Canadian Politics

Harper set to trigger election call next week: PMO officials

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

Stephen Harper is poised to trigger an election call for Oct. 14, senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office said Friday.

Strategy, Tactics and Timing (Liberal Arts and Minds)

Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday

So the game and speculation continues. Harper meets with Gilles Duceppe to basically say nothing. His game? Present the facade that he's making an effort to work with the opposition leaders. He's not though, or not at least according to Duceppe.Tomorrow, he'll play the same game with Layton and he won't even bother to meet with Dion.Here's the thing though. If you're going to have your officials go...

Election Date Set: October 14, According To PMO

CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday

The date appears to be right after Thanksgiving, infringing on the long weekend.

He Said — He Said (Red Tory)

Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here’s a video from CanuckPolitics of the back and forth between Harper and Dion over whether there will be an election and who’s going to wear the blame for it. Or something. Sheesh! What a pair these two make. It’s a moot point now anyway it seems, if Gilles Duceppe is to be believed. After [...]

Liberals Admit Flaws In Risky Carbon Tax

Conservative Party of Canada (Free subscription) | yesterday

Today Conservative MP Jason Kenney made the following statement in response to media reports about Liberal MPs calling for changes in Stephane Dion's carbon tax:

You'd think that with a national health crisis they'd have some real work to do... (Impolitical)

Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday

But you would be wrong! The Privy Council Office, dedicated public servants that they are, have their eyes trained on Errol Mendes today. No doubt due to his op-ed in yesterday's Ottawa Citizen tearing Harpie a new one for his imminent law breaking election call. Looks like they're gearing up to diminish Professor Mendes' views by linking him to the Liberal party. Because critical thinkers opposed...

VIIIth Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas (CDMA)

DND/CF (Free subscription) | yesterday

BANFF, ALBERTA – The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will be hosting the Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) September 2-6, 2008. Ministers of Defence or equivalents from all democratic countries of the hemisphere have been invited to attend.

Sparrow, Good Cats get North American premieres at Vancouver film fest

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hong Kong director Johnny To's Sparrow and Chinese director Ying Liang's Good Cats will have their North American premieres at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival.

Harper determined to call election: Duceppe

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe says the Conservative prime minister has made up his mind to hold a fall election.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: The Government of Canada Invests $3M in Oilseed Research

Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

THETFORD MINES, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Secretary of State (Agriculture) and MP for Megantic-L'Erable, today announced that the Government of Canada is contributing $3 million in funding to the Industrial Oil Seed Network (IOSN) under the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP).

• The Government of Canada Invests $3M in Oilseed Research - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Potash One Will Be Top Performer in Agriculture Bull Market

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday

Guy Bennett submits: CIBC says this run is not over…not by a long shot. Buried deep in a recently released 70-page report , analysts at CIBC, Canada ’s 4th largest bank, states: Complete Story »

Stephen Harper's Ideology Is Harmful To Your Health

Buckdog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Stephen Harper is not just a 'free market radical ', he is, in reality, a 'free market lunatic' ! Harper comes from a school of thought that originated with Preston Manning and the old Reform Party. It is an ideology which religiously believes that the unfettered free capitalist market holds the solution to all of mankind's problems. This same economic ideology is bolstered by its ties to fundamentalist...

A cold calculation of prime ministerial proportions

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday

Stephen Harper wants an election, and he wants it fast

The request the G-G can't refuse

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday

If Stephen Harper comes calling, and wants an election, Michaelle Jean will have to dissolve Parliament

Mounties probe Couillard link to real-estate deal

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Mounties are investigating a controversial real-estate deal that the Harper government cancelled yesterday, and on which Julie Couillard allegedly lobbied two senior Conservative officials while she was dating them.