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Harper Quickly Losing The Elitist Vote
Three polls out yesterday and today, all showing some erosion in Conservative support: Angus Reid (Jan 12-13, n = 1077 online) CPC 34%Lib 28%NDP 19%BQ 9%Green 8% Strategic Counsel (Jan 5-8, n = 2168 online & phone) CPC 31%Lib 30%NDP 18%BQ 9%Green 10% Ekos (Jan 6-12, n = 3730 demon dialed) CPC 30.9%Lib 29.3%NDP 15.3%BQ […]
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Moment of the Decade: #2 The Coalition
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the first two weeks of January, I’m counting down the top 10 vote getters. Tomorrow, I reveal the complete voting results and the number one moment of the decade. If nothing else, it made Canadians […]
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Alberta Cabinet Shuffle: Ted Morton is the Man
For a more organized version of these thoughts geared to those outside of Alberta, check out my online column at the Post. I’ll have more analysis later tonight, but the biggest headline grabber in Ed Stelmach’s cabinet shuffle is the move of Ted Morton to Finance. You probably don’t need me to point this one […]
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Political Moment of the Decade: #3 No to Iraq
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the first two weeks of January, I’m counting down the top 10 vote getters. The biggest ovation Jean Chrétien got during his farewell speech at the 2003 Liberal Coronation Convention was when he talked about […]
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The World According To Pierre
It’s not nearly as fun pointing these things out when the guy giving the quotes is aware that he’s full of shit but, via a Macleans commenter: “These are his words and it’s perfectly fair to quote his words and cite his deeds.”– Pierre Poilievre; in defense of May 2009 attacks ads against Michael Ignatieff. […]
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And the Senate appointments? Well, that’s part of our job-creation strategy…
“As you know, as part of our economic action plan, one of the things we’ve of course done is to step up government advertising. One of the purposes of that has been to support media outlets during the recession that have been particularly hard-hit.” – Stephen Harper, A-Channel Ottawa, Jan. 11.
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In the absence of anything else to talk about…
…Cabinet Shuffle Speculation!!! In Ottawa! In Alberta! In Ontario!
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Moment of the Decade: #4 Same Sex Marriage Legalized
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the first two weeks of January, I’m counting down the top 10 vote getters. If you want an example of how quickly the public mood shifted on the issue of same sex marriage, look no […]
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Stupid elitists, sipping their lattes and caring about democracy
From Tony Clement: Industry Minister Tony Clement (said) Monday that ordinary Canadians don’t consider prorogation to be a big issue. ”I know it’s a big issue with the Ottawa media elite and some of the elites in our country.” For those keeping track, there are now over 155,000 elitists in the Canadians Against Prorogation Facebook […]
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Moment of the Decade: #5 Adscam
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the first two weeks of January, I’m counting down the top 10 vote getters. I’ve had Paul Martin’s autobiography on my desk for over a year. I’ve been meaning to write up a book review […]