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Foreign to them
The Hill Times has the latest Maxime Bernier shuffle speculation (featuring anonymous Tory sources! Hmmm….). Favourite quote: “The talk is that Maxime is going to end up at something fun and more at his level, like Revenue,” one Conservative insider told The Hill Times last week. Snap! You’ll remember that Bernier was assigned to the […]
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A Moment of Silence for Cadscam
Like the dozen other scandlettes that hit the Harper Tories this spring, it looks like this one will quietly slink away. I do think that there are still a plethora of unanswered questions around this but Harper can just say “the RCMP has cleared us of all wrong doings” (even if that isn’t completely accurate) […]
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Broken Toews
Rumours are flying that Vic Toews, Minister of Whatever-The-Hell-He-Was-Shuffled-Out-Of-Justice-To, will soon be appointed as a federal judge in Manitoba…or not. While some will cry about patronage, anything that gets Vic Toews out of Ottawa can’t be that bad, so I don’t have a huge problem with this. What it does mean is that, after nine […]
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Meanwhile, in Quebec…
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Two Americas. One Endorsement.
Quite a difference nine days can make, eh? It’s Official: John And Elizabeth Edwards Will Not Endorse In Prez RaceBy Greg Sargent – May 5, 2008, 6:20PM John and Elizabeth Edwards have finally made their endorsement plans — or lack of them — official. On the eve of potentially decisive voting in Indiana and North […]
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Monday Morning Links
1) Dan Cook on the varying delegate counts floating around. 2) Marjory Lebreton on why the concept of facebook is “dangerous”. 3) Paul Martin is writing his memoirs, titled “Come Hell or High Water“. Feel free to post your alternative titles in the comments section! 4) With no election likely this spring, the media focus […]
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Things I Don’t Care About, An Ongoing Post Series
Maxime Bernier’s ex-girlfriends.
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Headline of the Week
Err…no comment. h/t LC
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Stories which will not be turned into “feel good” Tim Hortons commercials
Tim Hortons Employee Fired for Giving Away Free Timbit One day story Tim Hortons Employee Fired for Giving Free Timbit to a Baby PR ProblemSingle Mother of Four Fired for Giving Free Timbit to a Baby PR Disaster
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No brussel sprouts for dessert if you don’t finish your dinner!
OSLO — Canada will be probed on suspicion of violating rules for registering greenhouse gases that are the mainstay of a UN-led fight against global warming, official documents show. Ottawa could be suspended from rights to trade carbon dioxide if found to be in breach of the rules by the enforcement branch of the UN’s […]