The view from Calgary (and the Toronto Star) “The NDP grassroots won’t even go door knocking anymore . . . the party only appeals to the mushy middle,” says Mitch Diamantopoulos, head of the journalism school at the University of Regina, a longtime activist and observer of Saskatchewan politics. For Diamantopoulos, the problems began in [...]
Stephane Dion
Column: Environmental inaction costly
My latest column in The StarPhoenix I wasn’t surprised by Mike De Souza’s recent story that briefing notes prepared for Environment Minister Peter Kent indicate he doesn’t seem to take global warming seriously. De Souza, a Postmedia reporter out of Ottawa, has chronicled how Prime Minister Stephen Harper has for years politicized climate change. I [...]
Where did Michael Ignatieff go wrong?
Licia Corbella of the Calgary Herald looks at why Michael Ignatieff failed to connect with Canadian voters. To his baffled Harvard colleagues who can’t understand how a Harvard man can’t beat a University of Calgary man, ask yourselves this: Would any of Ignatieff’s books have won awards if the positions he took waffled as much [...]
So who is the leader of the Liberal Party?
I found this fascinating Liberals responsible for the election war chest turned down a desperate plea for nearly $3 million for new advertising in the last week of the campaign because internal polls showed Canadians had rejected Michael Ignatieff and the party wanted to save a few bucks, QMI Agency has learned. A request for [...]
Justin Trudeau’s political sacrifice
Angelo Persichilli’s Toronto Star column is a scathing attack on the leadership of Michael Ignatieff (and a shot at the political instincts of Justin Trudeau). What’s more, Pierre Trudeau was surrounded by skilled and intelligent individuals, like Mitchell Sharp, Marc Lalonde, Keith Davey, Jim Coutts, Dennis Mills, Patrick Gossage and others who had a lot [...]
The Sinking Liberal Ship
Tom Axworthy has a good article on what ails the Liberal Party and it isn’t all Stephane Dion’s fault. I have to agree. In their preoccupation with leadership, media and party insiders are missing the real issue. The primary challenge for the Liberal party is that its cause is no longer compelling enough to persuade [...]
