Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

[DC Al Fine]

So yeah...

[Hatman 🍁]

look at the polling dates, DC. Probably the second worst week in the year for polling, after Dec 25-Jan 1.

[MaxQue]

And I suspect than the sponsor, the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, being a business association, leans to the right.

[RogueBeaver]

Maclean's long read on aboriginal education.

[Hatman 🍁]

And I suspect than the sponsor, the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, being a business association, leans to the right.

Does John Tory have connections with them? Why would they sponsor a poll?

[MaxQue]

And I suspect than the sponsor, the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, being a business association, leans to the right.

Does John Tory have connections with them? Why would they sponsor a poll?

Well, their website is showing right-wing ideas. I suppose they want to back a reasonable right-wing candidate. They were apprently very involved against the proposed Toronto ban of plastic bags (it was withdrew for legal reasons, the city was doubting they had the power to pass it). I suspect they want an ally in the City Hall if the idea pops back again.

[RogueBeaver]

Paul Manly is pretty steamed at the Dipper national executive, but this author goes way overboard with calling Dipper Mideast differences a "civil war." As I said earlier, if Manly wants another shot, seems better to keep his head down than pull an Innes.

[RogueBeaver]

Mike Duffy will be criminally charged tomorrow, per the Globe and Star. No link yet. Wright may have to testify.

[Njall]

Kent Hehr (Liberal MLA for Calgary-Buffalo) will seek the Federal Liberal nomination in Calgary Centre for 2015.

[King of Kensington]

Looks like the Liberals under Trudeau are putting together a pretty strong team of high profile municipal and provincial politicians moving "up" - Adam Vaughan in Toronto, Cote St. Luc mayor Anthony Housefather in Montreal and now Kent Hehr in Calgary. 

[RogueBeaver]

Den Tandt on Tory leadership. My notes: MacKay and Baird are not interested, Moore is the Red standard-bearer, I'm iffy on this Raitt bubble, Bernier should be included, and swap Rempel as the round-after-next contender for Poilievre. As for Den Tandt's underlying question: NO.

[RogueBeaver]

LOL Ibbitson, you were right the first time on Grit FP.

[RogueBeaver]

Trudeau will be feted in Chester. DC, how would you rate Grit chances there next year?

[DC Al Fine]

Trudeau will be feted in Chester. DC, how would you rate Grit chances there next year?

There are a lot of factors going against the Liberals in the riding (no organization, Tory-NDP riding etc.), but they should still pick it up due to the sheer size of their lead in Atlantic Canada. I see it going something like 38-30-30.

[DC Al Fine]

My newest project is mapping religion by 2013 riding. It wqill be a long time before I can discuss with maps, but here's an interesting preliminary result.

The most Pentecostal riding in the country is Coast of Bays-Central, Notre Dame, with 19% of the riding identifying as Pentecostal!

[RogueBeaver]

Looking forward to it.

Historical question: why, in the 19th and early 20th century, were certain LGs so abusive of the reserve power? One thing if there's a confidence issue, another to act completely independently of the government and fire premiers. IMO scandal is for voters to judge, criminality for courts. Here in QC thinking of Boucherville and Mercier.

[RogueBeaver]

Beaulieu's big idea is a permanent campaign on selling sovereignty... reminds me of those "citizens' initiatives" the PQ floated a couple of years ago. Boulerice states the obvious, namely that sovereigntists or hard nationalists (like himself) are much more Dipper than Grit-compatible.

CEFTA trouble?

Chinese cyberattack at National Research Council.

[Hatman 🍁]

My newest project is mapping religion by 2013 riding. It wqill be a long time before I can discuss with maps, but here's an interesting preliminary result.

The most Pentecostal riding in the country is Coast of Bays-Central, Notre Dame, with 19% of the riding identifying as Pentecostal!

Newfoundland had a public Pentecostal School Board at one point, I believe.

[RogueBeaver]

Redford's in the news again for the usual reasons. Wildrose wants RCMP to investigate breach of trust.

More Mideast stuff.

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My newest project is mapping religion by 2013 riding. It wqill be a long time before I can discuss with maps, but here's an interesting preliminary result.

The most Pentecostal riding in the country is Coast of Bays-Central, Notre Dame, with 19% of the riding identifying as Pentecostal!

So fetch. It's a pity people haven't made more maps or compiled more stats from the NHS data, which is still pretty interesting despite statistical issues with it. There's a ton of really interesting stuff which would be cool to map. I'd do it if I had time and the computer know-how (shockingly StatsCan are incompetent buffoons when it comes to making stats user-friendly and accessible).

[Hatman 🍁]

They are quick to fix glitches if you complain though. Their geosearch app was down for a few weeks(!) it seems, but they fixed it within hours of me emailing them. The guy who fixed it even called me at work to tell me!

[RogueBeaver]

Libman wants to run for the Tories in Mount Royal.

[RogueBeaver]

Adams withdraws from the ONB nomination race for health reasons, no word if she'll seek renomination in her current riding.

CETA to be signed in September.

[Hatman 🍁]

Funny how they call ONB a safe Tory seat when it just went Liberal in the provincial election.

[DC Al Fine]

Libman wants to run for the Tories in Mount Royal.

RB, I assume that would be bad for the party?