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A Green Alberta
Ed Stelmach and Brad Wall were on Question Period together today discussing the environment (note to political staffers: the best way to make your boss look like a dynamic leader is for him or her to appear on the same panel as Ed Stelmach). Nothing they said was particularly earth shattering, but two points raised […]
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Early Results
Round 1 voting for the federal elections has closed and our winners are: 1988 64%1896 36% 1878 56%1925/26 44% 1957/58 53%1979/80 47% 1935 59%1911 41% So, the federal semi-finals will be: (1) 1988(4) 1935 (2) 1878(6) 1957/58 Tomorrow, I’ll be launching the first round of the provincial side of the bracket.
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The British Invasion
It was supposed to be a chance to come together for a beautiful night on the plains of Abraham. But, it just wouldn’t be a Quebec 400th anniversary event without a bit of helter skelter and, sure enough, yesterday, the PQ culture critic told Sir. Paul McCartney to jet back to England because: “I like […]
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The First Round Begins
The field of 16 has been set in the search for Canada’s Biggest Election. For simplicity’s sake, there will be 8 federal and 8 provincial elections (even though Ralph Klein’s first Calgary mayoral run was an inspired suggestion), and will only involve elections prior to 1990. As a fun twist this year, I’ve brought in […]
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Mid-Week July News
I’ll be launching the “Biggest Election” contest later tomorrow (some good posts on the subject can be found here and here) Until then, a mish-mash of news stories: 1. Kady O’Malley calls BS on Jennifer Wright’s claim that Green Shift has received “numerous angry and threatening calls and emails” from people mistakenly thinking they were […]
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Third Annual Politicians in Cowboy Hats
2006 Politicians in Cowboy Hats 2007 Politicians in Cowboy Hats A big thanks to everyone who sent in pictures or posted them on their own blogs. Let’s begin the photo round-up with the CP wire story’s winner and loser: And with good reviews from the Alberta media scarce during his time there, who can fault […]
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An Election Election
First it was Greatest Prime Minister. Then Greatest Prime Minister We Never Had. Then Best Premier. And with the summer here, it’s time yet again for my annual march-madness-history-political-poll-thingy. Thanks for all the suggestions – I really liked the idea of “biggest scandal”, but felt it might descend into partisan poll stacking. I’m definitely going […]
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(Name) Change That Works…for Alberta Liberals
Monday, I mulled over some of the arguments against changing the name of the Alberta Liberal Party. Today, I look at some of the arguments in favour of changing the name (or creating a new party), and toss in my two cents. 1. “After 87 years of losing, it’s time to try something new.” When […]
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Lacking Clarity
Oh, Chantal Hebert. Since he launched his plan, the Liberal leader has made no secret that the Clarity Act playbook is his main source of inspiration. In an approach reminiscent of his debate with the sovereignist chattering class, Dion spent the past few days promoting his plan in Alberta, the province that is home to […]
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H-Dog! Wassssssup?
RUSUTSU, Japan — First it was “Yo, Blair,” and now it’s “Yo, Harper.” U.S. President George W. Bush’s penchant for street slang was again on display on the first day of the Group of Eight summit in Japan. A televised feed of the event showed Bush casually wrapping an arm around Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua […]