broughad

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Liberal Green Shift - High Risk and Potentially High Reward (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-23)

• Mr Harper seems obsessive about controlling what other people say and yet sometimes can't even control himself. He says that this Green Shift plan will 'scr...
• My ears are just fine thanks. As for understanding the Tim Hortons crowd, I think even they want a more sophisticated response from the Prime Minister. A...

The Bernier Resignation - Is it more than political "eye candy"? (Video Blog Post) (2008-05-30)

• I have to disagree that this is just "eye candy". While Canadians are generally not preoccupied with matters of national security, I would think that many w...

Federal Tories and Grits Tied - Are NDP voters in Ontario strategically parking with the Grits? (Nanos Poll completed April 9) (2008-04-11)

• It seems the battle lines are being drawn. Atlantic Canada and Ontario are firmly with the Liberals, while the Conservatives keep a stranglehold on the West...
• As Flaherty is such a seasoned politician, I'm surprised he was so impolitic as to make such a public show of all this. If he only had Ontario's interests a...

Last week should have been a good week for the PM - he was sideswiped (Video Blog Post) (2008-04-07)

• Since many Canadians, including myself, remain opposed to the extended Afghanistan mission, they would be at best ambivalent about the Prime Minister looking...
• This may be off the blog's current topic, but I am finding your persistent attacks on the media quite tiresome. It is not the media's job to be a cheerleade...
• Every government in a minority situation, no matter the political stripe, has an agenda that they would like to implement but can't, because it would be too ...
• Of course you're entitled to your position, and I have no doubt that you will continue to state it vigorously. I simply feel that it's getting old. The med...
• I'm saying every political party hides its true intentions to a greater or lesser degree. They say whatever they think will get them elected. Once a majori...
• Read the whole conversation and you'll see that's exactly what I have been saying.
• This is bizarre logic. Are you saying that until the media have obtained a copy of everything every MP and reporter has ever said, they should not report on ...
• If the media and opposition took to heart "There but for the grace of God go I", then meaningful reporting and meaningful critcism would end. It would look ...

The Federal Tories - Poking Ontario with a sharp stick (Sun Media Column) (2008-03-31)

• By some perverse logic, the Conservatives are trying to isolate Ontario and win in the rest of the country. The Conservatives are hoping that Canadian vot...
• I may not be looking or listening in the right places, but the only one I hear clamouring for the lower corporate taxes in Ontario is Jim Flaherty. At least ...
• Surpluses also mean paying down a huge accumulated debt, unless you think it's good economics to carry $500-600 billion in debt forever.
• And I haven't forgotten about Trudeau and the beginning of deficit spending. I also haven't forgotten that Brian Mulroney and Michael Wilson had nine years ...
• If the Liberal surpluses didn't go towards the debt, where did they go?

Afghanistan Vote and the Issue Environment (Video Blog Post) (2008-03-14)

• It's hard to know where the Liberals stand on anything because they seem to be standing everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Their so-called principles ...

Election fraught with risks - Nanos Ballot - Lib 33, Con 31, NDP 19, BQ 10, GP 8 (2008-02-08)

• You mention fundraising as an indicator of support for the Conservatives. However, all you need to do is look south to the relative success of John Mccain v...