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The Liberals are battered and bruised but not out. Despite taking a beating in the polls and attacks from all sides, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau fended off a challenge from Andrew Scheer’s Co...

https://www.segacs.com/2019/its-a-liberal-minority-so-what-happens-now.html

There are petitions going around urging Justin Trudeau to appoint Elizabeth May as Environment Minister. I think that’s a terrible idea. Here’s why: After a decade of Stephen Harper’s “wa...

https://www.segacs.com/2015/elizabeth-may-should-not-be-environment-minister.html

Wow. Just wow. Prime Minister Trudeau. It’s been a long time since Canada has heard those words. Before my lifetime, anyway. I dared hope for a Liberal minority. I never in my wildest dreams co...

https://www.segacs.com/2015/its-a-liberal-majority.html

Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao announced Quebec’s budget update today, setting off what is sure to be a continuing series of protests against the cuts, austerity measures and fee increas...

https://www.segacs.com/2014/quebec-budget-update-more-balanced-than-i-expected.html

Just once, I would like to know what it feels like to be in a majority. Normally, I embrace my outsider status. I’m the liberal in a room full of conservatives, the conservative in a room of Li...

https://www.segacs.com/2012/on-being-a-minority.html

Polls are one thing; money is another. What can we gauge from the fundraising of the major Quebec political parties, and what can it tell us about the possible election outcome? According to the ...

https://www.segacs.com/2012/quebec-political-donations-by-the-numbers.html

…it’s off to the polls we go. Quebecers will vote in the provincial election that some are dubbing the “tuition election” on September 4th. While it’s true that Charest has always been ...

https://www.segacs.com/2012/high-ho-high-ho.html

The bad news? Bob Rae is the interim Liberal leader. The good news? He can’t be elected as long-term leader. The post Good news, bad news first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2011/good-news-bad-news-2.html

Well, the votes are in, and Stephen Harper has his majority government. The right moves further to the right. The Tories, after spending five years walking all over Canadians as a minority, now g...

https://www.segacs.com/2011/top-10-reasons-why-tonights-results-are-bad-for-canada.html

What does your party believe? I’d venture a guess that only a small number of Canadians who vote actually bother to read their party’s platforms… or the platforms of the other parties.  Ev...

https://www.segacs.com/2011/vote-smart-read-the-platforms.html

The Liberal bill introduced in the House of Commons today to reinstate and entrench the long-form census, after the Tory government callously and summarily ignored an opposition motion on the sam...

https://www.segacs.com/2010/too-little-too-late.html

With Bob Rae’s withdrawal from the Liberal leadership race, looks like it’ll be Michael Ignatieff by acclaimation. A strategist more than an idealist, Ignatieff doesn’t arouse much exciteme...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/update-rae-drops-out.html

The inevitable result of the petty political squabbling has occurred: Parliament has been shut down to stave off a no-confidence vote that would have been scheduled for Monday, where the oppositi...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/these-foolish-games.html

They’re calling for his head on a platter from all sides, but Stephane Dion won’t quit yet: The Toronto Star had cited Liberal party insiders who said Dion would make the announcement on Thur...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/dion-hangs-on.html

17. That’s the number of seats where the Liberal-Green combined vote total was higher than the vote total for the winning candidate. Of those 17 seats, 9 were won by the Conservatives. The rema...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/the-may-effect.html

The Election Prediction Project is forecasting 125 seats for the Conservatives, 94 for the Liberals, 51 for the Bloc, 36 for the NDP, and 2 for Independent candidates. They’ve been pretty dead-...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/election-day.html

A CBC reporter was caught red-handed playing favourites among federal political parties: A Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reporter who covers Parliament will be reassigned because she inappropriatel...

https://www.segacs.com/2008/is-this-what-they-mean-by-fair-and-impartial-journalism.html

No, not a merger, just some limited cooperation. The deal between the Liberals and the Green Party that will see the Libs step back so that Elizabeth May can compete seriously for a seat, is, on ...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/unite-the-greens.html

He’s been denying it with lessening intensity each year, and now, as most people assumed he eventually would, Justin Trudeau will run for the Liberals in the next federal election: Trudeau will...

https://www.segacs.com/2007/justin-trudeau-will-run.html

The Liberals’ post-convention surge in support is coming largely from the left, according to a new EKOS poll: The EKOS poll, which surveyed 1,022 voters on Tuesday and Wednesday and is consider...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/liberals-fish-in-ndp-waters.html

After Stephane Dion’s “surprise” win, the media and the opposition have been scrambling to make up for lost time by putting him immediately under a microscope. They’re questioning his loy...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/dion-under-scrutiny.html

Dion’s overtime win against Ignatieff foreshadowed the Habs’ overtime win against the Leafs. Eat your heart out, Toronto! The post Montreal 2, Toronto 0 first appeared on Segacs's World I ...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/montreal-2-toronto-0.html

Stéphane Dion is the new Liberal leader and is fairly likely to be the next Prime Minister of Canada. Despite myself, I kind of like Dion, even if he doesn’t have as fun a nickname as Michael ...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/its-dion.html

After three ballots, it’s a two-man race: Dion versus Ignatieff. Perhaps surprisingly, Dion is in the lead. Looks like Damian Penny’s early predictions are surprisingly accurate. But all now ...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/liberal-leadership-convention.html

Liberal leadership candidates are falling all over each other to deny Harper’s accusation that they’re anti-Israel: Bob Rae, Ignatieff’s chief rival, likened Harper’s comment to being acc...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/whaddaya-mean-anti-israel.html

Pieter at Peaktalk links to the latest news from the UK, where Tony Blair is fending off the leadership challenge from Gordon Brown as long as he can manage it. Pieter’s not impressed and, as h...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/leadership-battle-in-britain.html

Just announced during his concession speech, Paul Martin is stepping down as party leader. No surprise there. The post Martin stepping down first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2006/martin-stepping-down.html

The polls are only a few hours from opening. I won’t make any definitive number “predictions”, which, in my opinion, are worth about as much as polls (that is to say, not much) other than t...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/some-last-thoughts-before-the-election.html

Stephen Colbert mock-saluted Paul Martin for “taking negative campaign ads to the next level”, based on the Liberal ad attacking Harper for being best friends with Bush. Hey Paul: When even t...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/colbert-mocks-liberal-attack-ad.html

If you still can’t figure out who to vote for, but you want to vote for one of the four major parties, check out this quiz. It claims to be able to tell you who to vote for based on 12 simple p...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/undecided.html

An NHL star is suing your MP: Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan filed a lawsuit against Liberal MP Denis Coderre on Tuesday, alleging the former sports minister falsely accused him of making a s...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/you-know-your-partys-in-trouble-when.html

In a democracy, I have an absolute right not to discuss how I intend to vote with anyone. However, I’m choosing to waive that right, because politics is such an important topic on this blog, to...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/why-im-not-jumping-on-blue-bandwagon.html

Last night’s “top story” on the news was all about how the campaign has taken a “negative turn” with the new Liberal attack ads on the Tories. Now, there’s very little dispute that th...

https://www.segacs.com/2006/negative-campaigning.html

Canadians will be faced with a wonderful choice on January 23rd at the polls. We’ve got the NDP, who are a bunch of commie rat bastards. We’ve got the Conservatives, who are a bunch of fascis...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/pick-least-insulting-adjective.html

The Liberal government is dead. Date of the election of the next (Liberal) government: January 23. Mark your calendars for the date of the big non-event. Zzzzzzzzz. The post No more confidence ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/no-more-confidence.html

Jack Layton and the NDP have withdrawn their support of the Liberal government, opening the door for an opposition movement that would bring it down and force elections. Layton claims it’s beca...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/layton-ndp-withdraw-liberal-support.html

Justice John Gomery released his first report today on the inquiry into the sponsorship scandal. Here is a link to the report in its entirety. So now what? We all pretty much knew what it was goi...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/gomery-releases-report.html

Elections Canada published campaign financing statistics showing the Liberals took in less than half the money of the Tories last year: Figures released by Elections Canada show the Liberals took...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/source-of-funds.html

One of the most controversial government bills in a long time passed in Parliament tonight, legalizing same-sex marriage and ending discrimination against gay Canadians: The bill will become offi...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/same-sex-marriage-legal-in-canada.html

That’s the greater implication of this proposed blackmail by the Conservatives: The Opposition Conservatives are willing to support the NDP’s $4.6-billion budget amendment, but only if the Li...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/minority-rights-for-sale.html

Federal MP Pat O’Brien quit the Liberals and has decided to sit as an independent because he’s opposed to the Liberal bill to allow same-sex marriage. With that view, Mr. O’Brien, why not j...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/pat-obrien-quits-liberals.html

Autonomous Source has a story that’s getting little press coverage but could have widespread implications. Debbye warns us that Carolyn Parrish may be staging a comeback, now that Paul Martin�...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/around-blogopshere.html

Coming soon to a Canada near you: a de facto NDP government: The NDP could seek a long-term agreement to prop up the Liberal government in exchange for a handful of concessions, party officials s...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/de-facto-ndp-government.html

Belinda Stronach has jumped ship to the Liberals, abandoning the Conservatives at a crucial moment: top member of Canada’s opposition Conservatives unexpectedly defected to the ruling Liberals ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/belinda-makes-a-switch.html

That’s Canadian politics these days. If today’s opposition motion in parliament passes, then the Liberals say they won’t view it as a no-confidence vote, and they’ll simply ignore it. How...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/lose-lose-thats-canadian-politics.html

…with Tina Fey. Okay, maybe not. But here are some of the tidbits from the weekend. It looks like there might not be an election after all, as the Conservatives’ polling numbers slip and Harp...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/weekend-update-2.html

Is it just me, or are our politicians holding a contest these days for “most spineless”? Martin may succumb to Layton’s blackmail by agreeing to defer corporate tax cuts in the federal budg...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/martin-caves-to-ndp-bribery.html

There is widespread disgust with the Liberals on the sponsorship scandal. Of course, everyone has their own spin and view on what’s going on, and much of this is influenced by their political o...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/more-reflections-on-sponsorship-scandal.html

Perhaps the only politician in Canada with more woes than Charest, Prime Minister Paul Martin addressed the nation on prime time television, delivering a recorded speech designed to plead for his...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/martin-fights-for-his-political-life.html

With all the fallout from the sponsorship scandal bringing down the Liberal government, am I the only one who doesn’t want another quick election? Sure, we can’t just let them get away with s...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/am-i-only-one.html

…a bunch of stuff happened. For one thing, the Martin government released a federal budget, which was another snoozer. Lots of promises to everyone that will deliver not a whole helluvalot to a...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/while-i-was-gone.html

That’s what my dad likes to claim, anyway. I don’t know about that. But for Jean Chrétien, testifying at the sponsorship inquiry, the claim is probably more like golf is politics: In one of ...

https://www.segacs.com/2005/golf-is-life.html

It looks like the NDP will vote with the Liberals for the throne speech, and the Tories and the Bloc will vote against. That would cause a tie – 153 votes for, 153 against. Leaving the fate of ...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/most-powerful-man-in-canada.html

In the meantime, Canadian politics has started up again. The throne speech was yesterday – anyone notice? – and really only held significance because of the minority government situation: Pri...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/in-meantime-canadian-politics.html

David Janes has a roundup of the (mostly-disappointed) reactions of right-leaning bloggers, who chose to believe the polls and Harper’s optimism before last night. Debbye says we got the “dev...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/morning-after-what-theyre-saying.html

As of 8:00am, the final results stood as follows: 135 99 19 54 0 1 Overnight, a couple of extra seats were lost from the NDP and the Libs and gained by the Tories. This puts the combined Liberals...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/the-results-2.html

One last thought on the election before I go to sleep: It’s still close. Many ridings were won with squeakers, and others are still undecided. With recounts, the results may still change enough...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/its-still-close.html

The votes have been counted, the results are in, and the analysis begins. Before the morning papers start screaming out their opinions, here are a few thoughts to leave the evening: Liberals: The...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/federal-election-2004-post-mortem.html

7:30pm: It’s gonna be a long night. Despite the TV networks’ rush to predict the result first, I doubt anyone will know anything certain for quite some time. I will update the table above int...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/election-night-results.html

Our own election is taking some twists and turns. Damian Penny calculates that the SES tracking results showing the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals for the first time means that the CP could ...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/on-the-homefront-now.html

I haven’t been able to post as much as I’d like to lately, due to being very preoccupied with work and with other stuff in my life. So in the meantime, here are some must-read links: If you�...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/around-blogosphere-i-havent.html

The campaign has been unofficially happening for months, but now it’s official: It’s Election time again. Let the attack ads, insults, and petty politics begin. In the meantime, having recent...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/decision-2004.html

In today’s Gazette, L. Ian Macdonald previews the Liberal attack ads on Stephen Harper and runs down why he thinks they’re not only a bad idea, but poorly researched: In suggesting Harper is ...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/attack-ads-no-thanks.html

Al Qa’eda wants to kill Jews and Americans. No! Shocking! Quick, someone call a reporter! Yep, this ranks up there in “duh-factor” with last week’s shocker of a news headline: That if a f...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/non-news-item-of-day.html

Paul Martin’s finance minister, Ralph Goodale, announced the Federal Budget today. And of course, the media began to immediately analyse, spin, and dissect it seventeen ways from Sunday. So her...

https://www.segacs.com/2004/budget-2004-one-canadians-viewpoint.html

This time he’s really leaving… finally! Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced he will leave office on December 12, allowing prime minister-designate Paul Martin to ascend to the office. “W...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/chretien-to-resign.html

While I’ve been procrastinating, others have been posting. Damian has the latest on the politician who just won’t leave office, and Paul has a few thoughts on the corruption within the Libera...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/around-blogosphere-in-60-seconds.html

The Liberal government escaped full-scale embarrassment today when a motion by the Canadian Alliance to reaffirm the definition of marriage as “the union of one man and one woman to the exclusi...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/equality-dignity-and-respect.html

Everyone’s blogging these days it seems . . . even our next Prime Minister. The post Paul Martin starts blog first appeared on Segacs's World I Know .

https://www.segacs.com/2003/paul-martin-starts-blog.html

John Manley has quit the Liberal leadership race. I guess he saw the writing on the wall, and wanted extra time to buy a new suit for Paul Martin’s coronation – er – election. Why Sheila Co...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/manley-quits.html

Eggleton speaks out in defense of Israel: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the anti-Israel petition that was filed in the House on March 31 by the member for the riding of Quebec. There is no...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/liberal-mp-defends-israel.html

In today’s Gazette, columnist Peter Hadekel urges the Canadian government to revise its foreign policy and to take a clear stand on Iraq: If the Liberals are all over the map on Iraq, it’s be...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/get-off-fence-canada.html

A new poll suggests that the stage is shifting in Canadian politics. The Liberals are far and away still the most popular party, and are even gaining support. The second-place Canadian Alliance h...

https://www.segacs.com/2003/federal-scene-shifting.html