The federal Conservatives dig deep into the bag of psychological inference in the battle to hold onto power.
Trudeau, Mulcair, Harper and Leroy Jethro Gibbs Rule 39
October 9th, 2015 Comments Off on Trudeau, Mulcair, Harper and Leroy Jethro Gibbs Rule 39
Tags: Conservatives · federal election · Justin Trudeau · Liberals · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · NDP · Stephen Harper · the budget will pay for itself · Tom Mulcair
Filibusters, Feather Dusters and Posturing Politicians
June 25th, 2011 Comments Off on Filibusters, Feather Dusters and Posturing Politicians
Hmmm, is it just me or is the House of Commons (that’s our federal parliament, for my non-Canadian readers) beginning to resemble a sandbox squabble between five year olds? It was inevitable that the standoff between Canada Post and the Canadian Union (CUPW) of Postal Workers would land in parliament’s lap. Before I go any […]
Tags: Canada Post · filibuster · Jack Layton · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Stephen Harper
On the Hunt for Integrity in the Federal Election Free-For-All
April 4th, 2011 Comments Off on On the Hunt for Integrity in the Federal Election Free-For-All
What I will be tuning out in the federal election rhetoric and the one characteristic that will win my vote.
Tags: federal election · integrity · metaphor · Michael Ignatieff · Michael Robert Dyet · Stephen Harper
The Cabinet Shuffle: Politics for Dummies
January 22nd, 2010 Comments Off on The Cabinet Shuffle: Politics for Dummies
Do our political leaders really think we’re so easily fooled? Or are they completely out of touch and just blindly playing the politics game? A bit of a rant on political leaders who have stopped giving a damn and some advice to aspiring politicians.
Tags: cabinet shuffle · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · politics · prorogue · Stephen Harper · Trudeau