Author Archives: H. Cameron


Morton Scares Corporate Red Tories and Dinning Courts Federal Liberals

Deborah Yedlin’s fires a few shots across the bow of the Morton campaign. There’s nothing particularly new in the article except for a few memorable quotes,
“We need a leader who can represent Alberta’s economic interests — speaking the language of business — not just on the national stage, but on the international one,” said […]

Front de liberation du Quebec Redux

The Montreal Gazette reports that the mail box exploding, politician killing terrorist group, FLQ, is back for another go at the Anglo-Saxon Imperialists:
MONTREAL - A letter claiming to be from a new cell of the Front de liberation du Quebec and threatening to take action for what it describes as ”Anglo-Saxon imperialism” in the West […]

Waiver Form For Advance Ballot - Alberta PC Leadership

File this under bizarre - Alberta PC party members who choose to vote in the Advance polls yesterday were required to sign a waiver form that stated the following:

I certify that I am requesting the privilege of voting in the advance poll because I will not be able to vote on election day due to […]

MP Galloway Criticizes Harper’s Stance on China

Civitatensis has an interesting post on British MP George Galloway. After reading the post, I did some research on Galloway and was hardly surprised at what I found. If one were to read the Calgary Herald article that Civitatensis referred to, they would have a difficult time understanding the context of Galloway’s misguided/biased opinion.
OTTAWA […]

Is the Dinning Campaign Buying Memberships/Votes

Without even looking hard, the negative news surrounding the Dinning campaign continues to flow. The Calgary Herald reports that the Dinning campaign has purchased party memberships for voters - without telling them:
A southern Alberta couple is critical of the political tactics of would-be premier Jim Dinning and the Alberta Tory party after they received […]

Calgary Sun Supports Dinning, Sun Readers Disagree

The Calgary Sun is endorsing Jim Dinning for Premier of Alberta. However, it appears their readers disagree:

If you read the actual article, we’ll notice some disappointing analysis:
Nevertheless, by the end of March 1995, despite low oil prices, Dinning had slain the deficit dragon, paving the way for Alberta to then kill off the debt […]

Paul Martin Jim Dinning Connection Redux

Eddie Goldenberg, in his book The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa has some interesting insights into Paul Martin’s and Jim Dinning’s relationship prior to Paul Martin’s tenure as Prime Minister. Goldenberg was “senior political advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chr�tien, and served briefly as Chr�tien’s Chief of Staff during his final months in […]

Is the Dinning Campaign Playing Dirty - Again?

We’re already aware of the Dinning campaigns recruitment of a replacement for Lethbridge West MLA, Clint Dunford, and now it appears they’ve been badgering Dave Hancock’s wife about having Dave drop out of the race in exchange for a cabinet seat. Here is a snippet form Janet Hancock first post on the subject:
“Dave is […]

John Kerry Insults the Troops, Again!

Oooops, Kerry shows his true colours…

President Bush disagrees and Michelle Malkin wades in with the REAL facts and commentary from US soldiers.

Is Dem Chair Dean Scared of GOP Chair Mehlman?

Democratic Chairman Howard Dean refuses to appear on the TV with his counterpart, Republican Chairman Ken Mehlman. Is this really about staying on message, or is he worried what he might say in the heat of battle?
Hat tip: Politicsonline