Making Sense with Nicholls

Friday, March 30, 2007

Modesty Forbids

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This is one holiday I am definitely going to ignore.

American Frontrunners Slowing Down

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For all you out there who are interested in American politics I just got a news release from McLaughlin and Associates , which details a rec...

No Spring Vote

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The Quebec election results, the big-spending budget and some interesting polls have all fed speculation that an election is imminent Well a...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

What's Going on in Quebec?

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Lots of analysis is going on in the media these days as to what's wrong with the Parti Quebecois and more generally with the separatist...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Bad Liberal Spin

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Liberal leader Stephane Dion needs a new spin doctor. I say that because the Liberal Party spin on the Quebec election is really lame. Essen...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Blackout Ruling

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I have a column in today's Calgary Herald , examining the Supreme Court's terrible ruling of a few weeks ago which upheld the elect...

The Cost of Victory

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A week before the Quebec election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper poured $3 billion into La Belle Province. The PM says he did this to end th...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Flaherty No Ronald Reagan

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Check out a column I wrote, which appears in Sun Media papers today. In it, I suggest the recent federal budget is a signal the Conservativ...
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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Another 300 Comment

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Last night my son went to see the movie 300. He loved it giving it a 9.3 out of 10. (He's very precise with his reviews.) I mention thi...
Friday, March 23, 2007

Election Prediction

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Here is my fearless prediction for Monday's Quebec election: Quebec: $3 billion Canadian Taxpayers: O
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Who's Tory Now?

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If the federal Conservatives keep acting like Liberals, the next thing you know they will be creating their own Sponsorship Program . Oh wai...
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Ontario Budget Blues

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Just got from doing a live interview on CHCH TV about the Ontario budget. Ahh , live television -- is there anything worse? First off I had...
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Good Riddance to Bill 257

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Well the House of Commons did something right for a change. Last night MPs voted down Bill C-257, which would have made it a crime for compa...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Blackout Ruling Skewered

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Bob Tarantino, who happens to be a lawyer, has an excellent legal analysis of last's weeks horrid Supreme Court ruling on the election ...

More Budget talk

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I'm going to be a guest on the Rogers Cable TV Show Money Line tonight at 7:30 PM to discuss the federal budget with Toronto Sun busine...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Discussing the Budget with Duffy

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Here's me on Mike Duffy Live this afternoon. I was discussing the federal budget with Tasha Kheiriddin. She thinks it's a smart pol...
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Budget Reaction (It's Bad)

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Some reactions to the budget: "The $200-billion in program spending Mr. Flaherty has budgeted for this year works out to about $5,800 f...
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Monday, March 19, 2007

Budget Blues

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Somebody remind me again, who is running the federal government, Conservatives or Liberals? I have to ask because today's budget sure lo...
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Budget Fun

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The best part about this afternoon's budget won't be the actual budget, but the Opposition Parties reaction to it. The Opposition do...
Saturday, March 17, 2007

Me on CBC

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I am scheduled to appear on the CBC Newsworld program Weekend Edition to talk about my recent oped column in the Globe and Mail. That's...
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Gerry Nicholls
Gerry Nicholls is a communications consultant and writer who has been called a “political warrior” a “brilliant strategist” and one of the “canniest political observers in Canada.” He has worked as a consultant in both the United States and Canada and was formerly a senior officer in the National Citizens Coalition. A regular columnist with the Ottawa Hill Times, his work has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the National Post and in the Sun Media chain; and he has appeared on countless TV and radio public affairs programs. He is the author of the book, Loyal to the Core, Harper, Me and the NCC.
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