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Bev Oda: (Not) Impacting Tory Fortunes
Well, there you have it. The Tories have been “odacized“, with their lead halved to 5 points. However, just like a doctored CIDA document can end up saying the opposite of its original intent, it appears odacized can have several meanings too. Because, after all, no one know Oda from Yoda, and Harper has opened […]
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So, to summarize 400 articles and columns:
We may, or may not, be going to the polls this spring. Carry on.
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For those in the GTA on March 5th…
Why not come out for breakfast with yours truly?
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This Week in Alberta – Liberal Leadership
After a look at the PC leadership contenders last week, I turn to the Liberal field. The last three Liberal leaders have all come from within caucus, so any conversation about the next leader should start there. Despite initially musing about running for the Liberal or Alberta Party leadership, Laurie Blakeman is this contest’s first […]
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Not a Fan
Unless she can explain that discrepancy, which she has failed to do so far, the only logical conclusion is that she lied to MPs at her first appearance. Once again, the Harper government appears most vulnerable to problems of its own making. As with last summer’s census gambit, Ms. Oda’s apparent indiscretion represents a self-inflicted […]
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Poll Smoking
The Canadian Press’ Joan Bryden penned a fascinating article over the weekend on the latest poll numbers. The latest poll numbers that show the Tories on cusp of a majority? Or the ones before that showed the Tories “losing momentum“? No, Bryden took a look at how valuable the cavalcade of horse race polls we’re […]
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Bev Oda Should Not Resign
This is not a shocking story: OTTAWA — International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda admitted Monday that she is not responsible for modifying a memo that had originally recommended funding for an aid group.
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And in BC…
With the BC Libs up in the polls and the NDP self-imploding as only the NDP can, the BC Liberal leadership is, once again, a prize worth having. And it shows. From all reports, the party’s membership has swollen to 90,000 members – that’s twice the number of eligible members the Ontario PCs had when […]
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Bonus TWIA – Polls!
Two new polls to report in Alberta. First up comes the latest from Janet Brown, who has earned a solid reputation for projecting Alberta elections: PC 40%WAP 33%ALP 19%NDP 8%AP 0.1% I feel badly for Brown on this one, since this poll was in field the week before Stelmach resigned. A 900 sample survey isn’t […]
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This Week in Alberta: A Quick Glance at the PC Leadership Race
With Stelmach’s announcement that he will stay on as Premier until this fall, there’s plenty of time for his would-be-successors to put together campaign teams and sign up Albertans. Still, the field is starting to take shape – here’s a quick overview of the likely candidates: The PCs have two declared candidates – Ted “The […]