Cormac On The Hill

  Today Quebec MP Lise St-Denis abandoned the New Democrat ship and boarded the Liberal tugboat. The back-bench Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice – Champlain had been elected in May as a part of the “orange wave” that swept across the province.   If you don’t recognize her, you’re not alone. Many reporters at the [...]

The rule book for the NDP leadership race is out! Click here to take a look.

The buzzword from New Democrats as they began their caucus meeting in Quebec City was “unity.” In fact that word seemed to be on the lips of every MP. Just because they say it a lot, does it really make it true? By nature, leadership races are meant to divide parties. When you have multiple [...]

It was revealed Tuesday that Nycole Turmel, the interim leader of the NDP, used to be a card carrying member of the Bloc Quebecois. Pundits and columnists immediately jumped on the story, some lashing out at the NDP over the fact that the woman at the helm of the official opposition would support a party [...]

Wednesday is cabinet shuffle day! It’s a time when every political junky becomes an armchair Prime Minister and, like the NCAA Final Four Tournament, people are making their picks & placing their bets. I’m being told not to expect a major shift in the framework of this cabinet, with key ministers like Jim Flaherty in [...]

The NDP has been able to do what many thought they couldn’t at the start of this campaign, bring in polling numbers not seen in almost 20 years. It’s probably the most surprising and upbeat story of this election so far. The New Democrats, according to one survey, even briefly jumped into the second place [...]

Apparently I have been causing a lot of confusion in the Conservative Party. My name, as you know, is Cormac Mac Sweeney. But there is a regional organizer for the Tories whose name is Colin McSweeney. Over the last couple of months I’ve had many people ask me if we are related. Just for the [...]

We all know politics can be cold but I don’t think I’ve ever experienced anything as chilly as the launch to the 41st federal election campaign. It had nothing to do with the words of Stephen Harper and had everything to do with the weather. It was incredibly frigid outside Rideau Hall as a crisp biting [...]