Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 12, 2016 What a week it has been south of the border. Pollsters and politicians alike are in for years of reflection and study dissecting Donald Trump’s unlikely path to victory Tuesday night. I have made a concerted effort throughout the campaign to avoid commenting on the U.S. election in my column. I chose to take this route for a couple of ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 14, 2016 For the Manitoba Liberals, 2016 will clearly go down as a case of “what could have been.” The final nail in the post-election coffin struck this past week with a rather low-key announcement that leader Rana Bokhari would be calling it quits after a little more than two years and one election at the helm of the beleaguered party. Bokhari’s ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition March 5, 2016 A warm body and a name on a ballot does not always equate to success in the political realm. There are plenty of instances where candidates have “parachuted” into ridings or constituencies just to fill the slate for a political party. Often they are not successful in their bid for election as they are usually up against a particularly favourable ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 7, 2015 In what will be the second-longest campaign in Canadian history, the marathon 42nd election is officially underway. As the writ dropped this past Sunday, all three of the main leaders were quick to lay out their first steps on the long road ahead. Whether the Conservatives’ strategy was to try to run the other two parties out of money by ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 11, 2015 In looking at the direction this province has taken over the past number of years, there has been no shortage of ink spilled dissecting the Manitoba NDP. Whether it be their bitter revolt and standoff over leadership, the challenges faced with the implementation of a further one per cent provincial sales tax, the merry-go-round circulation of MLAs through various ministerial ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition July 4, 2015 The notion that Tom Mulcair once entertained a job working for the Harper Conservatives is nothing new. The story has circulated since Mulcair took over leadership of the NDP from the late Jack Layton. As it goes, Mulcair spoke with staff in the Harper war room about a spot at the table as an environmental adviser, and in their mind, ...
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