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The Sasquatch
Stephane Dion says it’s a myth. Stephen Harper said they did exist but he had Myron Thompson shoot them all last week. Stephane Dion didn’t want Myron to go wandering in the woods with a shootgun. Why go back?
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ALP Convention
This weekend was the Alberta Liberal Party’s annual convention held in the city they are expecting a big breakthrough in next election – Calgary (no, that’s not my patented sarcasm, I’m serious). I drove down with Daveberta which allowed me to get a good three hour information session on SU politics. Other bloggers in attendance […]
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Bloggers Hotstove
I played hooky for one of the election readiness workshops at the ALP convention this Saturday to phone in to the Quebec election post-mortem bloggers hotstove with Antonio, Tasha, and our host Greg. I’ll have a full convention recap up tomorrow but, I must say, all the talk this past month about the Quebec election […]
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LaP Returns?
Wow. Very interesting story over at Canada.com: MONTREAL: Sources close to Jean Lapierre indicate that the former federal Liberal Quebec lieutenant is eying a return to politics. Lapierre has privately indicated to his most trusted advisers that he’s eager to get back into the game and will toss his hat into the ring for PQ […]
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Better Know a Riding
I’m heading down to Calgary for the ALP convention this weekend so no updates until Sunday. Until then, I am pleased to present the first part of a 308 part series, Better Know a Riding. Today – Central Nova! The fighting Novas! Central Nova is home to St. Francis Xavier University, and its neckless President […]
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Quick Hits
-The debate for reasonable accommodation takes on a whole new life. (Hat Tip MaD) -Polls go up and down and the common consensus changes by the week so I won’t move away from my prediction of no spring election. BUT…if the Tory internals show numbers like this consistently over the next few weeks, Harper would […]
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The morning after the morning after
Jean Charest: It could have been worse for him but the man is certainly vulnerable, which means there will be intense pressure from within his own party to resign or, at the very least, rebrand. Minority governments are dicey in even the most stable political places and Quebec politics is the antithesis of stability so […]
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Numbers
I’ll have some analysis later today but here are some of the raw numbers from the Quebec election (huge thanks to AT for e-mailing them in!). Seat totals by region MontrealLib: 20, -1P.Q: 8, +1ADQ: 0 Montreal Suburbs (Laval and South Shore)Lib: 10, -3P.Q: 4ADQ: 3 +3 Capitale NationaleLib: 2, -7P.Q: 2ADQ: 7, +7 (ADQ […]
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Great Moments in Spin
Mr. Boisclair said he plans to lead the party into the next election, but admitted he had misread the electorate during the campaign. Another referendum on sovereignty “was not, apparently, a priority,” he told the media. However, he said the overall voting trends supported the PQ’s position within Quebec. Two-thirds of seats were given to […]
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Delusional Calgaria
The government of Nova Scotia is running attack ads against Calgary…yeah, you heard that right. In fairness, it’s a well produced kind of funny, attack ad, but still…