TORONTO — I’ve often spoken, and recently blogged, about the potential value for Canada to build a closer relationship with the European Union. During the recent federal election campaign, I commented on Canada’s plan to explore “economic integration” or “free trade” with the EU and, in this week’s Maclean’s magazine, columnist Andrew Coyne takes the discussion […]
TORONTO — Last Tuesday’s general election in Canada saw the worst voter turnout in history: only 59 per cent of eligible voters bothered to cast ballots. Pundits are in an uproar over the “democratic deficit” and the woeful state of electoral apathy afflicting the country.
Activists have renewed and reinvigorated their cries for electoral reform, proposing […]
TORONTO — So, Monday morning in one of the nicer coffee/bakery places close to home here in Toronto (Artisano’s on Islington for the locals) I walk in and order coffee and a “Classic Back Bacon on a Bun” as I am, occasionally, wont to do.
As usual, I stress that I want the Classic back bacon […]
TORONTO — In my post lamenting the sorryitude of the Canadian leaders’ debates, I dreamed about a one-on-one debate format that would provide an opportunity for two candidates to delve more deeply into specific issues, including ample response time that would avoid unanswered “drive by smears” and give audiences an opportunity to better understand the […]
TORONTO — Well, results are largely in. Conservatives with about 144 seats, give or take a couple. One or two independents who could conceivably “morph” into Conservatives at some point, but not enough to form a majority (155 — or 154 if the House elects a Speaker from an opposition party).
The Liberals sit with about […]
TORONTO — Lois Brown wins Newmarket-Aurora for the Conservatives. Way to go Lois!
Garth Turner loses his seat in Halton to Conservative Lisa Raitt. Good riddance Garth!
Leading or elected in 143 ridings at this point, it would appear that the Conservatives will not be able to form a majority government. They will pick up a number […]
TORONTO – At this point it looks like the Green Party has, once again, been shut out of the winner’s circle in this federal election. Frankly, as I predicted in an earlier post some days ago, this is not at all surprising.
Many people were impressed with the performance of Green leader Elizabeth May. Personally, I found […]
TORONTO — Despite an early Conservative lead, Jim Karygiannis is re-elected in Toronto.
Conservative Terrence Young wins in Oakville. Short-time Senator Michael Fortier is losing badly in Vaudreuil. The NDP’s Tomas Mulcair is losing his short-time seat in Quebec.
Boris Wryzsniewski is leading Axel Kuhn in Etobicoke Centre and Michael Ignatieff is, so far, beating Patrick Boyer […]
TORONTO — Bill Casey is one of the three “others” who are leading or elected across the country. He’s the Conservative who spoke out against the Conservative government’s last budget (I think). But who are the two others. Would they be susceptible to crossing the floor to help potentially, form a Conservative majority?
31 ridings left […]
TORONTO — Bob Dechert in an early lead in Mississauga-Erindale… Go Bob!!