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Bart’s Books – Rick’s Rants
Satirist and sporadic blogger Rick Mercer has a new book out this fall, cleverly titled “Rick Mercer Report: The Book“. Unfortunately, there’s nothing really new, per se, in the book. It’s a transcript of Rick’s rants and blog postings from the past couple years. That’s a shame too, because Rick could certainly put together something […]
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Who Audits the Auditor?
Tsk Tsk Tsk
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Weekend News
1. The latest Ipsos poll has Canadians warming to Stephen Harper. OK, so they may not yet feel about him the way Ellen DeGeneres feels about homeless puppies, but it’s getting there. 58% of Canadians want a majority government and 58% of those want a Tory majority. Which means Harper is looking at a pretty […]
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Star Candidates
For the first time in recent memory, there’s good news for the Liberals in Quebec, with Marc Garneau agreeing to run in Westmount – this after a fairly public feud between him and Dion last month. There was good news for another Quebecois star candidate as well today, as Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire gave […]
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Crime, Crime, Everywhere a Crime
Stephen Harper’s new New Government appears to have survived the throne speech so its next test will be on an omnibus crime bill – most of it being composed of legislation sent to parliamentary purgatory this spring. It will be a matter of confidence which seems fair enough to me, given the size of it […]
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Ann Has A Dream
For those who missed it: WASHINGTON (CNN) – Conservative commentator and best-selling author Ann Coulter may find herself in the midst of a controversy for comments Monday suggesting America would be better if everyone was Christian. Asked by CNBC host Donny Deutsch what the U.S. looks like in her dreams, Coulter said it would look […]
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De-Throned?
They’re baaaaaack! Canada’s New Government gave it’s second throne speech tonight. And since we’ve had a month of daily election speculation around it, let’s start there. With the Bloc and NDP against it, it’s all in Dion’s hands now. And while there are certainly some ominous promises, throne speeches are vague enough that the Liberals […]
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Parizeau’s Party
The Tories are targeting ethnic voters and the Bloc…well…aren’t: Speaking to about 200 students at the University of Montreal, Mr. Duceppe blasted the “Canadian ideology of multiculturalism” and accused the federal government of failing to protect the French language in Quebec. Over all, Mr. Duceppe said, the other federal parties “are Canadian” and not up […]
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Calgary Votes
And vote they did. With nearly twice as many voters casting ballots as in 2004, there were some very encouraging results from the municipal election last night. Brian Pincott, the new ward 11 alderman, will be a breath of fresh air on council. Three incumbent aldermen went down in defeat – a truly shocking result […]
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Go Vote!
Monday is municipal Election Day and, after fewer than 1 in 5 Calgarians voted in the last municipal election, I’d encourage all my Calgary readers to take a few minutes from their time to cast a ballot. Hell, if you’re surfing blogs right now, you can’t use the “I’m too busy” excuse. Since the City […]