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Ted Morton is the (Straw) Man
The feud between Dave Bronconnier and Ed Stelmach descended into self-parody over the weekend with Bronco taking offense to Ted Morton calling Calgary the best city in Canada. Here’s the blow by blow: Morton: “Calgary by itself is a good but not a great city,” [Morton] told delegates. “What makes Calgary a great city — […]
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The best argument against the CHUM takeover…
…comes in the form of the Globe & Mail editorial in support of a CTVglobemedia’s take-over bid.
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Henninger on Stelmach
Last week, I decided to take a break from bashing Ed Stelmach, to allow Ed Stelmach to bash Ed Stelmach. Today, I cede the podium to Brian Henninger, who is running for Stelmach’s PCs in Tuesday’s incredibly important Calgary Elbow by election: CALGARY — Brian Heninger’s message at a doorstep in Calgary-Elbow seems downright bizarre […]
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When Harry Met Cherie
I just got back from a weekend in Drumheller, helping out on the by election campaign there. Between that, Bronco versus Morton, Elbow by election mania, Paul Jackson’s idiocies, Gordon O’Connor, and the Ontario election, there’s a lot to blog about. But it will all have to wait because of the news story that has […]
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This week’s BQ QP questions, summarized in 5 words
“Bring back the sponsorship program“
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The Senators are out, and so is Senate reform
1. The Green Party environmental platform calls for a dreaded carbon tax and higher gasoline prices. Sure, it’ll be unpopular, but if people are serious about meeting Kyoto (and the Greens certainly are), you’ll only get there with hard line tactics like that. 2. On the international scene, G8 leaders have agreed to consider thinking […]
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Stelmach on Stelmach
Ed Stelmach is, yet again, in trouble for unethical donations – this time, from a landfill site that donated $10,000 to Stelmach’s leadership campaign. Now, Ed did return the donation…six months after he received it and three months after winning the PC leadership. And in fairness, by this government’s standards, that certainly qualifies as “rapid […]
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Protecting Anders
For those not following the story closely, a judge ordered the Conservative Party to re-hold the nomination meeting in Calgary West, after it was found that the rules were rigged to ensure an Anders win back last fall. So, after being ordered to do this, the Tories decided to slant the rules to ensure an […]
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Monday Morning Round Up
1. Oh, sure, he’s all “Mr. I Can Take a Punch” until Harry Rosen uses him in a cartoon. Watch out Aislin! [Reader Challenge: A big kudos to whoever can find a picture of the ad online. An even bigger kudos to whoever can find some sort of proof that Stephen’s stylist has picked out […]
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Great Moments in Spin III
OK, that’s provincial and municipal. Time for federal: The leaders reacted harshly after the Commons question period where Harper challenged the credibility of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion because he hasn’t served in the military, and took a shot at deputy leader Michael Ignatieff because he lived outside the country for three decades. “I will just […]