Another one for the Conservatives?
Glen McGregor figures the Conservatives would be favoured to win the new riding of...
View ArticleThe new 338-seat reality
Mitch Wexler at PollMaps.ca has applied 2011′s election results to the proposed new riding...
View ArticleThe existential crises of the modern political reporter
Ezra Klein considers truth in the American presidential campaign. Quite simply, the Romney campaign...
View ArticleThe smallest mandates
Last night, Jason Kenney wondered via Twitter what the lowest share of the popular...
View ArticleEarly adopters
The Conservative party’s interest in cap-and-trade actually predates its 2008 campaign platform. In 2004,...
View ArticleMore questions for Peter Penashue
The CBC raises more questions about Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue’s election campaign. Mr....
View ArticleThe Commons: Gerry Ritz did not inspect that ground beef
The Scene.... Shortly before the farce was laid bare before the House yesterday, Stephen
View ArticleHe’s new here
Peter Penashue explains the trouble with his campaign expenses. “Look, last year was my...
View ArticleA ruling on Etobicoke Centre is at hand
A note from the Supreme Court advises that a ruling in the case of ...
View Article‘We’re just better at it’
Laura Payton revisits the “very ethnic” ridings the Conservatives targeted in the 2011 election....
View ArticleSupreme Court rules no by-election in Etobicoke Centre
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Conservative MP Ted Opitz and there...
View ArticleThe post-Etobicoke Centre future of elections
Stephen Thiele and Gavin Tighe, Borys Wrzesnewskyj’s lawyers, consider the ramifications of the Supreme...
View ArticleMore questions for Peter Penashue
Laura Payton raises more questions about Peter Penashue’s election campaign. Chris Hall wonders when...
View ArticlePenashue to explain himself, eventually
Peter Penashue emerged from the House after QP this afternoon to comment on the...
View ArticleDoes Peter Penashue have anything to say for himself?
Last week, the Intergovernmental Affairs Minister seemed to say that he’d have something to...
View Article‘No one is more surprised than I am’
Peter Penashue has released a letter to his constituents. I was very clear during...
View ArticleDid Obamacare win the election?
Buried in Mitt Romney’s post-election analysis of why he lost – he blames it...
View ArticleHow many Pierre Poutines are out there?
Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher review the latest numbers from Elections Canada. Dickson writes...
View ArticleFixing the system
Chris Selley calls for a move to a ranked ballot. In the longer term,...
View ArticleDon’t go chasing waterfalls
The case against a one-time pact to bury first-past-the-post
View ArticleNova Scotia election puts Liberals and NDP to the test
Will the October provincial election predict things to come in 2015?
View ArticleQuebec election campaign ends with shooting
What should have been an historic moment in Quebec — the election of its first woman premier — was tainted Tuesday night as an angry year of discontent reached its nadir. “What’s going on?” an...
View ArticleJean Charest quits politics
Jean Charest has decided to put an end to a stormy 28-year political career, including the last nine as Quebec premier. Charest, a staunch federalist who served as federal Progressive Conservative...
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‘None of the above’ sweeps Windsor student elections
Adam Bednarick who made the “Vote None of the Above” Facebook page Student politicians running in the annual University of Windsor Students’ Alliance elections last week were surprised to learn that...
View ArticleExpat Turks cast votes for Turkish president
ANKARA, Turkey — Turks living abroad began voting Thursday to choose Turkey’s first directly elected president. It is also the first time expatriate Turks are voting in their countries of residence for...
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Toronto mayoral race: Battle of the subways
(J.P. Moczulski/Reuters) To the disappointment of journalists and late-night talk-show hosts everywhere, the Toronto mayoral election seems to have very little to do with crack videos and much to do...
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The U.K.’s unwinnable election
Peter Nicholls/Reuters; Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Christine Gillham can’t even be bothered to come to the door. She just sticks her silver-haired head out of a second-storey window and lets fly. Her...
View ArticleElection 2015 Live: Victory and fallout
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‘We are awake': Democracy lives in Turkey
Supporters wave Kurdish flags as they celebrate election results in Turkey. (Photograph by Adnan Khan) It was a moment of triumph at the Kurdish-owned Kirmizi Tazi bar in Istanbul’s historic Beyoğlu...
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The happiest politician in Canada?
Independent MP Brent Rathgeber holds a press conference after tabling the “Communications Security Establishment Review Committee Act” in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (Matthew Usherwood/CP) The...
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Twitter will ruin your life
Here’s something that is bound to make you feel old: Twitter is now old enough that there are people for whom tweeting is a youthful indiscretion. This week, Ala Buzreba, a 21-year-old Liberal...
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Why the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit is such a bad idea
Conservative leader Stephen Harper speaks with Joe Guido, President of Premier Mining Products as he is shown drill bits during a campaign stop in North Bay, Ont., on Wednesday, September 2, 2015. THE...
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The boys in blue, the politicians in red
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman tips his cap to the crowd after being pulled from the game against the Kansas City Royals during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball’s American League...
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Tories in Nfld hopeful despite predictions of Liberal win
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis. (Paul Daly/CP) He may face dire predictions of a lopsided Liberal victory, but few can accuse the leader of the ruling Progressive Conservatives of lacking...
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Can the Queen cast a ballot in the Brexit vote?
Queen Elizabeth II does a walkabout in Windsor during her 90th birthday celebrations. (REX/Shutterstock/CP) When the Sun newspaper breathlessly reported in March that Queen Elizabeth II was in favour...
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Five underrated reasons for Trump’s win
Elam Stoltzfus plants lawn signs outside a U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaign rally in West Allis, Wisconsin, United States, April 3, 2016. (Jim Young/Reuters) After Donald...
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Russia’s American coup
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) take part in celebrations for Navy Day in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, Russia, July 26, 2015. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Ria...
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Terrorism and the new normal in Paris
Police secure the Champs Elysees Avenue after one policeman was killed and another wounded in a shooting incident in Paris, France, April 20, 2017. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters) The landscape of Paris,...
View ArticlePatrick Brown and priorities: Why the PC Party leader couldn’t last
UPDATE (1:45 AM ET): Patrick Brown has announced he will resign as leader of the Ontario PC Party, but will stay on as an MPP. I know I’m paid to game out the electoral repercussions of public events,...
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