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"Mr. McKay! Someone on the Internet agrees with you!"
I’ve generally found Jane Taber’s new “morning buzz” blog to be an interesting read and I’ve bookmarked it. However, I do have to take issue with her first point today: But [Peter MacKay’s] office is taking some solace now in what Canadians outside of the Ottawa bubble are saying. In fact, his staff found this […]
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This and That
1. Voting in the first round of the 2009 Canadian Blog Awards is open until Saturday. 2. Voting in the first round of my “Political Moment of the Decade” contest is open until Thursday night. 3. Voting in the first round of Daveberta’s Alberta version is open until Saturday. [And, yes, contrary to popular opinion […]
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Regal Constellation Redux?
Angelo Persichilli is shocked – shocked – that gambling is going on in this casino, and that some Liberal MPs are grumpy. Here are the first and last paragraphs of today’s column: Liberal MPs plot early retirement for Ignatieff Last year at this time, the Liberals were trying to get rid of Stéphane Dion and […]
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Moment of the Decade
Voting is now open in the first round of “Canada’s top political moment of the decade”. You can define that however you see fit, but the general goal is to find a political moment in Canada that was both captivating at the time, while leaving a long term impact on our country and its politics. […]
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Looking Back
Brian Topp, an NDP negotiator during the coalition talks last year, has a 6-part series on the Globe’s political portal showing a behind-the-scenes look at how the coalition coalesced last year. The first two posts are up (here and here) and make for a fascinating read. Some interesting tid-bits so far: -From Topp’s accounts, the […]
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Liberals to Support Harper Sales Tax
Glad to see this. This is how a serious opposition party behaves – it’s a good policy, even if it’s politically unpopular, so I’m glad to see the Liberals backing it: OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Tuesday his party will support legislation enabling Ontario and British Columbia to harmonize their sales taxes with […]
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Parliamentarians Gone Wild
Tories suspended for animated protest over harmonized tax Ontario’s Legislature ground to a halt Monday afternoon because of a protest over Premier Dalton McGuinty’s controversial 13 per cent harmonized sales tax. Owen Sound-area MPP Bill Murdoch of the Progressive Conservatives refused to leave the chamber after being ordered out for using unparliamentary language, with fellow […]
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That’s swell, but can he play the piano?
Michael Ignatieff comes in 64th on Foreign Policy’s list of the Top 100 International Thinkers.
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Christmas Letters: Elizabeth May
An exclusive look at Elizabeth May’s Christmas letter, after posting ones for Harper, Ignatieff, and Layton earlier this week. Friends, Hi, it’s me – Elizabeth May. From the Green Party. I was the lady in the debates last year. I know you’ve probably been wondering what I’ve been up to. It’s not that I’ve been […]
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Separated at Birth
From former blogging superstar Jason Cherniak: