Posted by David Klassen Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff kicked off a cross-Canada university speaking tour this week. Iggy will be in Winnipeg this Thursday to speak to students at the University of Manitoba from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The speech to young Canadians leads up to “Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge” — [...]

Local Liberal MP Anita Neville tabled a Private Members Bill today that will ban cat and dog fur products in Canada. Bill C-439 was first introduced in 2006, but was later dissolved when the 2008 election was called. The Winnipeg Humane Society completely supports the bill. “We are appalled by the filthy conditions dogs and [...]

Kevin Lamoureux, the Deputy Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, will be sitting in the waiting area at Seven Oaks hospital today for 24 straight hours. He’s protesting that the hospital no longer does emergency surgeries. That’s a whole lot of time to be sitting and doing nothing. Lamoureux will arrive at 11 a.m. Friday and [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz Liberal leader Stéphane Dion’s speech last Wednesday in response to Harper’s was pretty much a joke. Between the bad video quality, poor sound and a book on the shelf behind him that read, “Hot Air”, Dion was the laughing stock in Thursday morning’s newspapers across the country — and especially on [...]

If you’re one of the 63% of Manitobans opposed to a coalition government (according to Probe Research), than you may want to have your voice heard on Saturday. Beginning at 12 p.m. tomorrow at the Manitoba Legislative Building, you can join hundreds who support the Harper government and oppose the coalition. The rally goes until [...]

Canadians would rather head to their computers and open Photoshop than to the polls to vote in another election. Here are some of the amusing images floating around the ‘Net Thursday morning. Image credits (in order of appearance): Aaron Legge, Steve Lundberg, James Hawley, Shayne Yestal, Keir Pollard and Dan Lanyon.

With all the talk about a coalition government taking over, a Facebook group has been launched. In just under 72 hours, it’s garnished over 12,000 members and continues to grow. Members are also signing a petition to stop the take over of power in Ottawa. You can let your voice be heard by e-mailing Governor [...]

Defeated Liberal party leader Stéphane Dion announced on Monday he will be staying on as leader of the opposition until the leadership convention in the spring. Dion lost a plethora of seats in the recent election and has come under sharp scrutiny for his much touted Green Shift plan. It’s expected that when Dion steps [...]

CTV political reporter Roger Smith was shoved out of the way by one of Stéphane Dion’s bodyguards while attempting to ask a question for the network’s live election coverage in Montreal on Tuesday night. The Liberal leader then turned to Smith and said, “The last one I want to speak first is CTV — you [...]

It took a couple of hours, but myself and another contributing editor here at ChrisD.ca were able to track down a PR person on the Liberal campaign. They only agreed to speak about the CTV interview if we didn’t post their name. Wait — didn’t Stéphane Dion say the Conservatives are the ones that need [...]

With the election in only a couple of days, there are still thousands of Canadians unsure on who they will vote for. The main issue is not knowing which party best aligns with your values. If you’re looking for a quick way to find out which party is the best for you, check out TheUndecided.ca [...]

Liberal leader Stéphane Dion did an interview on Thursday with CTV Halifax’s Steve Murphy and appeared to be flustered while trying to answer some simple questions. Dion even asked for the interview to be restarted several times. Later on CTV’s Mike Duffy Live, Dion was criticized of not being able to comprehend, to which a [...]