For those who had lost track of the Robocalls fraud perpetrated by the Harper Conservatives during the 2011 election, it hasn’t gone away. Harper has done an enormous amount of work to bury this case. Not only have they fought the allegations tooth and nail, they have hobbled the ability
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Illuminated By Street Lamps: ANALYSIS: The Slow Decline of The Liberal Party of Canada
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Party of Canada, once routinely referred to as Canada’s “Natural Governing Party”[1] have been in precipitous decline for nearly a decade. Currently the third party in the House of Commons, until relatively recently the Liberals held significant federal majority governments and
Continue readingImpolitical: A winning essay on national media coverage of the 2011 federal election
This is a brilliant piece of writing by Mark Brister: “National media coverage of the 2011 federal election was a failure.” Not sure if it’s getting much coverage but there’s a lot of good stuff there. If this is the runner-up for the 2012 Dalton Camp Award on links between
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Did dirty tricks help Stephen Harper to a majority?
Stephen Harper denies the Conservative Party of Canada had anything to do with robo-calls and other misleading phone calls made during the 2011 federal election. The calls sent some Canadian voters on a wild goose chase, hunting for “relocated” polling stations that didn’t exist. A disposable cellphone registered to a
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Conservatives Robocalls Scandal: What Canadians Are Saying
Thanks to the still-imploding Conservatives robocalls scandal, the end of the age of innocence in Canadian politics has begun. The scandal is being described in the kind of terms common in authoritarian countries. Only Federal …Read More
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: RIP Jack
Stolen by cancer. You will never be forgotten.
Continue readingImpolitical: Meet the new Toronto
2011 Federal ElectionIt’s a much more colourful place from previous elections. See the 2008 map, by contrast:2008 Federal ElectionThanks to Blunt Objects for posting links last night to the above maps. They were created by a user at Rabble who po…
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: The New Political Landscape
The results of the general election have dramatically shifted Canada’s political orientation. A round-up: What’s good: No more mushy-middle, quasi-conservative-government-in-waiting-politicking by the Grits. What’s bad: Big Blue is stronger than ever. What’s good: An activist Official Opposition. What’s bad: No matter what the Opposition does, it will be defeated in
Continue readingImpolitical: "Like winning bingo on the Titanic"
Briony Penn, 2008 Liberal candidate in Saanich-Gulf Islands with some post-election thoughts: On the evening of May 2, along with the majority of Canadians, I was stunned. “Like winning bingo on the Titanic” was the saying that captured the mood of…
Continue readingVote Swap Canada 2011: Facebook app finds you someone to strategically vote swap with
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Submit your riding, party you support, and parties you’re willing to vote for.
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Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: Vote
It’s the right thing to do. Let’s make this a more progressive Canada.
Continue readingMy predictions
I know others have slaved over predictions models. Grats for your work. I just wait until the end, and then guess. Here’s my prediction:
CPC 130
NDP 93
LPC 63
BQ 20
GPC 1
Ind 1
I have the Conservatives at 130 because I refuse to give them a bu…
Preserving Judeo-Christian Values in Canadian Society
Bearing false witness is apparently not much of a Judeo-Christian value these days.
Check this out:
“Naked in a bed in a brothel with a young Asian woman.” Well, that’s not in the story linked to. He was in the bed, she wasn’t. And it was “suspect…
Continue readingI get mail: Stephen Taylor
I think he’s blowing a gasket:
Days before Canadians go to vote, I am shocked by the latest poll numbers. Apparently, the socialist NDP is surging in various parts of the country and may indeed spoil a Conservative majority. Even worse, Jack Layton ha…
Conservatives conceed "NO MAJORITY"
From today’s Star, a source inside the CPC says “It all comes down to Ontario and we’re just not there…[there is currently no] seat matrix that gets Harper to a majority.”
They need to find two dozen more seats in Ontario than they think they can…
Continue readingForum Research reports reduced Harper minority, NDP in Stornoway
From The Hill Times, the projection is Conservatives 137 seats, the NDP 108 seats if an election were held today, 60 for the Liberals and only three seats for the Bloc Québécois.
As for individual ridings, Gerard Kennedy is set to lose Parkdale-High…
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: The Reality Of The Grit Attack on Jack
Floundering, the Grits have today unsurprisingly gone after the NDP in a new attack ad. It comes a day after Big Blue unleashed an attack of its own. Here’s a reality check on the Grit claims: Grit allegation: NDP refuses a principled stand on the gun registry. Reality check: The
Continue readingTwo simulstaneous polls, two very different results
Proclaims the National Post: Tories 19 points up, NDP tops Liberals for second: Poll !!!
Yikes! Ipsos Reid has the Conservatives at 43%, NDP 24%, Liberals in third at 21%? Can it be?
A second poll by Ekos has the Conservatives at 34.4%, and the NDP a…
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: Important Poll Has NDP Ahead of Grits & Canada Fragmenting
A poll released today by Ipsos Reid shows the New Democrats are now polling higher than the Grits in the battle against Big Blue. And, the poll states the NDP is only 5% behind the Liberals in the Grit stronghold of Ontario. Funny that – more evidence that Canada is
Continue readingIlluminated By Street Lamps: NDP-Grit Divide Is The Real Story Of Election 41
Shockwave: The NDP has tied the Grits for support as the election enters its final phase, according to a pollreleased by Angus Reid Public Opinion. Both parties are polling at 25% support, putting them both 10% behind Big Blue. Looks like voters do draw a distinct line between the Grits
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