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Stelmach gets 100% in review
Well, according to the Edmonton Sun. In reality, Stelmach comes in at 77.4%, right below the 78% I’d predicted. So what does it mean? Well, it’s humbling for a man who won 72 of 83 seats just a year and a half ago. But it’s certainly enough for Stelmach to stay on as leader. The […]
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This Week in Alberta – All Good Things…
With Ed Stelmach’s leadership review vote coming up tomorrow (I’ll be sure to post the results, and offer analysis, as soon as the numbers hit Twitter), this is certainly not welcome news for the embatled Premier: Across the province, 34 per cent of decided voters say they support the Tories, down from 55 per cent […]
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The reports of its death…
The private members bill to abolish the gun registry passed last night by a 164-137 vote. However, it may not be time to stick a fork in the registry quite yet . From second reading it will go to the Public Safety and National Security Committee, which, if I’m reading parl.gc.ca right, has the following […]
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BANG!
Ahhh…the gun registry debate. A chance for civilized debate free of hyperbole. Ha ha. Just kidding of course. Nothing gets people fired up – on both sides of the divide – quite like it. In a light hearted article last week about how U of O convocation ceremonies are dealing with H1N1, the first dozen […]
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Proposals Certain to go Nowhere Fast: An Ongoing Series
Michael Byers has an interesting proposal in today’s Toronto Star, getting a bit of attention. Here are the key points: There is only one surefire way to prevent a Harper majority [ED NOTE: …other than, you know, the opposition parties getting their act together]. The Liberals and NDP should agree to not run candidates against […]
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October Poll Soup: Turning 40
The common opinion when looking at opinion polls seems to be that 40 is a magical number where majorities become possible and leads become “commanding”. Is this true? Well, it depends on the map, but it certainly does leave a psychological impact. And the Tories are basically there, which means they’re polling higher now than […]
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Meet the New Boss
The new OLO Chief of Staff, from two weeks ago: In addition to his Vancouver speech, Mr. Ignatieff this week will go campaigning in the riding of New Westminster-Coquitlam, where there will be a by-election on Nov. 9, before heading off to Regina to meet high-school students and then to Thunder Bay. “They’re all essential […]
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Government to increase H1N1 awareness campaign
Under growing criticism for spending more money on self congratulatory and overtly partisan stimulus advertising than on informing Canadians about the H1N1 virus, the Harper Conservatives announced a new 40 million dollar H1N1 awareness advertising campaign today (no link yet, just got the government press release in my inbox moments ago). The campaign will feature […]
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Who you know in the OLO
According to Bourque, CBC, and a few other twitterers, Ian Davey (and maybe a few others) are gone from the OLO, with Peter Donolo taking over as the new Chief of Staff. Donolo, you’ll recall, was Chretien’s communications director, and is currently a partner with Strategic Counsel.
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The new CBC
So, today was the big relaunch for CBC news. Presumably this was done to try and get some of those Canadians who only watch American news to tune in. So CBC Newsworld became the CBC News Network (not to be confused with CTV Newsnet). And, come 5 o’clock, the old Politics hour became “Power & […]