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February Poll Dance
I probably should have updated this earlier in the month – these numbers may be a bit stale by now. But, regardless, here’s what Canadians have been telling pollsters this February: Nanos (Jan 30 to Feb 3, n=1000)CPC 34%Lib 33%NDP 16%BQ 10%GP 7% Strategic Counsel (Feb 5 to 8, n=1000)CPC 32%Lib 33%NDP 17%BQ 5%GP 13% […]
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This Year in Saskatchewan
I don’t post a lot on Saskatchewan politics and, when I do, it seems the posts often fall flat (ho ho ha ha!). But seriously folks, the Sask Liberals held their leadership convention this weekend, and Ryan Bater drew the short straw. So who is Ryan Bater? Well, the Sask Libs have released a very […]
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The Envelope Please
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second somewhat annual Political Oscars – a chance to honour the best and worst in politics. With these awards there are no commercials, no dresses that cost more than you make in a year, no over-rehearsed demonstrations of spontaneous joy, no pre-game show hosted by Ben Mulroney, and no […]
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The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
This is something I’m very pleased to see: TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government hopes its Green Energy Act to be introduced Monday will create 50,000 new jobs and transform the province’s struggling economy, but environmentalists warn the plan relies too heavily on nuclear power. The bill will make it easier to bring renewable energy projects […]
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Hockey Night in Edmonton Strathcona
Surely Canada’s self-proclaimed hockey historian PM can’t refuse, can he? OTTAWA — National Hockey Day? That’s what the third Friday in February would become in Canada if a member of Parliament from Alberta has her way. Linda Duncan has already produced one political miracle — winning the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona for the NDP in the […]
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This Week in Alberta – Special Deficit Edition
Ed Stelmach(February 23, 2008): “A Progressive Conservative government will never put Alberta back into a deficit position” Ed Stelmach (today): “Err…on second thought…” Alberta has joined the deficit club! Alberta’s Finance Minister Iris Evans has let it be known that the province will post a billion dollar deficit for the 2008-09 financial year. As a […]
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OMG! OMG! OBAMA IS HERE!!!!!!
Discuss.
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Yesterday’s News Now
The year was 2006. Stephen Harper was sworn in as Prime Minister. Ed Stelmach and Stephane Dion pulled off upsets in high profile leadership races. Nelly Furtado was singing Promiscuous Girl. Canada’s men’s hockey team lost to Switzerland at the Olympics. And Canwest was reporting on Iggy’s mini-Iggy. Is any of this news? Well, given […]
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We could just replace it with a "night of the long knives" re-enactment
After a fierce battle, they’ve called off the battle. For those just tuning in now: QUEBEC — A slugfest of insults between federalists and separatists that threatened to turn to violence led to cancellation of the re-enactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham marking the 250th anniversary of the British conquest of New […]
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Welcome to the 21st Century
Some very encouraging news from this week’s Hill Times: The federal Liberals are looking to Canada’s ethno-cultural communities, as well as at state-of-the-art voter targeting software to sell more memberships and revamp their formerly moribund fundraising efforts. New Liberal Party National Director Rocco Rossi, a longtime confidante of new Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) and […]