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Advice from Alberta
For those who missed it, Don Martin offered up some advice to Stephane Dion in a column earlier this week. Truth be told, his pointers were mostly spot on. Among the highlights: – Smile occasionally. – Get better at pretending you actually enjoy meeting people. Mr. Harper learned to fake it, so you can too. […]
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Bart’s Books: French Kiss
French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date With Quebecby Chantal Herbert I’ll be honest. The only reason I decided to review Chantal Hebert’s latest book was because I’m hoping to get a few google hits for “french kiss”. I’ve always found Hebert’s view of federal politics and federalism frustrating but she certainly knows Quebec politics inside […]
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Blair’s Goodbye
I don’t follow British politics that closely, but I always thought Tony Blair was one of Europe’s better leaders and, certainly, one of its best politicians. Today, he announced that he will be leaving June 27th. Enter Gordon Brown.
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Won’t the real Gord Brown please stand up, please stand up, please stand up…
-One of my pet political interests is finding leadership races I could win by signing up a rec league soccer team. Last year, I reported on the PEI NDP race, won in a close 29 to 19 vote. This week, the Nova Scotia Green Party held their AGM and, in a tight three-way race, Ken […]
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Boisclair’s Walk in the Snow
After watching party members line up against him, Andre Boisclair has rolled over and quit as PQ chef. Boisclair has been behind the eight ball, and on a powder keg, due to chronic problems over the past year and his leadership was on the line going into the last provincial election. After the PQ bit […]
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Pucks & Politics
I’ve got to hand it to Hugh McFadyen – he may just have found a winning issue in the Manitoba election: Bring pro hockey back to Winnipeg: Manitoba ToriesWINNIPEG — Manitoba’s provincial election campaign has turned its attention to hockey with the Conservatives promising to bring the NHL back to Winnipeg. Standing alongside former Winnipeg […]
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Leaders and Leadership
1. Sarkozy victorieux! 2. Andre Boisclair is drawing fire from within the PQ, and prominent sovereignist Yves Michaud has called Boisclair “childish”. (no doubt this arrogant comment will rouse the distracted giant and lead to many attacks against Mr. Michaud from Quebec bloggers) 3. The provincial PCs held their annual convention in Edmonton this weekend. […]
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The Sixth Priority
After slaying the fiscal imbalance, the Tories have directed their attention to a new mythical creature: Bigfoot, the legendary hairy man-like beast said to roam the wildernesses of North America, is not shy, merely so rare it risks extinction and should be protected as an endangered species. So says Canadian MP Mike Lake who has […]
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What’s My Line?
Andrew Coyne has a funny take on the government’s ever evolving position on the monitoring of Afghan detainees. For those looking for the specific facts, I present them in an easy to understand chronological order. If you understand the following, MENSA should be calling within the next few days. 2006-early 2007: Gordon O’Connor maintains that […]
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"Hocus pocus, boogah boogah economics"
1. Elizabeth May is in hot water for comparing someone or some action to Hitler or Chamberlain or something of the sort. Since I’m sure you all came to this blog for my expert analysis, I will offer this profound insight which you are unlikely to see anywhere else: it was stupid of her to […]