Trudeau’s Bubble Problem
Note: I wrote the following column for the Ottawa Hill Times back in the spring, to offer the Liberal party some free advice — they didn’t take it. Every once in a while, I experience an irresistible urge to offer …
Month: July 2015
Stephen Harper: Canada’s Relative Conservative
Note: This column originally appeared in the Ottawa Hill Times last spring, after the Conservative government unveiled its budget. Given recent budgetary news, it seems somewhat timely again. It’s a good thing the federal government’s recent budget isn’t a living, breathing …
Me Wishful Thinking? Never!
Please excuse the emotional tone of this column, but I recently suffered a traumatic experience while appearing on one of those public affairs TV shows. You see, I was part of a “strategist” panel discussing the Mike Duffy trial, when …
For Strategists Polls Do Matter
The old saying about “the only poll that matters is the one on Election Day” is actually only partially true. Other polls matter too; they matter a lot. I’m talking about “internal” opinion polls, meaning those polls which the …