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Proper Protocol?
Tonight, the House of Commons will vote in a law binding them to respect Canada’s Kyoto commitments. This is quite remarkable since it is being done against the government’s will, making it difficult to really predict how it’s passage will be interpreted. Given that it will cost a lot of money to meet Kyoto and […]
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Fifty Fifty
I’ve started adding a few comments here and there at Macleans as part of their “Macleans 50” project where an eclectic group of Canadians comments on various news articles. It’s an impressive cross-section consisting of bloggers, journalists, politicians and pundits. So, check it out.
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Remonter
A new Leger poll has Charest continuing to rise: Lib 36PQ 31ADQ 21Quebec Solidaire 5Greens 5 As for who would make the best Premier? Mario Dumont 28%Andre Boisclair 26%Jean Charest 24% This will be an interesting vote to watch, especially given the implications on the federal scene. A Charest win would be a huge vindication […]
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Le Quebec Prend Des Forces
The new Tory French attack ads have been released and they go the route of props and humour to make their point. At first glance, I think they’ll be more effective than the English ones but it’s always hard to predict these things. Here’s the quick run down: Domino: Hits Dion on the fiscal imbalance […]
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More SES
I don’t want to post on polls 24/7 here, but there’s some good debate about the new SES poll on the other thread and many of my favourite bloggers have said these numbers are not at all good for Dion. So I decided to dig a little deeper… I think the problem stems from people […]
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In the News
A few other odds and ends stories… 1. Nomination Watch – Richard Maaaahoney, quickly becoming the Ottawa Centre Bills, is set to go for the hat trick, along with three other Liberal candidates. Penny Collennette, Scott Bradley, and Isabel Metcalf are all vying for the nom according to the Hill Times. 2. Interesting news story […]
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It’s Raining Polls
I’ve been out of town for the past few days so I’ll be posting a scatter-shot of catch up news stories today. To get things rolling, here’s a look at a recent SES poll: Most Trustworthy LeaderHarper 35% (+14)Dion 20% (Martin – 18%)Duceppe 8% (-3)Layton 18% (-7)May 8% (Harris – 3%) Most Competent LeaderHarper 41% […]
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80% of Canadians think they’re above average drivers: poll
A few of my fellow Libloggers were rejoicing over this poll yesterday: The relatively heavy saturation was helped in no small part by the news media. Almost a third of the 388 respondents who said they’d seen the spots recalled them only in the context of news coverage, slightly more than had seen them only […]
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Democracy Derailed
Daveberta has a good review up of Alberta Liberal Party leader Kevin Taft’s latest book, Democracy Derailed, which was launched this morning at the Alberta Legislature. Since Dave is going into the eight year of his poli-sci degree, he’s got a lot more experience writing book reviews than I do and he does a bang […]
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Ken Dryden is not a goalie
Here’s what we would have seen if Ken Dryden won the Liberal leadership…