Dean Del Mastro as the Patron Saint of Political Ad Spending
You would think that before Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro was invited to play the role of the Patron Saint of Political Ad Spending, someone might have posed the obvious question: is he the right man for the job?Some folks in Peterborough Riding are shaking their heads, thinking about all those CPC-branded

Dear PR Firms Working on Behalf of Stephen Harper
Dear PR Firms Working on Behalf of Stephen Harper (or Friends of PR Firms Working on Behalf of Stephen Harper):As much as I have enjoyed receiving the emails via your hotmail account, I'm going to have to request that you remove me from your mailing list.While you obviously see yourself as providing a valuable service to bloggers (alerting us to the availability of pro-Conservative Party of Canada content on YouTube), you might be surprised to learn that most of us are capable of sourcing material on YouTube on our own. The search engine on the site is quite user-friendly.Might I suggest an alternative focus for your firm:

A Progressive Canadian Coalition is Good for Quebec and Canada: Chantal Hébert
"[Author and economist Brian Lee] Crowley would disband the social union; he would abolish most social transfers to the provinces and leave them to finance their social safety nets according to their means, out of an expanded taxation field. With its redistributive functions reduced to a minimum, the federal government would be free to focus on the management of the economic union....Unless Quebecers re-engage in a progressive Canadian coalition, the balance [of power] will tilt toward the deconstruction of social Canada that Crowley so passionately promotes. That could come no later than the next election, with the potential advent of a Conservative majority rooted outside

Ignatieff on Harper's Duplicity, Attack Ads
TheStar.com: Michael Ignatieff on Stephen Harper's political style"What he says in private is contemptuous of Canadians and treats all Canadians who disagree with him as enemies....When he attacks his opponents, he engages in falsehoods and the politics of personal destruction. And when that guy's time in politics is finished and people ask what was his legacy, what was his contribution to the public life of Canada, it'll be those attack ads. And le

Economist Jim Stanford at Peterborough Public Library: Oct. 8, 2009 at 7 pm
Looking for someone to help you cut through all the economic double-speak - to explain what's really going on with the Canadian and North American economies? Jim Stanford is an economist who actually makes sense (as you can see from this YouTube clip) -- and he's coming to Peterborough in early October. Author and economist Jim Stanford will be giving a free public lecture at the Peterborough Public Library on Oc