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Coming Soon to an Attack Ad Near You
Tax hike likely unavoidable, Liberal leader says
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BC Votes
The BC election kicks off today, making Gordon Campbell’s government the first provincial government to be tested during the recession (well…maybe Charest already was). While I usually line up on the left in a two-party race, I’ll be rooting for Campbell in this one. The man showed some boldness with his carbon tax budget last […]
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Consolation Prize
Sure, he may not have taken thee post of NATO Secretary General, but Peter MacKay has regained the much-coveted title of Canada’s sexiest MP. Some may think the annual Hill Times survey is a bit silly but, after a year that included a sex scandal, an election, a Liberal leadership change, and the coalition insanity, […]
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Spring Cleaning
A few random off-topic links I’ve meaning to post for a while, but didn’t get around to until now…the perfect way to end an Easter weekend since, quite frankly, who wants to talk politics? 1. This walk score site is pretty neat – just type in an address and it tells you how walking-friendly the […]
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LPC Ammendments and Policies Online
I know this blog has been annoyingly “inside baseball” of late but, really, what else is going on these days…except for Brian Mulroney’s joyful dismemberment of the Conservative Party (again!). But there is some more internal Liberal news out there with the LPC releasing the constitutional amendments and policies that will be voted on the […]
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Broken Compass
Main Entry: moral compass Part of Speech: nDefinition: anything which serves to guide a person’s decisions based on morals or virtuesExample: Hopefully, the lawyer has a moral compass. The latest chapter in the Brian Mulroney saga has Stephen Harper attacking Michael Ignatieff for lacking a “moral compass”. I’m not completely sure I follow Harper’s logic […]
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This Week in Alberta – Special Tuesday Budget Edition!
Ed Stelmach(February 23, 2008): “A Progressive Conservative government will never put Alberta back into a deficit position” April 7, 2009: Alberta to post $4.7B deficit After 15 consecutive balanced budgets, Alberta has plunged into deficit. And it’s a doozy – nearly five billion dollars. In fairness to the PCs, few saw this coming (CG last […]
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One Member, One Vote, Several Opinions
Grab a beer, sit back, and get ready for a stimulating post on the nuances of internal party electoral reform! As you may have heard, the Liberal Party will be voting on changing its leadership selection process from the current system of choosing the leader at delegated conventions (when we feel like it), to a […]
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The Race is On
Although there won’t be a lot of vote on at this May’s LPC convention, there are a few contested party positions up for grabs. I may have more to say on some of these races later but, for now, here’s a list of the candidates: (if I missed a website link, just send it to […]
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MacKay to Stay
NATO names Danish prime minister secretary-general