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Thanks, but no Thanks
I’d say that falls into the category of “Headlines Stephen Harper doesn’t want to see” (along with “Rob Anders to go on national speaking tour” and any headline with the words “Helena Guergis” in it). And the Star’s choice of the sub headline “15,000 rally in Ottawa to praise Harper for picking up where George […]
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Moment of the Decade: #7 The 2006 Federal Election
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the next two weeks, I’ll be counting down the top 10 vote getters. For about two weeks, everyone who liked politics started talking in staccato: “There’s no mayonnaise. On my sandwich. No mayonnaise. In Canada. […]
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Political Moment of the Decade: #9 Dion Stuns the Favourites
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the next two weeks, I’ll be counting down the top 10 vote getters. It’s overall impact on the decade is debatable. In retrospect, it seems likely that Stephen Harper would have destroyed whomever crawled out […]
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Conservatives themselves doubt Harper’s judgement. How can we trust him?
More info on the top-secret Conservative ads: MONTREAL — There’s a surprising new star making a cameo appearance in Conservative ads attacking Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff: his name is Justin Trudeau. French-language TV ads that have begun airing in Quebec show the rookie MP blasting a few volleys of friendly fire at his leader. The […]
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Closet Liberals
This may be a hoax, but here’s a transcript of a letter allegedly being sent out from Rob Anders and Stephen Harper, urging CPC members to vote for the Anders-friendly slate at this week’s AGM. Among the highlights: Are you aware that there is battle taking place in Calgary West this Saturday? It’s between the […]
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Man of the Year
Time doesn’t have a copyright on it so, for the third straight year, I’m ready to crown my Person of the Year. Last year, Belinda took the honour for her waltz across the floor which grabbed headlines and changed history. In 2004, I went with Ralph Klein for his re-election and interference in the federal […]
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Stampede Round-Up
It was a busy weekend for Calgary Liberals with a swarm of candidates descending upon the city for Stampede photo ops. Saturday morning was the annual Liberal breakfast, held this year at the Calgary Zoo. I was able to snap pictures of the seven candidates in attendance: Gerard Kennedy likely won the cowboy competition of […]
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(65% of) CANADA VOTES
Feeling nostalgic for Paul Martin, “Soldiers in our Streets”, and the ending of the Liberal dynasty? Well, grab a beer, get a big bowl of popcorn, and read some of my posts recapping the election that changed Canadian politics. Election Day English Debate French Debate English Debate II French Debate deux Final Predictions Week 7. […]
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Vote Out Anders
Vote out Anders I had the dubious chance to attend a Conservative function where Rob Anders was one of the speakers a few days ago. I have some Conservative friends and I figured it’d be good for a few laughs if nothing else. And Rob did not disappoint. Maybe it was the fact that it […]