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Sask Grit
With the Saskatchewan election in full swing, here’s an interview with Saskatchewan Liberal leader David Karwacki I did a week or two ago.
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McGuinty Majority
McGuinty cruises to an easy majority win – kudos to his team on a well run campaign. As for John Tory…well, it was better than ’93 if nothing else… More interestingly, MMP is getting crushed and the Greens appear to be doing fairly good (but no seats). UPDATE: Tory loses his seat but vows to […]
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Would that have been my choice? Probably not.
The mayoral debates were held last night and I must say I found it quite enjoyable. You get a wide range of characters up on stage at things like this (“all my clothes are recycled except for my pantyhose“). The debate featured some lively exchanges between Alnoor and Dave on taxes, secondary suites, and accountability. […]
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Danny Boy
The PCs win the Newfoundland election. This is somewhat surprising. I didn’t even know Newfoundland had an election going on.
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Air Ed
In yet another case of taxpayer funded globetrotting, a pair of retiring Tory MLAs jetted to Germany to learn how to become better MLAs. EDMONTON – Last Thursday, Gary Mar learned he’ll become Alberta’s new agent in Washington and must resign as a Tory MLA by late October. Three days later, he jetted to Germany […]
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Poll Smoking
Can anyone out there imagine the reaction if a major daily published poll results during a federal campaign 8 to 18 days after the poll was taken? And tried to pass it off as front page news a week before E-Day? Especially when more recent polling data has already been published?
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Luau
Time for your daily PC scandal… Alberta Deputy Premier Ron Stevens made a three-day pit stop in Hawaii on a 2003 winter trip to Australia for government business, a CBC investigation has shown. Stevens, also the province’s justice minister, was the minister responsible for gaming when he travelled to Australia in January 2003 to study […]
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Wednesday Round Up
Municipal: On the municipal election front, things are heating up. Imagine my surprise when my Tuesday night joindave newsletter had veiled references directed towards the Go Alnoor campaign not once, but twice. The first was a response to Dave’s proposal for six new taxes that Dave now says are not a “priority” [note to Love […]
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Caroling
Jamey Carroll with the game winning hit Jamie Carroll resigns
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Billion Dollar Boondoggle
Alberta’s Auditor General brought down a scathing report today that contained almost half a dozen scandals inside of it. If you closed your eyes and imagined yourself in federal politics, or any other province, you’d have to see this as a fatal blow…because this is right up there with the worst reports Sheila Fraser has […]