Joan Bryden

Alice Funke reviews the NDP membership numbers. Joan Bryden tallies reaction from the leading campaigns: including a claim from the Topp campaign that since the start of 2012 it has signed up more members in Quebec than the Mulcair campaign. Of 4,107 new members signed up in the province since January 1, Ethan Cox claims half came through the Topp campaign.

In a pair of stories, Joan Bryden effectively questions the basis for 85% of political discussion in popular media.