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Quebec Votes
Random thoughts throughout the evening: 6:45 pm: Libs 49 (35%), PQ 30 (31%), ADQ 35 (27%)I haven’t been able to get near a TV for so I don’t know what the talking heads are saying but I, for one, am really surprised by the ration of seats to popular votes for each party. The common […]
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Alas, "Making History" didn’t crack the top 100
Via MM, comes this great resource for political geeks everywhere. The American Rhetoric Speech Bank has thousands of historical speeches which you can listen to, download, or read. I browsed through some of the top 100 over the weekend and they certainly have all the classics. And, hey, if Kennedy and King aren’t for you, […]
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Bag ‘o Links
1. Completely off topic, but if you want proof that Quebec is a distinct society, this video makes a pretty good case of it… 2. As much as I loathe SU politics, it’s hard not to find this amusing. Daveberta links to the greatest SU debate of all time. 3. Tid Hudak is running The […]
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I Listen To Joe
I managed to catch most of Joe Clark’s speech at the U of A Monday (appropriately enough in the Tory building) entitled “Losing Canada’s Advantage: The Harper Government’s Narrow View of Canadian Foreign Policy“. With a hook like that, how could I refuse? The thrust of Joe’s speech was that Canada has typically been successful […]
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Addition by Subtraction
Tom Wappell has called it a career. Great news as this opens up a fairly strong Liberal seat for some fresh blood and gets rid of one of (if not the most) socially conservative MPs in the Liberal Party.
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Random News
1) Andrew Coyne is waging one heck of a crusade against the Tory budget and I must say – give me a sword! When this guys picks an issue to feel passionate about, you do not want him against you. –Tuesday’s Column –Wednesday’s Column -And a link to Jack Mintz’s critique of the ever expanding […]
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You’re with us or against us
They hate the cops, vote against 9/11 victims, support child pornography, are soft on terrorism, and care more about the Taliban than our own soldiers. Man, it’s amazing any Canadians can find it in their heart to vote Liberal… OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the Liberals yesterday of caring more about Afghan insurgents […]
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Peace in our Time – Day 3
“The long, tiring, unproductive era of bickering between the provincial and federal governments is over.”–Jim Flaherty Calvert Calls Budget a Betrayal Budget unfair to Ontario: McGuinty Equalization plan unfair MacDonald says The political wrath of Premier Williams Federeal budget fails: Boudreau BC blasts budget for favouring Quebec Provinces slam Tories fiscal gap cure Budget’s Central […]
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Where have you gone Joe Comuzzi
Not a big deal since he’s already said he wasn’t going to run again, but Joe Comuzzi has been kicked out of Liberal caucus over his decision to back the Harper budget. Hard to disagree with booting him on this. On the grand daddy of all confidence motions, party unity needs to reign supreme.
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The Official Budget Response
Scott Feschuk is a friggin’ genius (hat tip OOL)