Pundits have failed to learn any lessons from the recent Alberta provincial election, otherwise known as the Great Polling Massacre.
Bev Oda’s swishy hotel stay and F-35 jet stories undermine the ‘Conservatives are competent’ narrative.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has changed a lot since his NCC stint. But aside from holding no anniversary ceremony, there is scant evidence to suggest Harper now opposes the Charter.
The fact is politics in Canada is becoming increasingly more generic, as risk-averse political parties seek to present themselves as non-threatening and ‘moderate.’
Heritage Minister James Moore’s ‘CBC love’ has its limits.
Like it or not, federal politics in this country is about to get real nasty. And yes, I mean even nastier than usual. It just can’t be any other way, given Canada’s emerging political dynamic.
During Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s more than six years leading Canada, a number of myths have emerged regarding his leadership, myths which many in the media and elsewhere have come to accept as reality.
The budget will be crafted as much as possible to please both sides of the fence.
If Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to turn the channel on the robocall scandal he should definitely use the upcoming federal budget to reform the MP pension plan.
If the next federal election features the Tories talking about the economy and the opposition talking about robocalls, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will almost certainly win another majority.
Why didn’t the ‘law and order’ theme work this time on Bill C-30? The short answer is the Tory communication strategy was fundamentally flawed. The Tories are in trouble on Bill C-30 because they have turned the Us vs. Them idea upside down.
The point Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and the government are trying to implant in the public subconscious is ‘the environmentalists are helping our enemies.’ That’s a powerful message.
Indeed, it’s relatively easy to locate an academic who will suggest that negative ads ‘dumb down’ the political process and only serve to create a cynical, disengaged electorate. Sorry, I don’t buy it.
And we all know what happens to opposition leaders who are undefined: the Conservative Party attack machine tears them to shreds.
The NCC ad gives him a golden opportunity to employ a little political Jiu jitsu and turn the attack to his advantage.
His six-year record as Prime Minister certainly makes it difficult to pin him down. Is he a true ideological conservative or a political pragmatist? Is he a Conservative dressed in Liberal clothing or a Liberal dressed in Conservative clothing?
But here’s the dilemma the NDP faces: the party could also suffer in the next election if the leadership race actually does get spicier.
I have decided to answer three big political questions that will emerge in 2012 right now in this column. You can thank me later.
Santa does fits the Tory voter demographic to a tee: white, older male who lives in a non-urban environment. In fact, my theory is he moved to the North Pole either to escape high taxes or because he didn’t want to register his firearms.
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