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Thursday, November 5

Tory MP gets what I'm pretty sure is the wrong answer from constitutents

by DavidAkin on Thu 05 Nov 2009 01:07 PM EST

James Bezan, the Conservative MP for the Manitoba riding of Selkirk Interlake, put up an online poll at his Web site.

He wanted his Web site visitors to sound off on the record of his government, asking them: "Do you think Stephen Harper and the Conservative Government should be commended for doing a great job at managing our economy through the current fiscal crisis?"

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Feds insist on a separate sign - that cities must pay for - promoting its stimulus plan

by DavidAkin on Thu 05 Nov 2009 08:16 AM EST

Municipalities are being told if they want federal infrastructure cash, they have to pay for and install additional signs at each project promoting the federal government's economic action plan.

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