Unable to sleep after Thursday's English-language debates, Prime Minister Stephen Harper got up at 3 a.m. and tried to unwind by watching the U.S. vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.
He would not say if it helped him sleep.
In an informal chat with reporters Saturday at the ... more »
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Saturday, October 4
Harper unplugged: The back-of-the-plane chat
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DavidAkin
on Sat 04 Oct 2008 08:27 PM EDT
Harper accused of racist comment
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DavidAkin
on Sat 04 Oct 2008 03:28 PM EDT
Everyone who's anyone in federal politics is in Atlantic Canada today. While Stephen Harper was in Yarmouth, NS., Stéphane Dion was on the other side of the Bay of Fund in Dieppe, NB.
While in Dieppe, Dion accused Harper of using a racially charged phrase when responding to a question ... more »
Fighting for Atlantic Canada
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DavidAkin
on Sat 04 Oct 2008 03:05 PM EDT
"It's not a coincidence that after the prime minister won the debates, that he has decided to come to New Brunswick two days in a row and only to visit Liberal ridings. At the same time, we have Stephane Dion fighting for his job as leader of the opposition who was also visiting Liberal ridings. I think that tells you something very important." more »
Premature adjulation
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DavidAkin
on Sat 04 Oct 2008 02:41 PM EDT
Bernard Lord just whipped up the crowd of about 450 here with a barnburner of a partisan speech concluding it as every introducer does, along the lines of, "please give a warm New Brunswick welcome to Stephen Harper!"
The crowd leapt up, clapping and cheering.
One problem: PM wasn't ready yet. more »
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