince Edward Island saw the biggest percentage jump in early birds. More than 11,000 people voted early compared to 6,839 in 2004 …
Day Fifty: Polls Shift Again
Posted by on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 in - 7 comments
You could feel it in the polls over at NoDice. The CPC hit 40 and met a glass ceiling. Now they fall back. Interesting to note, then, this reference to a poll in the Star today: • “A new poll for the Star and La Presse by EKOS Research Associates shows that voters could be listening. According …
Day Fifty: Make Your Own Jack 'Stash!
Posted by on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 in - 14 comments
Time to start the "Don't Trash the 'Stash" movement. Here is your own Jack Layton moustache kit.* All you need to do is print out the ohot above, cut on the dotted line, poke out the two holes and add a string. Show your love of Jack! and your support of the NDP with your own mini-Larry Robinson …
Day Forty-Nine: Jack's 'Stash Attack
Posted by on Monday, January 16, 2006 in - 4 comments
Hey! Imagine a TV ad at the end of a close election campaign that is not an evil mean piece of attack ad, has a decent sense of humour and yet could be co-opted by the very object of the attack. • Have a look at the ad on the CPC site called "Jack Talk". People saying they don't like the NDP …
Policies by Janes
Posted by on Sunday, January 15, 2006 in - leave a comment
David Janes began releasing his platform this morning: • Health care.Constitutional Reform.The Debt and Deficit.Childcare.Unemployment Insurance...I say first we stop calling it EI. • Are the forces gathering to launch the shadow cabinet after January 23rd?
Day Forty-Seven: The CRTC?
Posted by on Saturday, January 14, 2006 in - 28 comments
There it is. On page 39. • “Give Canadians increased access to international and foreign-language television and radio programming.” • Are the Tories going to do away with the CRTC's control over programming? Could it be? • Frequent readers will know I have no time for the boo-hooery of …
