Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Prime Minister was in no mood for jokes. Here it was, just two weeks after Elections Canada officials, flanked by RCMP officers in blue flak jackets, had arrived at his party's Ottawa headquarters armed with a search warrant and the Bloc Quebecois had the gall to ask that Parliament give the agency a formal vote of confidence. (Globe Insider subscribers only)
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a plan with no details and a price tag no one over there can explain?" he asked.Liberals and the Bloc Québécois called for the government to draw up a clearer explanation of the defence strategy, including a spending breakdown and an outlook for military operations, and present it in the Commons for debate.Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe said it is the only way to...
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... boldest move came 18 months ago, when he hijacked the Quebec nation debate from an unsuspecting Bloc Québécois and had Parliament endorse a resolution on the issue. That neutralized the most potent rhetorical weapon in the sovereignist arsenal – the argument that the rest of Canada was determined to negate Quebec's distinct identity. Harper has been pushing the envelope ever since....
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Parti Québécois held onto two Montreal strongholds and the Liberals kept a western riding in three provincial byelections Monday that did not change the balance of power in the legislature.
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
gabby noticed my blog and the blog of Trusty Tory were quoted on radio Canada. We were both denouncing the doofus gilles Duceppe. So the reporter quoted Paul Wells, Dr Roy and trusty Tory as conservative bloggers. Paul Wells is conservative? Anonymous Gabby in QC said Off Topic, but I'm sure you'd be interested to know that your blog was mentioned in the Rad-Can political analysis show...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Former Bloc Québécois MP Maka Kotto is running for the PQ, Mercier-Hochelaga borough Mayor Lyn Thériault is the Liberal candidate and Montreal criminal lawyer Denis Mondor, a former president of the Quebec Bar Association, is running for the ADQ.
ThePolitic.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... every conceivable scrap of dirt to slander the Conservatives. Look at the Bernier fiasco. We have Gilles Duceppe looking like a pawn , and what are the real charges? That a cabinet minister had the bad taste to date someone who had formerly gone out with a rough character. Note he isn't married to her, he dated her. And she didn't marry the rough character, she just went out with...
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The latest poll said the Conservatives had the support of 35 per cent of those surveyed, compared to 32 per cent for the Liberals, 14 per cent for the NDP and nine per cent for the Green party. Libs up 3, Tories 1 from a week ago . Don't know really what to make of the Quebec numbers: Within Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois was at 37 per cent, well ahead of the Conservatives at 24 per cent...
Angry in the Great White North (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
An unnamed source has provided me with some details into what immediately triggered the media's interest in the Maxime Bernier story. It is very strange. It's like the cue to start the attack came during a media scrum. As you know, Conservative Maxime Bernier , the Foreign Affairs Minister, is under attack because his former girlfriend was once married to a notorious Quebec biker. What is more interesting...
Angry in the Great White North (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The story behind the story of Maxime Bernier's former girlfriend is a lot more interesting (though perhaps less salacious) than the story itself, that being demands from the opposition that Bernier resign over the fact that his former girlfriend was once married to a notorious Quebec biker. Apparently, the media did not break this story. The media had known about it for some time, but realized there...
NB TORY LADY (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... of Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. Namely, and no surprise really, The march was led by Gilles Duceppe leader of the Bloc québécois , André Boisclair leader of the Parti québécois, Liberal MP Denis Coderre , Bloc MP Maria Mouani, co-spokepersons Françoise David and Amir Khadir of Québec-Solidaire and Henri Massé President of the Fédération des travailleurs...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... called for him to be fired.The Conservatives launched a pre-emptive attack on the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the opposition "quite a group of gossipy old busybodies." But the government was on the defensive all day."This is about my private life, the private life in the past of my ex-girlfriend," Bernier, 45, said in the Commons, responding...
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
"I hear that one of my cabinet ministers has an ex-girlfriend," Harper told a throng of reporters. "It's none of my business. It's none of Mr. (Gilles) Duceppe's business. None of Mr. (Stéphane) Dion's business. Mr. Duceppe and Mr. Dion are quite a group of gossipy old busy bodies."
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Bloc Québécois and and Parti Québécois expressed outrage on Wednesday over remarks made by Canada's Governor General during her trip to France suggesting that country should "look beyond Quebec" to other francophone communities in Canada.
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Gilles Duceppe in a fit of rage yesterday called the Monarchy ridiculous. He was upset that Canadians are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec city with their French Canadian brothers and sisters. Our monarchical system extends back to the kings of France. Duceppe and his party are useless. Their only goal is to sow dissension and pad their federal pensions. duceppe is just waiting...
