Federal government has ‘failed’ to respond to Syrian crisis, say aid groups
A majority of Canadians want to see Canada do more to help the roughly four million Syrian refugees fleeing conflict in the region, but so far advocacy groups say the federal government has “failed” to respond to this “exceptional” humanitarian crisis. “There has been no additional support offered to refugees to respond to the Syrian […]
Liberals build momentum in tight race: Innovative Research Poll
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Since our last survey two weeks ago, a new online poll of 2,121 Canadians by Innovative Research Group Inc. shows the Liberals have gained three percentage points while the NDP dropped two and the Conservatives one. These are not very big changes, so can we read much into them? What we should not be […]
New Harper strategist Crosby speaks about negative campaigning, election prep
PARLIAMENT HILL—The newly revealed brains behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s general election campaign, Australian political backroomer Lynton Crosby, believes it is the “tone” of negative campaigning that is important as well as the content of the attack. Mr. Crosby has also disclosed, in an hour-long seminar with would-be political activists in the United Kingdom last […]
Still waiting for new era of accountability
Prime Minister Stephen Harper states that his government “only failed to deliver on one promise from the 2011 campaign.” I’ll leave it to others to verify that, but what can be verified is that Mr. Harper’s 2006 promise of a “new era of accountability” has not been delivered. These are but three examples of action […]
Media need tune-up, from top down
My observation of the media is they report on the fast, easy news and forget the tougher subjects that need considerable time and energy to investigate. It seems very evident that there is also political bias as well. The Mike Duffy trial is proof of this, when the Prime Minister is hounded about this on […]
All party leaders should hold straight-up press conferences
Partisan supporters have been heckling reporters at Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s daily press conferences on the campaign hustings. This should be stopped. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau have held press conferences with the human props too, but reporters have not been heckled. However, all party leaders should be holding regular, straight-up, […]
‘Three of the most awkward guys in the country are vying to be the next PM’: advertising expert Clive Veroni
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau may differ on , policy, approach, and political ideology, but all three have one thing in common: “Stephen Harper displays all the warmth and wit of a small-town undertaker tallying up the costs of Aunt Bessie’s funeral. Justin Trudeau has the awkward […]
Refugee crisis less damaging to Conservatives than coverage suggests: Innovative Research poll
Despite the media focus on the Syrian refugee crisis and calls for the Conservatives to respond more compassionately, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s party isn’t badly positioned on the issue and it could even present an opportunity, a new survey shows. “It’s not doing the damage that some people might have thought,” pollster Greg Lyle of […]
Half of voters see ‘pee-gate,’ Tory candidate controversies as sign of deeper problems: poll
What was probably the worst week to date of the Conservative campaign may be over but the controversy over two dismissed candidates may not be so easily washed away, a new survey suggests. The Conservatives dismissed two candidates early last week—Jerry Bance, running in Scarborough-Rouge Park, Ont., after old footage from an episode of CBC’s […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Leaders visit 117 ridings, key battlegrounds
It’s the end of week six of the federal election, and the four major party leaders have visited a combined total of 117 different ridings since the campaign started. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, running for re-election in Calgary Heritage, has been to 37 ridings in nine provinces and two territories. The only province he hasn’t […]
