Politicos dissect Conservatives’ high-profile television ads, and the opening salvo in battle for the hearts and minds of voters
Some political insiders are having a good laugh at the Conservatives’ splashy new pre-election TV ads, but Conservatives say they’re young, dynamic, and show an intellectually astute leader. The Conservatives’four pre-election television commercials, launched last month, touting the party’s commitment to campaign-friendly issues like health care and lower taxes, all under the umbrella theme “Stand […]
Conservatives’ Harper emerging as ‘pragmatic leader’: Cohen
Campaign 2006 is Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper’s to lose, say election experts. The difference between the Liberals and the Conservatives is slowly disappearing as Canadians are beginning to see a strong leader in Stephen Harper, members of a public policy panel said last week. “We’re seeing the emergence of a pragmatic leader,”said Andrew Cohen […]
2005: Too odd for fiction, the year in newspaper headlines: Some of the best lines of the year: ‘small-town cheap,’ and ‘I’m entitled to my entitlements’
It was too odd for fiction, 2005. New catchphrases entered the vocabulary – “small-town cheap” and “I’m entitled to my entitlements.” It was the year of Belinda, and gas line-ups, and federal contractors trying to out-leg reporters down the courthouse steps. It was the year Germany banned smiles on passport photos, and a cardboard box […]
Robinson vs. Fry: It’s a two-way race in Vancouver Centre
‘This campaign is not about rings and about crosses,’ says Svend Robinson, referring to Hedy Fry’s 2001 unsubstantiated claims that in Prince George, B.C., ‘crosses are burning on lawns as we speak’ and his own theft of a ring. VANCOUVER, B.C.-The Vancouver Centre election campaign is shaping up to what many predict will be a […]
Conservatives set sights on Pontiac, claim riding is deliverable: But it’s also true that their best effort could hand a staunchly federalist riding to separatists
MANIWAKI, QUE. – Along with annoying a country otherwise busy with tipsy trees and relatives, this cross-country winter campaign is also unnecessary. With modest creativity, three national and one regional party could fight this election in a single riding that begins within sight of the national capital. It’s been called the Pontiac since long before […]
Conservative not intimidated by Liberal Cabinet Ministers in riding: But strong Conservative incumbent O’Connor expected to easily win in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ont.
Isabel Metcalfe has been spending most of her mornings at an OC Transpo Park & Ride lately. The Liberal Party candidate in the Ontario riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills likes meeting people, and that’s her preferred method of canvassing in the election campaign. She is trying to meet with as many people in the riding as […]
Olivia Letemplier managing Metcalfe’s election campaign
Asenior ministerial staffer is managing the campaign of an Ottawaarea Liberal candidate. Olivia Letemplier, Atlantic assistant to Transport Minister Jean Lapierre (Outremont, Que.), who is also Prime Minister Paul Martin’s (LaSalle-Emard, Que.) Quebec lieutenant, is managing the campaign of Isabel Metcalfe, Liberal candidate in the riding of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ont., who is running against incumbent […]
Harper knocks out Martin for MVP ranking: Politics Poll: Embattled Tory Gurmant Grewal is least valuable politician in The Hill Times’ Ninth Annual All Politics Poll: 2005
Propelled by a block of Tory MPs, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has dethroned Prime Minister Paul Martin for Most Valuable Politician in 2005 in The Hill Times’ ninth annual All Politics Poll, the best and worst of politics. Of the 98 respondents, 20 per cent, all Conservatives, sang Mr. Harper’s praises as the leader who […]
