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Praise for Dan McTeague: The first post in a one part series
I’m not sure how this made it through the house; I’d be very curious to hear if there’s a precedence for a money bill of this magnitude originating from an opposition MP’s private members bill becoming law. Either way, it’s off to the Senate now: OTTAWA — The Harper government vowed Thursday to kill legislation […]
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From the Desk of the Unelected Senator
Michael Fortier explains to Canadians what Stéphane Dion is really thinking and spins it that Dion is “turning into an adviser to [PQ Leader Pauline] Marois”. That’s a bit of a stretch, mainly because I don’t know why anyone would want strategic political advice from Mr. Dion…
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There’s a hole in my logic, dear Liza, dear Liza…
The current government does not deserve to be defeated. Not only should they not be defeated, but past governments should not be defeated. It’s important to condemn parties for defeating past governments, no matter how unpopular those governments were. After all, defeating those past governments gave us the current government… …who does not deserve to […]
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I Am Officially Boycotting Posting On This Ian Brodie Scandal…
…until people stop calling it “NAFTA-gate“. Is it just me, or is there anything more annoying in politics than that need to “gate” suffix every scandal out there?
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Where do we go from here?
It’s the day after the morning after and the parties must now reflect on the campaign that was and look ahead to 2012. I’d rather look ahead than look back but I would like to just say that, despite the constant “Stelmach defied polls and pundits“, the polls were correct (with one exception). The undecideds […]
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Blog Post Title of the Week
I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw this blog post title while scanning Liblogs this morning: Vindictive God Crushes Huckabee’s Hopes
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Without Prejudice
I’ve been too caught up in the Ed-Files election to pay much attention to the goings-on in Ottawa over the past few days but, boy, have there ever been goings on! Since the Liberals refuse to oppose him, Harper has gone looking for an opponent, first picking a fight with Dalton McGuinty and then turning […]
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Dear Alberta,
Seriously? Yours Truly, Calgary Grit UPDATE: If 2004 was dubbed the Kleinfeld election because nothing happened, this one will have to go down as the X-Files (or Ed-Files, I guess) election because it’s almost impossible to explain. Yes, the pundits will try to make sense of it in hindsight but I think they’ll only look […]
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Alberta Votes 2008: The Ed-Files Election
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. OK, it was just the worst of times. Once the dust settled, Ed Stelmach had won a mind-boggling 72 seats, silencing his critics inside and outside the party. Here are the highlights of this blog’s election coverage – a campaign which, despite the […]
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Alberta Votes
It’s sure to be a historic night in Alberta tonight, as the PCs gun for an 11th consecutive majority government. I’ll be watching the results roll in at what is perhaps Toronto’s first ever Alberta Election Night Party so there won’t be any live blogging until later tonight or tomorrow morning. But feel free to […]