stephen harper

Canadian politics would be forever changed by the results of the 1993 Federal Election. A divided right wing, a Liberal Party reinvented, a New Democratic Party with deep internal divisions, and the rise of Quebecois sovereigntism. These would be the defining characteristics of Canadian politics...

What if the NDP did not get the surge in support they received in the 2011 Canadian election and the Liberals weren't forced into third place and the Bloc Quebecois did not lose most of its seats? I made these changes to the election results: Quebec; NDP -27%, Conservative +5%, Bloc +15%...

To say that the 2011 Canadian federal election was historic would be an understatement; after decades of Liberal and Conservative dominance, and having won less than 40 seats and less than 20% of the vote in the election just two and a half years prior, the NDP found itself thrust into office...

After Charest's resignation, one of the candidates often mentioned was Stephen Harper, who at the time was a former Reform MP who had broke with the party over social issues and was president of the NCC. As early as 1995, Tories and Reformists upset with Charest/Manning's leadership we're...

Me and a friend were discussing this issue recently. I proposed that had Stephen Harper resigned sometime before the 2015 federal election, as was rumoured, than perhaps the party would have had a better shot at winning re-election. My friend, an avid supporter of the NDP, didn't think so...

The NDP could wait no longer. Canada could wait no longer. A life-time in third-place was ending. Tom Mulcair, Leader of the Opposition, was going to win first-place for the NDP this time. It wasn't just hope. The polls were swinging to the NDP, they had the lead now. Stephen Harper and the...