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The Quadra Equation
Given what happened in the Quebec by-elections, one imagines people will be paying close attention to round two, expected this fall. One of those by-elections will be in Vancouver Quadra, Stephen Owen’s old riding and a Liberal riding since a man by the name of Turner won it in 1984. The Tories held their nomination […]
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On The Take Book Signing
I decided to venture out to the Mulroney book signing in Calgary on Wednesday. Sure, he wasn’t a great Prime Minister, but he was a Prime Minister nevertheless. And not even the way Joe Clark or John Turner were Prime Ministers…Lyin‘ Brian was a real Prime Minister. Now, the last book signing I went to […]
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Mr. Potatoe Head
It’s getting hard to keep track of all the hits Ed Stelmach’s government is taking (note to opposition researches – maybe you should save some of these for the election). The latest involves the…I am not making this up…”Idaho-Alberta Transboundary Task Force”, where Tory MLAs were paid $19,000 for doing absolutely nothing. And I’m not […]
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Random Wishes
Given that the throne speech is still 19 days away, I’d really rather not have to endure daily election speculation around it. I mean, can’t we talk about something a little more relevant, like Paris Hilton, or Britney?
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MMP, not really for me
I’ve been watching what has turned into quite the blog war over the Ontario MMP referendum with fascination. I’m fully aware that most people in the general population probably aren’t very interested in the debate but, if you’re reading this blog, odds are you’re a political geek, in which case, West Wing reruns aside, you […]
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Ed’s "Pension Moment"
It’s really amazing just how big the royalty review has become in Alberta. In just four days 210,000 people have read the report online – I’d always thought those kind of hit numbers were limited to youtube or porn sites. The report calls for an additional 2 billion dollars in royalties a year and several […]
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Random Links
I’ve been fairly busy of late so I’ve got a bunch of half posts that never materialized and e-mails with links I’ve never got around to posting sitting around. So, here’s a completely random Friday link list: 1. The Better Calgary Coalition has their website up and online. They’ll be commenting on the civic election […]
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On Top
The year was 1976. The Canadian dollar and US dollar were on par, Sylvester Stalone played Rocky Balboa in the theaters, the Progressive Conservatives ruled Alberta, and the Toronto Maple Leafs were in a Stanley Cup drought. The big news today is, of course, the Canadian dollar inching ahead of the US dollar ever so […]
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THEY DID IT
Yesterday, the Progressive Conservatives broke the Social Credit government record, celebrating their 13,157th consecutive day in power. During that time, there have been 30 provincial government changes across Canada. There was no big victory speech last night, but it would probably go something like: I’d like to thank the Alberta Liberal Party, Lawrence Decore for […]
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Somewhat Disconcerting Spin
The Dion aide said their team doesn’t yet have the “capacity to run a by-election.”