Archive for the ‘Federal’ Category

Editorial: Liberal Party Disappointment

Friday, March 7th, 2008

This is my editorial as it appeared in The Kingston Whig Standard on Thursday (some slight changes were made by the editor): The Liberal Party of Canada - my party - is driving me insane. The longer Stephen Harper sits in the Prime Minister's Office and gets a free ride from ...

Party Politics versus The Guy

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

I enjoyed the poll from yesterday. I was surprised that nearly 60% of the people who took the poll said that they would vote for Stephan Dion as leader today if they had a chance. I had expected this number to be much lower, closer to 50/50. So, since ...

Stephan Dion, A Year Later

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

So Stephan Dion has been leader of the Liberal party for a year. What is your appraisal of his performance? [poll=2]

Dion & May

Monday, April 16th, 2007

I am of two minds on this issue. My immediate reaction is that I really dislike the idea that the Liberal party is willing to sacrifice running a full panel of candidates during a General Election. I firmly feel that they should always, unquestionably run a full panel, ...

No Election Needed to Replace Harper

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Today the term "no-confidence" and "election" are being thrown around in amazing volume. The Kyoto protocol implementation bill passed the House of Commons' third reading and goes back to the Senate. It passed the House easily and will very likely pass the Senate with even greater ease. ...