Gordon Campbell resigned on Tuesday. I still maintain he's been the best since the 1970's, and that the HST is good economic policy. Now it's just a matter of convincing a majority of the population about the benefits of the HST before the referendum. Tall order. Also, who will be our next premier? More on that as the race heats up.
BHP Billiton's proposal to buy out Potash Corp. was blocked by the federal government. Win for Canada; foreign control over domestic resources was never going to be a good thing. Kudos to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall for a bang up job being the leading voice of opposition to the deal.
Jim Prentice, federal Environment Minister, resigned today to take a job with CIBC. It's been 9 years since he took up federal office, and he set himself a limit of 10 years. That takes one of the moderates out of the Conservative Party. Great loss.
Three federal by-elections on November 27th. Two in Manitoba, one in Ontario. The Manitoba ones are safe NDP and Conservative. The Ontario one could be a nail-biter between the Liberals and the Conservatives. Typically it would be a safe Liberal seat but the Tories managed to snipe a star candidate, who is reportedly very popular. Full projections to come as the by-elections approach.
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