Posted in Politics on Sep 29th, 2008
Leave it to a twenty-something in Steve Paikin’s studio audience of The Agenda to nail it. And boy do I mean nail it!
The theme of last Thursday’s show was whether or not Canada is poised to once again become a two party system and if that’s a good or a bad thing.
It was [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 22nd, 2008
In my September 11th post I wrote: “By this time next week look for Green Party support nationally to be back in the 11-12% range, up from the current 9%. The immediate bump in the numbers will result from soft opposition voters who may now see a Green vote as less of a wasted vote. [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 11th, 2008
When the decision was made to exclude Elizabeth May from the leaders’ debates I wrote the following in my September 9th blog; “Expect the Green Party vote to recoil between now and October 14. The many months of predictions by this observer of the impact of vote-spitting among the non-Conservative parties will still occur, but [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 10th, 2008
The Green Party continues to provide ammunition the Consortium may require to defend its decision against inviting Elizabeth May to the leaders’ debates should the fledgling Party carry-through with threats to institute legal action with the CRTC and/or in court.
Day four of the campaign sees Green Party strategy shifting from day three accusations of sexism [...]