Long-Gun Registry Vote Scenarios
Below are a few scenarios as to how the vote on Bill C-391 could turn out. But first, the context.
The federal long-gun registry has finally begun to stare death in the face as it emerges from the Public Safety Committee. As every opposition member on the committee is staunchly supportive of [...]
June 4, 2010
Tags: Bill C-391, Bloc Québécois, Candice Hoeppner, Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal Party of Canada, Long-Gun Registry, Michael Ignatieff, NDP, Public Safely Committee Posted in: Blog Content 
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Rex Murphy Fillets the Long-Gun Registry
Watch this video of the Rex Murphy – speaking in his usual vernacular – slicing and dicing the Long-Gun Registry with all the skill of a seasoned angler, hungry after a bad hunting season.
April 23, 2010
Tags: Liberal Party of Canada, Long-Gun Registry, Michael Ignatieff, Rex Murphy Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
Whip-It (not so) Good!
When programs run too long, you must whip it. Now whip it…Whip it good!
News in today that Iggy Pop will be whipping his caucus with more discipline than the hair of a washed up 80’s perm-job. It’s an attempt to appease pro long-gun registry militants in his caucus who criticised his leadership for allowing party [...]
April 19, 2010
Tags: Gun Registry, Liberal, Liberal Party of Canada, Long-Gun Registry, Michael Ignatieff, Whip It Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
Leftist Echos of Harper’s ‘97 Essay “Our Benign Dictatorship”
In 1997, Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan jointly penned an essay titled “Our Benign Dictatorship” in which they laid out why the Liberal government of the time was essentially undefeatable, as well as what would be required for it’s defeat. Namely, they pointed to electoral co-operation (between Reform and the PCs) in the form of [...]
February 8, 2010
Tags: Coalition, Elizabeth May, Jack Layton, Liberal Party of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, Our Benign Dictatorship, Progressive Conservative, Reform Party, Stephen Harper, The Tyee, Tom Flanagan Posted in: Blog Content 7 Comments
Autocratic Outremont Nomination Underscores Need for Nomination Reform
The federal Liberals appear to be undergoing something of a unity crisis within their Quebec wing, as Ignatieff’s lieutenant Denis Coderre butts heads with former former Justice Minister Martin Cauchon. The issue at hand is not over who will represent the electors of Outremont in Parliament, but over who will represent the Liberals in Outremont. [...]
September 25, 2009
Tags: Bob Rae, Denis Coderre, Jean Chrétien, Martin Cauchon, Michael Ignatieff, Nomination Reform, Open Primaries, Outremont, Primaries, Sheila Gervais Posted in: Blog Content 4 Comments
