Despite being advised to loosen up, Stephen Harper is sticking to what’s tried and true. There was a point in Stephen Harper’s speech at a Conservative pep rally on Monday evening when the crowd began finishing his lines. He would outline something from last month’s budget that “the coalition said no” to, and would finish […]

The Liberals find themselves on the hook for $18 million dollars due to an eco-fee which barely lasted but the effects are now being felt. Heading into next fall’s provincial election, Dalton McGuinty will probably have plenty of occasion to curse the day he first heard the term “eco-fee.” The new fee began appearing on […]

The  Conservative Government, after the budget failed to pass, has been found in contempt. OTTAWA -A special parliamentary committee has declared the Conservative government to be in contempt of Parliament for failing to provide enough information on the cost of its crime agenda. The ruling could have been grist for a possible vote of no-confidence […]

Stephen Harper may have let down Quebec, but Michael Ignatieff promises the Liberals will pay attention to French-Canadian needs QUEBEC CITY . Prime Minister Stephen Harper has let Quebecers down and they should get back at him by voting for the Liberals, Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff said Monday. The Liberal leader positioned his party as […]

 The LIberals are seriously considering calling a no-confidence vote to trigger an election as early as this spring. OTTAWA — The federal Liberals aren’t ruling out a bid to topple the Harper government before this month’s budget, a move that could trigger a spring election. The Liberals say they’re keeping their “options open” on introducing […]

Before elections have even been called, the NDP are gettign ahead of the game with new ads which accuse lobbyists and ‘insiders’ of having too much pull in Ottawa.   An election hasn’t even started, and Canadian voters are getting hit this week with a new round of TV ads from two political parties. In […]

A new poll shows that Canadian citizens would prefer to keep the minority Conservative government rather than have a coalition. OTTAWA — Canadians would prefer a Conservative minority in power over a coalition government if the Tories can’t win a majority in the next election, a new poll suggests. Fifty-five per cent of Canadians say […]

For Political Science 101, this is Lauren MacFarland’s Current Events Log, keeping track of Canadian politcs. Which is actually more interesting than most people think it is.