For those of you that dig the rivalry between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, you’re just going to have to trust me on this one. What’s good for the Port of Halifax is good for all of Atlantic Canada. If…
Continue ReadingLiberals hold a 25-point lead in Atlantic Canada
According to the daily SES Research poll, the Liberals hold a 25-point lead in Atlantic Canada, and an 11-point edge in Ontario. In Western Canada, the Conservatives are ahead by 11 points. In Quebec, 51 per cent of respondents would…
Continue ReadingConservative misalignment of message
It seems to me the Federal Conservatives have got their messaging all wrong in this election. It seems to me that the heady backroom boys/gals in Toryland believe that they lost the last election because they did not offer enough…
Continue ReadingCute parlour trick
I just reviewed the Question Period from the NB Legislature for Friday. Here’s a quote the Premier made: “That is why, as our member stated this morning, there are close to 30 000 more jobs in New Brunswick this year…
Continue ReadingCorporate subsidies or community investments?
I have started reading Rescuing Canada’s Right by Tasha Kheiriddin and Adam Daifallah. At the same time I am trying to squeeze in Ibbitson’s tome A Polite Revolution at the same time as well as a biography of Harry Truman…
Continue ReadingLord rolling the dice
I talked before about the difference between good politics and good policy. Our Premier had decided to be the most significant national spokesperson against Paul Martin in this election. Not binns. Not Hamm. Not Williams. Our guy. He fired harsh…
Continue Reading"We Say" slip of the tongue
Somebody once speculated that the “We Say” segment of the Times & Trashscript was written by different people. At first I was skeptical of this as every, and I mean every, editorial about the provincial government and the Premier was…
Continue ReadingHey, Toyota, check out Kalamazoo
Wow, What an intereresting editorial in the Kalamazoo Gazette. I have copied the whole thing here – hope I don’t get slammed for copyright but can you imagine if Al Hogan put down his Ain’t Lord Great pen for a…
Continue ReadingDissecting the Liberal’s economic record
The CBC did a piece last night on the nationals that looked more deeply at the Liberal’s economic track record since coming to power in 1993. The reporter concluded that the two main strikes against the Liberal economic record are:…
Continue ReadingWhere’s the No Spin Zone?
I remember during the last US election, a group (I can’t remember the name) monitored the media for bias – left or right and reported its results. They essentially looked at each article or interview/program and then rated it either…
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