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Moments of the Decade: #10 Paul Martin is Quit-Fired
If you missed it, I asked readers to nominate, then vote, on Canada’s top political moment of the decade. Over the next two weeks, I’ll be counting down the top 10 vote getters. You wouldn’t expect a Cabinet Shuffle to make the top 10, but this was the culmination of a bitter feud that had […]
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2009 in Pictures: And All The Rest…
For more 2009 pictures, check out: The DippersThe LiberalsTeam ToryStephen Harper
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2009 in Pictures: The Dippers
2009 was a great year for the NDP, showing courage by opposing Harper to try and force an election, then showing courage by supporting Harper to avoid an election. These pics come from a wide range of sources, but big hat tips to Dan Cook and Mitch Raphael.
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And the PC takeover of the Reform Party is complete
Harper will shut down Parliament yet again, and appoint 5 new Senators in January: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will ask the governor general to prorogue Parliament today until early March, CTV News has learned. Parliament is currently on Christmas break and MPs are scheduled to return to the House on January 25. But speculation has […]
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2009 in Pictures: Liberals
Well, the first few months weren’t that bad… These pics come from a wide range of sources, but big hat tips to Dan Cook and Mitch Raphael.
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2009 in Pictures: Team Tory
We all know Harper pulls the strings so we rarely hear from them, but every now and then they pop up with a case of foot in mouth disease. Yes, it’s the Stephen Harper Conservatives and here’s how they spent 2009…the operative word being “spent”. These pics come from a wide range of sources, but […]
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2009 in Pictures: Stephen Harper
Yes, he gave us a 50 billion dollar deficit but, hey, he can play the piano, so all is forgiven! These pics come from a wide range of sources, but big hat tips to Dan Cook and Mitch Raphael.
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No Matter How You Slice It…
‘tis the season for eternal optimism: CALGARY – They haven’t elected a Calgary MLA for two decades and only snared one per cent of the vote in a recent city byelection, but NDP Leader Brian Mason remains optimistic his party can make a breakthrough in the heart of Conservative country. Mason believes the redrawing of […]
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2009 Man of the Year
I’ve picked a “Person of the Year” for five years running now – it’s not always someone I like (see: Klein, Ralph), and it’s not always someone who had a very good year (see: Dion, Stephane). Rather, I like to pick someone who left their mark on Canadian politics over the past 12 months. And […]
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Provincial Uprising?
In October, I mused about the difficulties facing the three Liberal titans – Dalton McGuinty, Jean Charest, and Gordon Campbell. For the last 7 years, they have led Canada’s three largest provinces, winning 8 elections between them. But all three now find themselves down in the polls, a fact confirmed by this Angus Reid survey, […]