By-elections will be held in the federal ridings of Calgary-Heritage and Calgary-Midnapore on April 3, 2017. Voting stations in those ridings will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on that day. If you are unable to cast a ballot on the by-election day on Monday, April 3, 2017, you can vote in
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: BREAKING NEWS: By-Election Results Offer No Compelling Narrative!!!
Status Quo. Close in Brandon. Whumped ’em in T.O. Center and Bourassa LPC increased its vote share, so that’s nice but no big thng. Didn’t I tell you so? I did! PS. Dear Forum Research, your crappy polls were only off by like 30 percent in Brandon. You officially suck.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: He haunts us still: ‘Welcome to the 1980s’
Welcome to the 1980s, everybody. Above, Pierre Trudeau, saying just that. Below: Justin Trudeau, embracing victorious Liberal candidate Emmanuel Douburg last night in Montreal’s Bourassa riding. (Montreal Gazette photo.) “Well, welcome to the 1980s!” He haunts us still. I don’t know about you, but I could almost hear Pierre Trudeau’s
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affair, On Recent Forum Polls
The occasion is this story in the Winnipeg Free Press: Forum released its latest round of polling late Sunday night following calls into the riding during the day. The survey has a relatively small sample size but suggests Liberal Rolf Dinsdale enjoys 59 per cent support, a commanding lead over
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: By-Election Prediction
No seats change hands and everyone spins the status quo. With a small chance that Rolf wins out in Brandon, which would be a real victory, and a true sign. Otherwise wake me when the pontificating dies down.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Victory Or Valhalla!
The race is on in the federal ridings of Toronto-Centre, Provencher, Brandon-Souris and Bourassa. A special shout-out to Rolf Dinsdale, once lead guitarist for SFH and a guy with what might only be described as a thing for hats. Good luck as LPC candidate out in Brandon-Souris, dude, because I don’t
Continue readingImpolitical: Summerville making waves in Victoria by-election #yyjbyelxn
Great video report from the local Victoria TV station. It’s clear that Paul Summerville is the candidate who has shown leadership on an issue that is resonating with local citizens. Hope they give him the credit for the foresight and his political gut …
Continue readingImpolitical: Quote of the day
From a Globe article quoting Joan Crockatt and the prospect of Calgary Centre by-election voters lining up to back one “ABC” candidate just as they did in 2000 when they backed Joe Clark against the Canadian Alliance: “I think that they conveniently forget that Joe Clark was a conservative,” she
Continue readingImpolitical: Nomination battles these days
Joan Crockatt’s winning numbers at Saturday’s Calgary Centre nomination meeting: Two sources indicated that three candidates were dropped and their votes redistributed before Crockatt emerged with more than 50 per cent of the vote. She had 445 votes on the fourth and final tally followed by investment manager Greg McLean
Continue readingImpolitical: Benchquest: The what to do with Vic Toews saga rolls on
Just reading Tim Harper’s latest, hot off the internets: “Vic Toews and his quest for the bench.” This part jumped out: The Court of Appeal post is a federal appointment and Harper is believed to have told Toews that he would not appoint his minister directly to the bench. Instead,
Continue readingImpolitical: Let’s play 3: Oda retires
A little bit of by-election mania in our near future… Durham. Calgary-Centre. Etobicoke-Centre. Do I hear Peterborough, anyone? Maybe four in our future. Or Provencher? Go for 5?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Oh Please Let It Be True
Ezra Levant urged to run in newly vacant Calgary Centre There would be an endless amount of muck to fling that would stick to Ezra and any Tory stupid enough to be seen within a 100 meters of him. Starting with, just for example, this. Remember: to know Ezra is
Continue readingImpolitical: On keeping elections out of court
Now that Conservative Ted Opitz has launched his appeal of the nullification of the Etobicoke-Centre election result, it looks like a bit of a public relations effort has started by Conservative friendlies to raise doubt about the judgment. See Tom Flanagan in the Globe today fixating on the 79 votes
Continue readingImpolitical: Conservatives appeal in Etobicoke-Centre
“Tory in overturned Toronto election to go to Supreme Court.” Under the Canada Elections Act, the Supreme Court is required to hear an appeal of a contested election result “without delay and in a summary manner.” Andres Garin, the court’s executive legal officer, couldn’t give firm details of how the
Continue readingImpolitical: Judge overturns Etobicoke-Centre election result
“I declare the election null and void as contemplated under s.531(2) of the Canada Elections Act.” (para. 154) The overturned result is making the rounds all over, reported here at CBC & Canadian Press. Described as “rare” and “groundbreaking.” In other words, it suits the times considering the new, highly
Continue readingImpolitical: The day after Toronto-Danforth
(Source) OK, so it wasn’t Seabiscuit after all. That’s part of a campaign and trying to swing momentum your way toward the end. This was, as everyone recognized, a very tough riding for Liberals to come back in given the circumstances of the by-election and the result ultimately bore that
Continue readingImpolitical: "Pass the frickin’ puck"
Now that’s a different kind of political ad. Fun.
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