Sorry ... you were saying something?
Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Shorter Conservative MP Rick Dykstra : "Excuse me ... what was that? Dead soldiers? Yeah, I'll get right on that."
Rick Dykstra
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Text You Very Much
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
...Tory MP Rick Dykstra, seen here responding to incoming blackberry messages during a Remembrance Day Ceremony. Stay classy Rick! (And is one or is one not allowed to text/twitter during the minute of silence? What's the appropriate etiquette?) h/t
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An unhealthy obsession with Blackberries…
Scott's DiaTribes (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Conservative MP Rick Dykstra at Remembrance Day ceremonies yesterday, apparently in St. Catherines: Seriously, can’t you ignore the ‘Berry for a few minutes on Remembrance Day? I’d be saying this to anyone, not just if he’s a Con MP.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Liberal Disrespect For 11:11
ThePolitic.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
This picture was sent to the media by the local Liberal campaign in the riding of St. Catherines, depicting Conservative MP Rick Dykstra on his BlackBerry at a Remembrance Day event. The Globe & Mail ran with the story, allowing itself to get bogged down by the details of when what was sent where. Let’s [...]
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Picture of the day
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Go see the picture on Jim Curran's blog this morning of Conservative MP Rick Dykstra. Captures a moment.
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Disrespecting veterans?
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Liberals say Rick Dykstra was emailing during Remembrance Day, but the Tory MP says he was live-blogging the ceremony
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Entitled to their entitlements
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... spent about $28,000 on printing. She was second to Northumberland-Quinte West Conservative MP Rick Norlock, who spent $87,749 in 2008-09. Across Parliament, spending on printing has nearly doubled since the Conservatives came into office. In 2004-05, MPs spent $4.8 million on printing; in the first full year of the Conservative government, that number jumped to $7.8 million, while last year...
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‘Mensonges, mensonges, mensonges’
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
After Question Period yesterday, Conservative Rick Dykstra rose to complain that Gilles Duceppe had referred to a government minister as a liar on “at least four occasions and more like six.” Mr. Duceppe explained that he had only shouted out the word “lies” in reference to something that was being said. This led once more [...]
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talking points fail
ottawonk (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
oh nicely played rick dykstra (on power play , like a few minutes ago): We're not blaming anyone ... nobody is responsible for this . now that's what we call accountable government! but seriously, we would have accepted the provinces, or glaxosmithkline.
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Who will be the first post-boomer prime minister?
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
While we’re on the subject of demographics, there is also age. Differentiating between generations is a bit tricky, the difference being as much about experience, mindset and attitude as it is a matter of timing. For the sake of argument, if you take David Foot’s contention that the baby boom in Canada ended in 1966 and [...]
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