A quality leadership contest
I look at what the Americans just elected as their national leader and then at the current Liberal leadership contest, and I feel fortunate to…
… a Bill Longstaff blog
I look at what the Americans just elected as their national leader and then at the current Liberal leadership contest, and I feel fortunate to…
“Sunny ways, my friend, sunny ways.” I admit I didn’t think that taking the high road, the sunny ways, in the 2015 federal election could…
Angus-Reid’s New Year’s Eve poll of federal party popularity put the Liberals in a nightmarish position. Voter intent for the Grits was at 16 percent,…
In response to the Liberals’ loss, real and symbolic, of the allegedly safe seat of Toronto-St. Paul’s, the cries for their leader to step down…
The most productive Canadian government in history is arguably that of Lester Pearson’s Liberal regime of 1963-68. Two consecutive minority governments, all that it accomplished…
Canada is a very free country, but unfortunately not a very democratic one. Not when our electoral system consistently gives us governments that most of…
I believe Justin Trudeau has made quite a decent prime minister, certainly at least a major improvement over his predecessor. The only important disappointment for…
Once again our hopes rise. Or do they? At their recent national policy convention the Liberals voted to back a citizens’ assembly on electoral reform.…
What is the political contest about in this country. Conservatives vs. progressives? Conservatives vs. Liberals? Or men vs. women? A recent survey by the Angus…
I was pleased indeed to read about the agreement between the Liberals and the NDP to create a stable government until 2025. This will be…
So we are to have an unnecessary election. Didn’t we make our views clear enough in 2019? We didn’t give one of the parties a…
From 2006 to 2015 we endured a decade of Conservative rule even though the Conservatives never won the support of even 40 percent of Canadian…