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It’s By Election Night in Canada
The polls close at 9:30 in Vaughan and 8:30 in Manitoba. I’ll be providing updates, snark, and Julian Fantino sightings throughout the evening but, if you’re really keen to follow along, elections.ca will be posting the results here. 9:02 pm – Bonus by election results from the provincial by election in Quebec! With 39 of […]
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Battleground Vaughan
Three ridings will elect new MPs tomorrow, but all eyes are on Vaughan. Yeah, in the scheme of things one seat won’t change anything in Ottawa, but this one has been hyped to the point where the outcome will certainly define the media narrative for the remainder of 2010. As such, the Liberals are running […]
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He could have ruled for 1,000 years…
Instead, Danny Williams calls it a career. Few politicians get to leave at the height of their popularity – just ask Gordon Campbell. But Williams exits as one of the most popular politicians in the country and there’s no reason to believe he couldn’t have won another 2 or 3 (or 12) elections. Williams’ departure […]
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Headlines I Never Thought I’d See
Ignatieff doesn’t mind his junk touched
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That Pesky Census Issue
Yeah, yeah, I know it’s basically a dead issue at this point but, via Wherry, a comprehensive list of what that long form census data is used for: More than 50 federal government agencies and departments rely on longform census data on ethnic origins, visible minorities, citizenship and immigration for planning and policies, according to […]
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Lessons Learned
One of the spin-offs of running a good campaign (besides winning) is that everyone holds you up as the shinning example of how to win an election for at least a year or two afterwards. At times this can be rather silly – witnesses the pontificating in 2008 and 2009 about which Canadian leader was […]
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The Machine Against Raj
Raj Sherman sealed his fate with one click of the “send” button. Ever since his bizarre rant against the Stelmach government was made public last week, his days have appeared numbered. It therefore comes as no surprise that Sherman was booted from the PC caucus today (or, as Raj called it in his typo heavy […]
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This Week in Alberta – Raj Against the Machine
Via Daveberta comes one of the most bizarre e-mails from an elected official ever leaked to the public. PC MLA Raj Sherman fired off the angry e-mail to Ed Stelmach, felow MLAs, and friends on Wednesday. I repost it here verbatim, in its full glory: From: Raj ShermanDate: November 17, 2010 7:29:44 AM MSTTo: Ed […]
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And They’re Off
And, with that, the starting gun has sounded for the 2011 Ontario Election: Liberals to cut hydro bills by 10 per cent The Liberal government will cut Ontarians’ hydro bills by 10 per cent starting on Jan. 1, the Star has learned. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, bolstered by a $1 billion reduction in the provincial […]
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Meanwhile, in BC
The BC Libs have set the rules to replace Gordon Campbell…kind of. The plan is to use a riding-by-riding weighted point system, similar to how the federal Tories picked Harper and how the Ontario Tories picked Hudak. It’s also the system the federal grits will use the next time they have a leadership race, unless […]