Party on

Rather than forcing the provincial NDP to win a by-election to maintain its official party status, Dalton McGuinty has announced that the party won't be at risk of losing that status until at least after the 2007 election. Whether or not (as speculated in the article) McGuinty's move is based primarily on a desire to keep the NDP from appealing to keep its party status in the byelection campaigns, it's a plus to have a bit more security behind the party. And if the Dippers can indeed win a byelection or two in the meantime, then all the better.