Canadian Political Fails

EPIC FAIL: What do the Riders and Joe Clark Have in Common?

Saskatchewan’s heartbreaking defeat last night to the Montreal Alouettes in the “less than last second” brought me to thinking this morning about a strange historical comparison between another Western Canadian and another Montrealer.
After considering the game in the bag after Montreal missed the field goal required to overcome it’s 2-point deficit, the Riders were defeated [...]

November 30, 2009 Tags: Football, Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau, Rough Riders, Saskatchewan Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails One Comment

Official Occupation Fail: Peter Stoffer a “country gentleman” according to the Parliament of Canada

Nova Scotia NDPer Peter Stoffer apparently hails from a background as a “country gentleman” according to his official occupation on the House of Commons website. I suppose that it is good that all sectors of society are represented in the House of Commons, but I thought that old European aristocracy would be an odd fit [...]

November 23, 2009 Tags: Peter Stoffer Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails 2 Comments

FAIL: Top 5 Political Fails by Gerry Nicholls

I suppose its not stealing an idea if someone else acts on it first, so well done to Gerry Nicholls! I’ve pondering for some months now what to include in a post for the “Biggest Fails in Canadian Political History”, but Mr. Nicholls just beat me to it with his “Five Top Biggest Political Blunders [...]

October 20, 2009 Tags: Canadian Political Fails, Gerry Nicholls, Jean Chrétien, John Tory, Kim Campell, Libertas Post, Stephane Dion Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails 4 Comments

Introducing the Canadian Political Fail Blog

Canadian politics is not just the story of great triumphs. Its also the tale of great failures. It is with a smirk that I present, a smaller, Canadian political version of the infamous FailBlog.org. Anyone with a great story of political trip-ups, screw ups and *others-ups is invited to send me a nomination at derekfil@sympatico.ca.
While [...]

September 18, 2009 Tags: Epic Fail, Fail Blog Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails Comments Closed

Feminist Fact Fail

In the world of “facts”, 50% plus one normally constitutes a majority. In the world of career radical feminists however; that may just be a subjective opinion. In today’s Hill Times, Sylvia Bashevkin claims that if the Conservative Party want to form a majority government, “it needs to reach out to minority activists, including women”.
Thud.
Whatever [...]

August 10, 2009 Tags: Canadian Political Fails, Feminism, Hill Times, Sylvia Bashevkin Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails 3 Comments