Tommy Douglas, finally buried: Facing a possible collapse of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh insists he has no regrets.
“Democracy”
Blacklock’s- Wide Variance In Riding Size
New figures from Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault show a wide variance in the number of voters in federal ridings, a difference of 90,000 or more in some cases. The latest revisions under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act were to ensure each vote carried the same weight with exceptions in extraordinary cases.
“I have determined the number of names appearing on the revised lists of electors for each electoral district,” Perrault wrote in a legal notice. The most sparsely populated riding in the nation, Labrador, has 19,893 voters. The largest constituency, Niagara South, Ont., has 112,960 voters.
“I’m a bit like Trump. Trump at McDonald’s”
National Post- Mark Carney serves poutine in Quebec
Conservatives Pounce!
“When Republicans screw up, that’s the story. When Democrats screw up, the Republicans’ reaction is the story.” – Jim Treacher
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pounced on a government report that he argues predicts a “terrifying” world in 2040 to warn voters of the dangers of giving the Liberals a fourth term — but the actual report is far more nuanced.
@joe_warmington– Here’s my question to @PierrePoilievre today — I was heckled and berated for asking it by other media. It offers insight to me why they perhaps were not offered a seat on the bus.
Vote Early, Vote Often
National Post- A record 7.3 million Canadians voted in advance polls
“things are so wild in Canada that it had to arrest its top spy for working with a global money launderer.”
🇨🇦’s wild these days.
– Money laundering capital of the world
– the global fentanyl “command & control center”
– home to transnational organized crime heads
– at least 1 in 7,800 residents are members of organized crimes.How did this happen so fast?
DO IT
We will have that new country sooner than you think.
In just one minute Steven Guilbeault describes how to drive businesses & companies out of Canada. pic.twitter.com/EfhNAquIOg
— Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 (@ryangerritsen) April 22, 2025
Election thoughts
“Sometimes I Cuss…”
Quick Dick McDick- The Canadian Federal Election (15 min)
We Have A Plan
Was That Wrong?
“Selling Snake Oil—At Luxury Pricing”
Dan Knight- Campaign 2025 : Debate – Mark Carney’s Debate Performance Was All Flash, No Foundation
Late to the debate analysis today—I fell asleep. Literally. That should tell you something. But here’s what I did catch:
Tonight’s English Language Debate
Quoi?
A good summary here.
Dan Knight- Campaign 2025 – The Montreal Reckoning, Canada’s Leaders Debate Exposes the Great Divide
And what unfolded over two hours wasn’t just a policy discussion—it was a full-blown national identity crisis.
Because this wasn’t a debate about tweaks to tax rates or transit plans. No, this was a live autopsy of what decades of bureaucratic rule, foreign appeasement, and soft authoritarianism have done to what used to be one of the freest, most prosperous countries on Earth.
Open Thread On The French Leaders Debate
I Want a New Country
The Line- Western alienation is real and cannot be dismissed
The Liberals’ energy policies are bad economics and even worse politics, and the threat they represent for national unity can’t be ignored as unhelpful whining.
It’s Not Important
Blacklock’s- Debate Sidesteps Immigration
Organizers of national election debates dropped immigration from tomorrow’s English language telecast but not the French debate scheduled this evening at 6 pm Eastern. No reason was given. Provinces outside Québec have seen the highest rates of immigration and most opposition to record quotas.
Does Hope Beat Fear?
We’re Going To Need More Popcorn
The Hub- This week’s leaders’ debates mark a new low for our democracy
We will watch a debate where everything from which leaders are allowed to appear on stage to the specifics of the debate format to who its broadcasts are is determined by a government “commission,” established by the incumbent party and overseen, until recently, by the same government’s favourite political appointee or David Johnston.
Kory The Red Tory
After this outburst, why anyone would term Doug Ford a conservative is beyond me. Did he make a deal with Carney and is doubling down now that the Liberals’ lead seems to be evaporating? What’s notable is that while Ford and Teneycke are happy to sling mud at Poilievre, their prescription would make Trump the only substantive issue in the campaign while the Liberals’ record is conveniently ignored.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford fired off another salvo in the on-again, off-again battle between his provincial Progressive Conservatives and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party, saying his own campaign manager would have avoided the federal party’s current election woes.