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The Common Room (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Canada- HotAir has video footage . It does seem to me that there is a language barrier here, but then, Dion is running for PM of the entire country, but as Small Dead Animals (linked from HotAir) points out, the larger issue isn't Dion's foul ups, it's his wounded outrage that the media would show them to the public. There has apparently been a gentlemen's agreement (and I use the word gentleman...
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Chronicle.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Liberal Party fared best on issues of concern to students in a report card issued by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.
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GINA COBB (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
By DemocracyRules h/t small dead animals The Great Communicator -- Canadian Version The Conservative Party of Canada pokes fun at the Liberal party leader, Stephane Dion: "THIS IS UNFAIR!" Poor Mr Dion. Today, in speech in Halifax, his teleprompter wouldn't start, so he had to ad lib: "Thank you to welcome me in the chamber of commerce of one of the most successful city of Canada and certainly the...
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Conservative Party of Canada (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mr. Dion says nothing will stop him from imposing a risky new tax
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Graphictruth (Free subscription) | yesterday
H/T > Mattbastard: Who simply posts a press release from the Liberal Party of Canada with no comment. But then, what could you add? Read, enjoy, and as you do, see if any of this sounds suspiciously familiar... For Immediate Release September 15, 2008 Harper’s Index - Week One Number of campaign events that Stephen Harper has held so far that have been open to members of the public: 0 Number of campaign...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
p2pnet news view Music | P2P | Politics:-The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) has released the results of a survey sent to the five major federal parties, asking each for its views on Canada’s private copying regime. Bottom line? “The Green Party position, which calls for the private copying levy to be eliminated, would do irreparable damage [...]
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Sandwalk (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm not a humanist and now I know why. Not only is it immoral and atheist but it's also (gasp!) LIBERAL! Now I know why the Christians are so frightened. [Hat Tip: Friendly Atheists] P.S. I don't make fun of spelling errors because people in glass houses .... P.P.S. As strange as it may seem to our neighbors to the south, in Canada we not only have a Liberal Party but people actually vote
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The Poll Bludger (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the interests of Anglosphere outreach (with apologies to our friends in Quebec), here is a thread for discussion of Tuesday’s Canadian election. Conservative leader Stephen Harper has headed a minority government in Canada since the defeat of Paul Martin’s Liberal government at the January 2006 election, and has called an early election in the [...]
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
At least three people were injured Thursday afternoon in a multiple-vehicle accident next to a popular shopping mall in Coquitlam, B.C., police said.
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Victoria Chinatown (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Harper’s spokesperson on immigration issues Jason Kenney sent out the following email today. I found the tone of it a little peculiar, as if the Tories are smelling that something’s wrong — like, as if new immigrants are drifting away? I found this press release (??) a little puzzling, as if it’s coming from nowhere. Dear [...]
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Toronto Craft Alert (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
I stumbled upon this handy list of links to each platform's stance on arts and culture on the Ontario Crafts Council 's website: Conservative Party of Canada Green Party of Canada Liberal Party of Canada New Democratic Party Things are getting down to the wire, but there is still time to let your candidates know your concerns about federal investment in the arts and culture sector. The OCC provides...
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Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Virtue or Vice But the upcoming election, called for October 14th of this year, has put one of the boldest and most important policy initiatives in global politics on the table: the Liberal Party’s “green shift.” The policy would make carbon taxation the principal source of government revenue. And though Stéphane Dion, the Liberal party leader, [...]
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Back in the early 1980s Sir Robert Muldoon used to grump that it was "not a good time to be in Government" round the world because economies were in trouble. Now is also such a time. Or is there a silver lining? Muldoon knew the...
