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I’d like to tax the world in perfect harmony…
Jim Flaherty may have just become Dalton McGuinty’s new best friend. More on that in second. McGuinty brought forward his first recession budget today, joining virtually every other jurisdiction in the world by sending the province spiraling into deficit (including Newfoundland!). The bulk of the spending is on infrastructure – 32.5 billion over two years. […]
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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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Opportunity Knocks
The only knock I’ve had against Dalton McGuinty in the past is that he’s been very risk-averse and has never really seemed to take full advantage of his time in power to bring about real change. He’s run the province well, but if Dalton were a font…well, I have no clue what font he’d be, […]
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"I’ve always wondered how government works — now maybe I’ll find out."
Congratulations to Bill Blaikie for a much deserved win in his Manitoba by election!
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Headline of the Week
Winner: US sperm bank offers stimulus deals Runner Up: Kill those geese, feed them to poor: Tory senator hat tip – tGPOitHotW
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The yet to be named Tory race to replace Tory
The Ontario PCs will select a new leader on June 27th. There’s more sniffing going on in this Tory leadership race than at an Andre Boisclair house party, with everyone and their wife sniffing around to gauge the lay of the land. I’ll admit that my understanding of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is minimal […]
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Sure to be better than last year’s www.rollingover.ca
The Liberals have launched a new website, www.onprobation.ca, to document Harper’s mis-management of the economy. The site contains videos from Ignatieff and many of his MPs (at least those MPs who have never been Premier of Ontario during a recession) explaining the Liberal economic philosophy. It also has news stories, timetables, graphs, and that sort […]
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March Poll Dance
Here’s what Canadians have been telling pollsters this March: Nanos (March 13-18, n=1,000)Lib 36%CPC 33%NDP 13%BQ 10%Green 8% Angus Reid (March 10-11, n=1,000 online)CPC 35%Lib 31%NDP 16%BQ 10%Green 7% Strategic Counsel (March 5-8, n=1,000)CPC 35%Lib 31%NDP 16%Green 10%BQ 9% Decima (Feb 26-March 8, n=2,000)Lib 33%CPC 32%NDP 14%Green 10%BQ 9% Ipsos (Feb 24-March 5, n=1,000)CPC 37%Lib […]
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Because, seriously, why wait two months?
From Doug Findlay’s latest CPC fundraising letter, via David Akin: P.S. Never forget that in 2004 the Liberal Party of Canada launched pre-campaign attack ads against Stephen Harper less than two months after he became leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
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No Experience Required
H2H makes an interesting point in the comments section, surrounding Goodyear’s qualifications as Science Minister: First, your view of cabinet ministers is essentially wrong. Few cabinet ministers are experts on the areas they govern. They don’t need to be, because their departments are staffed with experts. Their role is to make tradeoffs between different values, […]