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The Outremont Headache Returns
Remember the fun times Stephane Dion had figuring out who to run in Outremont, and the calamity than ensued? Well…it’s baaaaaaack! Martin Cauchon, the former justice minister who made history with same-sex marriage and his effort to decriminalize marijuana, has apparently lost in his bid to re-enter politics. The Liberal Party is expected to run […]
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Some Free Advice
Given how Liberals always take advice from the National Post, Full Comment has been running a series of advice columns from bloggers this weekend – I’ve given a quick recap below: Dan Arnold 1. Let Ignatieff be Ignatieff2. Build up the ground game3. Rise above the fray4. Get an economic plan5. Break out of the […]
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Days of our Parliamentary Lives
Man, this fall election is more “on again / off again” than Ross and Rachel. When we last left you, the election had been delayed, thanks to the NDP’s courageous/cowardly decision to “get results for people”/”roll over”. So, that was that, we could all sit back and focus on the new season of Survivor, and […]
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Dalton McGuinty’s Giant Sigh of Relief
I need to start this off with the mandatory “by elections are meaningless blah blah blah” disclaimer. And, at first glance, it’s hard for results to look any less meaningless than what we got: Hoskins (Lib) – 47% (–)Levy (PC) – 29% (+2%)Heller (NDP) – 17% (+1%)Chopik (GP) – 5% (-3%) Ho hum. Toss in […]
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Musical Chairs
If you’re just tuning in now, well, I can see how you’d be a bit confused. This was the scene last January: And now we have a Conservative-socialist coalition, propped up by the separatists, passing that very same budget Jack was talking about above. And after being almost certain that we were heading into an […]
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In fairness, it may have been his assistant impersonating him…
Remember Rahim Jaffer? Rahim Jaffer, husband of Simcoe-Grey MP Helena Guergis, has been charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine. Police stopped Jaffer, a 37-year-old Angus resident, on Sept. 11 on Regional Road 50 in Palgrave. Caledon OPP say he was speeding through the village. Jaffer will be in Orangeville criminal court on Oct. […]
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And the little one said "roll over, roll over"…
NDP to prop up Tories until EI money flows The NDP say they will vote to prop up the Conservative government this week and for some time – probably through the fall – if the Harper government follows through on promises to expand employment-insurance benefits. The New Democrats deputy leader, Thomas Mulcair, expressed his party’s […]
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Alberta Politics Just Got Interesting
They have 1 MLA. They have no leader. They got under 7% of the popular vote in last year’s election. Their website is…lacking. No one really knows anything about them or what they stand for. They are the Wild Rose Alliance. And, after last night, you wouldn’t come across sounding like a crazy person if […]
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Playing Hard To Get
You know, for a guy who claims now is not the time for an election, he sure seems awfully reluctant to actually, you know, do something to avoid said election: Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed there would be no backroom deals with the NDP, but it appears the edict even extends to emails. The Globe […]