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Individuals Who’s Opinions on Election Timing Likely Aren’t Worthy of a Headline
The provincial NDP leaders of New Brunswick and the Yukon.
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From the home office in Balls Creek….
This is pretty good. I think Rodney MacDonald is my new favourite Premier…
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In The News
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? And, boy, are they pissed. And 45 minutes late. Schreiber & Mulroney Inquiry Called: A Game of 17 Questions. I don’t feel like giving a detailed, or even half-assed, analysis now. Luckily, Kady O’Malley has a run down of both events. Feel free to debate away in the comments section.
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Unite the Right
In the midst of masterofhisdomain-gate, I seem to have missed this bit of news out of Alberta: Alberta’s political right may be in for a realignment in 2008, with the Alberta Alliance and Wildrose Party preparing for a merger before the next election. If the union is accepted by members of both parties, the new […]
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Primary Numbers
It’s election night in New Hampshire as the tiny state of one million people helps select the next President. I’ll be flipping back and forth between the results and the hockey game so expect updates here throughout the evening. Given that I’m neither a New Hamshirite nor an American, I’m aware that my opinion doesn’t […]
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"I don’t know where Ed Stelmach’s personality is but I didn’t take it"
Haven already provided a year of A+++ government, it appears Edward Stelmach has turned his attention to more pressing issues – those meddlesome kids. The Premier has threatened to sue Daveberta for registering the edstelmach.ca domain name, thereby misappropriating Ed’s personality. Dave gives a pretty good run down of the facts but I would add […]
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The Dreaded Carbon Tax
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy can transform itself into a clean-running green machine by 2050, slashing its emissions by more than half with very little economic pain, say the authors of a new report from the National Round Table on the Environment. The federally-funded advisory panel is urging government leaders to quickly put a “strong” […]
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Stay Informed
OTTAWA — Canadian taxpayers are footing the bill for a $650,000 ad campaign that boasts about a one-cent cut to the GST – a campaign that opposition members say is nothing more than pre-election advertising for the Conservatives. Radio spots that began airing on Dec. 28 and newspaper advertisements that will soon appear in small […]
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As the Orchard Army Prepares to Go Insane…
Full marks to Stephane Dion on this, for reasons I don’t need to go into again. Hopefully Orchard will accept this and find a winnable riding to run in during the general election: Liberal Party of Canada Announces Joan Beatty as Candidate OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion today announced that Joan Beatty, former Saskatchewan […]
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All’s Quiet on the Northern Front…
…so let’s look south to the land of corn, cold winters, and disproportionate political power! Yes, today and Tuesday two states making up a cumulative 4% of the US population (less than Newfoundland vis-a-vis Canada; fun quiz – how did Stephane Dion do in Newfoundland during Liberal leadership race? Anyone? Anyone?) will, by and large, […]