Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.
Fruits and Votes (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
In case you missed Errol’s link in a previous comment thread: Key announces National-led govt The details are rather fascinating. Please follow the link, and if so inclined, come back here to discuss! Although I am planting this under Coalition governance, the government technically is not a coalition. Or is it? Only one party is in cabinet, but [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Filed at 12:53 a.m. ETWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government.In return for the Maori Party's support, Key agreed to back off on his pledge to scrap the special seats in Parliament set aside...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
On November 8 New Zealanders headed to the polls to determine who would lead the next Government. On the night supplementary counts gave National 59 seats and the Greens had eight seats. Now, with the release of the special votes, those two numbers have changed with National losing one seat to the Green party (58-9 respectively). The new amount of [...]
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Reactions to the Speech from the Throne: Liberals: The official Opposition is focused on making Parliament work for all Canadians during this time of economic turmoil and will not oppose today’s Speech from the Throne, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said today. “By electing a minority government, Canadians are asking Parliament to work together to see our country through the economic challenges...
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Best Move for Liberals: Govern by CoalitionStep one: Dion steps down. How Grits can save Canada and themselves.By Published: November 19, 2008 TheTyee.caTalk of a parliamentary accord between the Liberals, Bloc and NDP continues across the country, and inside and between the Bloc and NDP parties. It would take the form of a Liberal minority government, following a non-confidence vote,...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The legislative assembly of the German state of Hesse has been dissolved, paving the way for new elections on January 18. All five parliamentary parties supported the move, which came ten months after inconclusive regional elections. Social Democrat leader Andrea Ypsilanti failed twice in her bid to form a SPD-Green minority government, which would have been reliant on the support of...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is promising more help for the auto industry, a clampdown on government spending and efforts to ensure that Canadians who lose their jobs are able to tap into existing government support programs.
A View from the Isle (Free subscription) | yesterday
... this week, we need to not only inform the CRTC of our stance, but our MPs as well , because in a minority government every bit of pressure from the other parties helps. It seems odd to me that a government with such strong business sense would be so anti business and innovation.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
The Conservative government introduced a five-point plan Wednesday aimed at protecting Canada from the "extraordinary global economic challenge and uncertainty," and indicated that the country may have to run a deficit.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
The global economic crisis and how the Canadian government plans to deal with the continuing slump are expected be the main focus of the Conservatives' third speech from the throne on Wednesday.
