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Meet Naheed
A great interview between Calgary’s new mayor and Peter Mansbridge.
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The Morning After
Can we all at least agree that scan-tron voting takes all the fun out of election night?
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Ontario Votes
After last week’s shocker in Calgary, we turn our eyes to Ontario today, where hundreds of municipalities go to the polls. I’ll be live blogging the results tonight as they come in – as with most, my attention will be focused on Toronto and Ottawa, but there are other races worth watching. Can former grit […]
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Battle Lines
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What’s the matter with the Calgary Sun?
The Sun endorses a Harvard elitist for Mayor of Calgary: The Sun has never shied away from taking a bold stand when we believe it will benefit Calgarians. We believe Naheed Nenshi should be Calgary’s next mayor. Luckily, they explain their decision: He’s a prof at Mount Royal University, but doesn’t engage in the egghead […]
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Just 22 short months after becoming leader, it’s time to meet Michael
This is actually a very well done video, continuing what has been a very strong 3-4 month stretch for Ignatieff and the Liberals.
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News & Notes
1. Julian Fantino will be the Tory candidate in the upcoming Vaughan by election. As for when that will occur, Pundits Guide speculates that the 5 upcoming by elections will be called for a December 13th vote. So how will the Vaughan by election go? Well, in my updated Seat Projections (to be posted tomorrow […]
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"These Questions Continue to be Essential"
The quote above is from Maxime Bernier, as part of an eloquent defense of the long form Census. But before we get there, it’s fun to follow the bouncing ball and see how that old quote found the light of day. We start with this morning’s Toronto Star article with the headline “Even one dissenting […]
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The Road to Civility
Good news from Ottawa (you don’t hear that a lot do you?), as our MPs take a step towards creating rules to force themselves to act like grown ups: MPs agree to curb question period shenanigans OTTAWA — A strong majority of Canada’s federal politicians, stung by their own embarrassing behaviour in Parliament, have decided […]
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What He Stands For
I’ve spent most of the past year and half clamouring for Michael Ignatieff to show Canadians what he, and the Liberal Party, stand for. So I’m very pleased to see some tangible policy ideas being put forward with today’s Family Care announcement, which will make it easier for Canadians to care for their sick loved […]