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ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: Laurie 4 Leader
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. Today, the fourth part of a series profiling the candidates. (Previously: Bruce Payne, Raj Sherman, Hugh MacDonald) LAURIE BLAKEMAN Background: Like Hugh MacDonald, Blakeman has sat as a […]
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Best News of the Week
I’ll admit it. I was worried it would be difficult to find blog content in the new majority government reality. And then, this gift from the blogging gods: Martin may run for NDP leadership in bid for Liberal merger OTTAWA – Manitoba NDP MP Pat Martin says he’ll run for the NDP leadership himself if […]
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ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: Hugh Can Do It
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. Today, the third part of a series profiling the candidates. (Previously: Bruce Payne, Raj Sherman) HUGH MACDONALD Background: First elected in 1997, Hugh has been the Alberta Liberal […]
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On This Date In History
It was 40 years ago today that Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives swept to power, ending Alberta’s third political dynasty, and starting its fourth. Lougheed’s slogan was 3 letters long (“NOW”) and his message was simple – as recounted in Rennie’s Alberta Premiers of the 20th Century: These times of turmoil – of protest – of […]
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Where do they go from here?
After a week of tributes and mourning, the talk in Ottawa is sure to turn to “what now” this week, as the NDP begins the process of replacing Jack Layton. Of course, some did not wait that long. Anonymous NDP insiders let it be known that Brian Topp was the “front runner” to replace Layton […]
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Extinguished
It’s hardly the kind of decisive victory the anti-HST movement would have expected a year ago, but 55% of British Columbian have voted to replace the HST with the GST and PST. One immediate consequence of this is that Christy Clark and Jim Flaherty will need to come to some kind of deal over how […]
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This Week in Alberta: 27,000 Alberta Grits
The membership cut-off in the Alberta Liberal leadership race has passed, with the party registering over 27,000 voters as part of its new primary leadership system. As I’ve said before, this race makes for a fascinating case-study for the federal Liberals, who will most likely be debating a similar system at their January convention. The […]
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The Unsinkable Jean Charest
Seriously, this is just getting ridiculous. Has there ever been a politician who has come back from the brink more often than Jean Charest? A poll released Monday suggests support for the sovereignty movement in Quebec is fading, with only about one-third of Quebecers who answered the Leger Marketing poll saying they would vote to […]
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Jack Layton, in Pictures
Although most of the tributes to Layton have focused on his role on Parliament Hill, he will be missed from coast to coast – cycling with Olivia, attending local festivals, marching in Pride parades and, yes, attending Star Trek conventions.
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Jack
Jack Layton will lie in state for public visitations in the foyer of the House of Commons from 12:30 to 8 pm today and 9 am to 1:30 pm tomorrow. There will be a public visitation at Toronto City Hall all day Friday, and Saturday morning before the state funeral at Roy Thompson Hall. Tributes […]