Bob Rae now running in Ottawa Centre!

Things have become so desperate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the dying days of this election that former leadership contender Bob Rae is now running in the Ottawa Centre riding... at least according to the the Charlottetown Guardian
. Psssst: I'm pretty sure its just a typo. Rae is actually running in the, not dissimilar, riding of Toronto Centre.

Just a note...

...and I do intend to post a context piece here at some point before the election. I'll have to make the time.

Latest on child care

Here's a belated update on the story on child care in Hintonburg and environs I did for OpenFile Ottawa.

PSAC endorses Dewar

Speaks for itself, I guess. I'd be interested to know how many PSAC members (or even voters generally) really pay attention to these kinds of endorsements?

The story of the ad

...and here, curiously, is a news story about a television ad...

Liberal complains of crank calls

The CBC has this follow on harassing calls. Apparently Ottawa Centre is the latest riding to be hit:

Scott Bradley, the Liberal candidate in Ottawa-Centre, says his riding is being targetted with late night and repeat phone calls asking people to vote Liberal. But, like others reported last week, he says they aren't coming from his campaign.

Bradley says he's filed a police report about the calls, which go out after 9 p.m. and come from a local area code. He says his campaign stops making calls around 8 p.m.

Read the full story here.

OpenFile Candidate profiles

Here's an excellent selection of candidate profiles assembled by OpenFile Ottawa. I believe this is the first time Konstantinakos has commented to media on his bizzare twitter-jacking early in the campaign:

I found myself impersonated by someone who opened a twitter account in my name. I'm proud of the way that technology -- much of it developed right here in Ottawa -- has opened the doors to democracy around the world, including the Middle East. But when the impersonator used my name and picture to tweet hurtful and absurd comments, I saw how new technology raises new issues.

Read the full story here.