Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

[RogueBeaver]

O'Toole replaced Fantino, Harper meets Wynne tonight.

Hopefully Harper does fill all Senate vacancies before the election.

[Hatman 🍁]

Lorraine Michael has stepped down as NDP leader in Newfoundland. Hopefully they find someone good to replace her to save the party. Best person would be Jack Harris, but if he runs, you can kiss his federal seat goodbye for the NDP.

[DC Al Fine]

Lorraine Michael has stepped down as NDP leader in Newfoundland. Hopefully they find someone good to replace her to save the party. Best person would be Jack Harris, but if he runs, you can kiss his federal seat goodbye for the NDP.

Would you prefer he go back to provincial politics or stick with the feds?

[RogueBeaver]

Grits raised $5.2M in Q4, no word on the others yet.

[Hatman 🍁]

Lorraine Michael has stepped down as NDP leader in Newfoundland. Hopefully they find someone good to replace her to save the party. Best person would be Jack Harris, but if he runs, you can kiss his federal seat goodbye for the NDP.

Would you prefer he go back to provincial politics or stick with the feds?

Well, he's the best person to lead the party there. I don't really care either way, since he's unlikely to lead the party to government at the moment.

[DC Al Fine]

The Libertarian Party has changed its colours to Navy and Gold

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The Libertarian Party has changed its colours to Navy and Gold

So Tim Moen is a lock for being the next PM now that they've got that settled, right?

[Deus Naturae]

The Libertarian Party has changed its colours to Navy and Gold

So Tim Moen is a lock for being the next PM now that they've got that settled, right?

[Hatman 🍁]

Cool; I hadn't realized they selected Moen as their leader. Good choice.

[RogueBeaver]

Clement says negotiations are entering a critical round.

[RogueBeaver]

Ivison profiles Raitt. She considered running for PCPO leader but her health scare precluded it. He hints again she may seek the federal leadership.

[Njall]

Rumblings of an early election in Alberta.

[Hatman 🍁]

Proof that there will be no Spring federal election?

[Hatman 🍁]

Speaking of Alberta, for the lulz, I hope one of two people become leader of the WRP:

- Rob Anders or
- Derek Fildebrandt (Former classmate of mine; He had quite the reputation on campus for being an arch conservative)

[DC Al Fine]

Proof that there will be no Spring federal election?

I don't know why everyone keeps saying this is a thing.

[MaxQue]

The federal budget, planned for February has been postponed to April due to unstable oil prices.

Target closes all its stores in Canada, 17600 people are losing their jobs.

I really think Harper should have gone for an election last year, since October or November, it's a long, long, long list of economical bad news.

[RogueBeaver]

Unless he wanted a long writ campaign, even using Chretien's timetables dissolution would be just after the Ottawa shootings.

[Boston Bread]

Rob Ford has a surprising endorsement for Ontario PC leader.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rob-ford-backs-monte-mcnaughton-for-conservative-leadership/article22494462/

Monte McNaughton! And I thought he was a no-hoper kinda guy. Interesting that he broke from his brother Doug's endorsement of Elliott. Elliott is seen as a red tory (but has tacked on blue tory policies when it was popular) and McNaughton is on the conservative wing, opposing the new sex-ed updates and also not wanting to take a conciliatory position on unions like the other tories have.

[RogueBeaver]

Selinger could be the bitterest provincial clinger since Smallwood. Hopefully the MNDP grants us the opportunity to see what Chretien denied us.

[136or142]

1.NDP M.P Ryan Cleary and MHA Gerry Rogers are the most likely elected politicians to run for the leadership of the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP, not Jack Harris.

2.Michael Den Tandt is a mostly mediocre columnist who pretends he is an expert in economics.

3.Prospective Liberal candidate Jodie Emery was denied permission to run for the party nomination in Vancouver East.  I have to say I'm pleased about this. Although I generally believe that the local members should be allowed to decide who their candidate is, Emery is a one issue candidate who has supported political parties all over the map.  She was a Canadian supporter of Ron Paul in the 2012 election, has twice run provincially for the Green Party and has also voiced support in the past for the NDP.  She has no loyalty to the federal Liberal Party, and since the Liberal Party membership in Vancouver East is likely quite small (though I don't know that for sure) there was a danger she would sign up fellow travelers who also have no long term commitment to the party and win the nomination.

[RogueBeaver]

Albertans will almost certainly be voting this spring.

[DC Al Fine]

Albertans will almost certainly be voting this spring.

Hopefully the oil issue makes the campaign more interesting than the expected PC landslide.

[Hatman 🍁]

Canada is about to have its 2nd gay Premier. Wade McLaughlin was the only candidate to run for leader of the PEI Liberals, so he will become Premier in February.

[MaxQue]

Canada is about to have its 2nd gay Premier. Wade McLaughlin was the only candidate to run for leader of the Liberals, so he will become Premier in February.

In which province?

[Hatman 🍁]

Canada is about to have its 2nd gay Premier. Wade McLaughlin was the only candidate to run for leader of the Liberals, so he will become Premier in February.

In which province?

Whoops. PEI.