Four Questions with Michael Ignatieff

Yesterday I had an opportunity to ask a couple of questions of the leader of the official opposition, Michael Ignatieff. The first question I asked was, would you be willing to form a coalition government in order to get good legislation passed. Mr Ignatieff was relatively cryptic in his answer, which was to the effect [...]

Ignatieff and the Liberal Express Back on the Road

This guy simply cannot catch a break; today the federal Liberal tour bus broke down with Michael Ignatieff on board. Not only did it break down but it was repaired at a shop called Harper’s Diesel. Does it get any richer than that?

Ignatieff Keeping Leader’s Seat Warm for Trudeau?

In a recent blog post on Langley Politics Dotcom Jordan Bateman and Sam “Politics” Kirk, were musing about Justin Trudeau’s leadership potential. They wonder if Ignatieff is simply keeping the Liberal leadership seat warm while the young Trudeau gains political experience. They add into that mix Gerard Kennedy as the brains of the “new” federal Liberal Party with Justin [...]

Liberals and New Democrats Holding Uber-Secret Merger Talks

Late this afternoon I received an email news alert from the CBC that said the federal Liberals and the NDP insiders are actually talking about a merger of some sorts. Apparently senior insiders with the federal Liberals and New Democrats have been holding secret talks about merging their parties to form a new entity to take on the [...]

Are the Federal NDP the Election Spoilers?

When I have too much time on my hands I get to pondering things. This weekend I got to pondering the Canadian federal party system. And specifically, I got to pondering the Liberals and the New Democrats. I distilled my pondering down to a couple key questions. The first question; do the federal Liberals and New [...]

The BC Liberal Index, Fall 2009

 B.C. LIBERAL INDEX Fall 2009 With apologies to HARPER’S Amount consumers will have to fork over for the HST: $1.9 billion Tourism jobs that will be lost due to the HST: 10,000 Restaurant industry jobs that will be lost due to the HST: 12,000 Number of HST-free Christmases left: 1, unless we stop the HST [...]

HST Passes through Parliament with Support from Ignatieff Liberals and the Bloc

Email from Bill Tieleman about the HST vote that took place in Parliament today: I am very sorry to tell you that in a shameful 192 to 32 vote today in Parliament – the Conservatives, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois joined together to pass the legislation to impose the new Harmonized Sales Tax on BC and [...]

Gun registry and the new off-road vehicle registry

At times you just have to admire the way the universe unfolds. The federal Conservatives have moved to within a hair of cancelling the much-maligned long-gun registry. The bill does still need to go to committee and then pass the Liberal dominated Senate before actually becoming law. At the same time, in an unrelated move, the [...]

Ignatieff; a “post turtle”?

From our West Kootenay correspondent; While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who’s hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.  Eventually, the topic got around to Ignatieff and his bid to be the PM of Canada.  The [...]

More irony from the BC Liberals

BC is rich with irony these days. The latest one involves the top ten at Translink who received $118,000 in car allowances…while their task is to run Metro Vancouver’s public transit system. Another great example is the Campbell Liberal’s stated desire to be the most literate province in Canada. And then the BC Liberals cut funding to [...]

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