More than ever, star federal political recruits are crowded out by minor league players who have less incentive to hang up their skates
In the lead-up to the last federal election, Claudette Bradshaw resisted pressures to retire so that former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna could run in her Moncton seat. Sixteen short months later, Bradshaw has had a change of heart; she will not be running in the coming election but neither will McKenna. He is otherwise […]
The 54 Vulnerable Liberal Seats Across The Country, Based On June 2004 Election Results
Riding MP Number ofvotes % of vote received received 1. Hamilton Mountain, Ont. Beth Phinney 18,548 34.81% 2. Victoria, B.C. David Anderson 20,398 35.04% 3. Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, B.C. Keith Martin 19,389 35.3% 4. Kenora, Ont. Roger Valley 8,563 36.23% 5. Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, Ont. Tony Valeri 18,417 37.74% 6. Brant, Ont. Lloyd St. Amand […]
Some of the hottest races to watch in election 2005-2006
St. Pauls, Ont. Minister of State for Public Health Carolyn Bennett vs. Global TV’s Conservative Peter Kent. 2004 election results: LIB Carolyn Bennett: 58.39% CON Barry Cline: 20.38% NDP Norman Tobias: 15.73% One of the star candidates unveiled by the Conservatives in the lead-up to last spring’s near-miss election, Peter Kent will be taking on […]
Liberal Boudria says goodbye to caucus and committee on the Hill
Outgoing veteran Liberal MP Don Boudria,who is the only federal politician in Canada who worked as a Hill busboy, received a standing ovation and plenty of cheers at the end of last week’s Procedure and House Affairs Committee meeting as he announced it would be the last committee meeting he would chair in his federal […]
The 10 Vulnerable NDP Seats Based on June 2004 Election Results
Riding MP % of vote received 1. Burnaby-New Westminster, B.C. Peter Julian 33.72% 2. Burnaby-Douglas, B.C. Bill Siksay 34.59% 3. Skeena-Bulkley Valley, B.C. Nathan Cullen 37.14% 4. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Tony Martin 38.29% 5. Ottawa Centre, Ont. Ed Broadbent 41.05% 6. Timmins-James Bay, Ont. Charlie Angus 41.45% 7. Halifax, N.S. Alexa McDonough 41.55% 8. […]
38th minority Parliament: not memorable
Ned Franks, a top expert on Parliament democracy, says the 38th Parliament had no ‘knock-down, dragged out fight on public policy’ issues. The 38th minority Parliament had few highlights, won’t go down in the history books as a memorable one and was not marked by a high degree of cooperation among all political parties with […]
Pollsters say they’re scientists, but most are primarily salesmen who sell polls
There will be a general federal election and millions will vote, despite the public opinion polls. Do you want to go to work tomorrow? Do you want to keep up the car payments? Do you want a winter election? No, me neither. We could complain but it wouldn’t do any good.Yet one of these pointless […]
Clumsy, sloppy attacks in Quebec run won’t work, Liberals warned
Federal Liberals in Quebec are eager to put up a bigger fight against popular sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois in the next election. The federal Liberals’ strategy to attack the sovereigntists is a good one to gain ground in Quebec, but not if they’re firing “clumsy”random shots in all directions, a former policy adviser to the Bloc […]
Federal Libs DeTrudeauize Liberal Party of Canada
TORONTO – It’s going to be long, tough and dirty. It’s not the Iraq war, it’s the election campaign. If you want proof of how nasty it will be, just take a look at last week’s exchanges in the House between the opposition and government benches. Based on what political leaders are telling Canadians, there […]
The 44 Vulnerable Conservative Seats Across the Country, Based on June 2004 Federal Election Results
Riding MP % of vote received 1. Saskatoon-Humboldt, Sask. Bradley R.Trost 26.75% 2. Newton-North Delta, B.C. Gurmant Grewal 32.82% 3. New Westminster-Coquitlam, B.C. Paul Forseth 32.87% 4. Oshawa, Ont. Colin Carrie 33.21% 5. Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre, Sask. Tom Lukiwski 33.21% 6. Saanich-Gulf Islands Gary Lunn 34.58% 7. West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, B.C. John Reynolds 35.3% 8. Vancouver […]
