Meanwhile, at the Ottawa Sun…
The imbroglio over Patrick Muttart’s alleged attempts to swiftboat Michael Ignatieff via Sun Media has brought even more scrutiny to bear on the news agency’s relationship with the Prime Minister’s...
View ArticleMuttart responds to Peladeau’s “Iggy’s War” essay in Sun papers
Patrick Muttart The already surreal public spat between QMI boss Pierre Karl Peladeau and former PMO wunderkind Patrick Muttart took another strange twist Wednesday night, as Muttart’s PR firm...
View ArticleTories in the octagon: Conservatives target MMA Maniacs
With Toronto ground zero this weekend for a Mixed Martial Arts event (MMA 129, if you’re still counting), Canada’s first MMA magazine is set to launch right this month. According to Masthead, MMA...
View ArticleMy gift to Sun News Network
With Jack Layton poised to become… what? something, there’s no need to dig through your Little Red Book for tangential Maoist references from Michael Ignatieff’s words. I’m dusting off an item from my...
View Article“Some marijuana, if you got some…”
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff responded in the affirmative to the inevitable marijuana question on Wednesday, saying, “I have smoked pot as a young man, yes . . . and it’s one of the reasons why I...
View ArticleWikileaks dumps huge pile of cables from U.S. missions in Canada
U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson (right) and unidentified man (left). POTENTIAL EMBARRASSMENT FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR JACOBSON OVER FRANK COMMENTARIES ON CANADIAN POLITICAL SCENE With but a furlong...
View ArticleStaffing Jack’s OLO or….PMO?
With the Office of the Leader Opposition and, perhaps, Langevin Block, within grasp, New Democrats are speculating on who might take the key roles with Jack Layton after the election. Though recruiting...
View ArticleTalking Points 2011 election predictions
It takes a special kind of crazy to stand in a public square and loudly refute facts scientifically proven and obvious to all. Think of the mapmakers who continued to insist, aainst astronomical...
View ArticleLast post at Talking Points
With Election 41 now a wrap, I’m returning to my regular blog channel, “A Few Tasteful Snaps.” There, I will continue to indulge my fixation with data journalism and Canadian federal politics. I’ve...
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