Category: Canadian politics

Apparently Michael ignatieff  has been more than a non-factor in his riding of  Etobicoke-Lakeshore and this has some constituents puzzled. Ignatieff is living up to the moniker of the visiting professor in more ways than one.

From Toronto Sun
“I saw him only once, one year ago,” says Nestor Chijani, who owns Nestor’s Barber Shop on The Queensway.

“I saw the limousine and the chauffeur and he came out of the office and went in and drove away. That’s it.”

Chijani’s shop faces the former headquarters of Ignatieff’s constituency office.

The windows have been covered up and the only way you’d know Ignatieff was ever there is a sign, which still contains the MP’s name in giant red letters.

A former Liberal candidate in B.C. Drew Adamick  has come out against the Liberal party and now is supporting the NDP. Funny enough this isn’t Drew’s first brush with controversy.

From Vancouver Sun

“So far, this campaign has really firmly cemented my decision,” Adamick said. “Michael Ignatieff has been a huge disappointment for me and I just think the Liberals have lost their way.”

Here is what Adamick said about the Green Shift  in 2008

I’ve read the Liberal “Green Shift”. It’s about time the Liberals came out with some kind of policy. Too bad it’s flawed in many respects: it does not truly reflect the current realities of rural and northern Canadians, it does not penalize heavy polluters enough, it does not truly provide incentives for people to take transit, drive less, use fuel-efficient vehicles, it does not provide enough incentives for people to use less fuel. I’m not against carbon taxes per se, just the two proposals that were put out there.

And there’s more on Stephane Dion’s leadership and the direction of the party.

Their lack of policy that looks beyond the City of Toronto and idealist in Vancouver and Montreal is another one. Dion’s leadership too is disappointing. I’ve tremendous respect for Stephane Dion the acedemic and the cabinet minister, just little for Stephane Dion the “leader.” I know in a previous post of mine, I gave Dion my support as a then-proud Liberal.

my only question is how did this individual become a Liberal candidate.

While doing research for something else I stumbled over this fun little news nugget.

From CTV

There are 19 registered political parties in Canada

There is the Pirate Party. It says it “strives to reform copyright laws and to protect the privacy of Canadians.” I just like the name.

There’s that old favourite the Rhinos.

On their website they proudly say we don’t speak English very much but we French very well.

They promise their website will be translated some day.

One of the best ones though has been deregistered for this election. I don’t know why.

I could give some serious thought to the Work Less Party.

Workers of the World relax. Alarm clocks kill dreams.

That would be something to sleep on.

the pirate party, work less party, Canadian politics.

As first noticed by BC blue professor Peter Loewen, has a too close for comfort relationship with Michael ignatieff and the Liberal party.


From Brian Lilley


Peter Loewen, assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto, is also the director of analytics for the CBC’s online vote selection tool. Vote Compass, a 30 question online tool, is supposed to give voters an idea of what party they are most closely aligned. Critics say it’s biased towards the Liberals.
“I volunteered in 2006,” Loewen says of his work for Ignatieff’s first failed bid for the Liberal leadership. “The nature of that work was that I wrote a couple of policy papers on equalization.”


I don’t know about you but writing a policy paper for a Liberal leadership candidate is a little more intimate than just casual canvassing. Furthermore this sheds more light on the liberal bias at the CBC, like Lucy the state broadcaster has some explaining to do.