I was shocked and saddened to hear of her passing, and I am so, so sorry for Ray and Gillian. I met Jenn at many political events, and always admired her determination. She will be missed. 

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Apart from Bob Hepburn – who has taken to writing fiction – Den Tandt was the only commentator they had left. 

“Either way, Liberals cannot gild this lily, and their supporters would be better off not to try. They may conceivably wind up in a fight to hang onto what they now hold, which is 36 seats. Having the leader cut a lower profile while he bones up on his debating skills will not cut it. I would venture a guess that Trudeau either embraces his underdog status and scraps it out, mano a mano, or he loses, big.”

Have the feeling this is all going to end badly? Me, too. 

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New York’s parents issues statement denying claim. 

  

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Link here.

What do you think, folks? Will it work? Is the main beneficiary the Grits? Dippers? Greens? None of the above?

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Great job, Team Trudeau! Way to go!

“Liberals losing steam as election approaches, polls suggest After leading in the polls for 2 years, the party is in danger of falling behind at the worst possible time“

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Clockwise, from top right: Twitter message from editor James Sears; cover photo of Nazi rally; call to expel the Jewish “parasite;” illustration of Hitler and Holocaust denier Ernat Zundel; anti-Semitic cartoon. 

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Between seeking commissions for fine art, getting thousands from the banks they cover, defending industries on-air that they’re paid by – okay, yes, I am still irritated by the avalanche of media scandals (cf. Solomon, Lang, Ghomeshi, Murphy, Mansbridge, Roberts, Crull et al.), so forgive me – some media have apparently peppered Angry Tom Mulcair with questions about how he would persuade Quebec to go along with his Senate gambit. That is, doing away with it.

Mulcair shouldn’t worry about what the Ottawa media think, and I suspect he doesn’t. His strategy is brilliant, in my opinion. It is perfect. Here’s why:

• It coincides perfectly with buckets of slime and grime oozing out of the Red Chamber about expense accounts – and, possibly, fraud, theft and breach of trust. Mulcair’s suggestion is in sync with the public’s mood.
• It is a perfect wedge: Mulcair can say it, but Messrs. Harper and Trudeau can’t. Mulcair has no Senators with which to be embarrassed. His opponents do.
• He would have many provinces onside – in fact, forces as diverse as the Ontario Liberal Party and the Saskatchewan Party are already in agreement. It is a perfect federal-provincial bridge-builder.
• If Mulcair succeeds in turning the 2015 election into a referendum on the issue, he could win. And if he does win, no Premier would dare oppose a clear expression of the national will. It is the perfect ballot question for the NDP. 

Is it pandering? Of course. Is it cynical? Perhaps. Is it something Mulcair has no intention of ever doing, should he ever win power? Maybe. 

But it is overdue, and it is right. And, I suspect, many Canadians would vote for the party that is offering to kill the Senate, once and for all.

Would you?

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Alice’s sharp eye has come across some rather interesting developments.

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