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View Article  One confidence motion after another

If you like politics, well, you’re probably watching what’s going on south of the border. But there’s going to be a little fun up here as well over the next week or so. First up, in a few minutes, the Liberals present their amendment on the budget. Here it is:...   more »

View Article  Liberals to Harper: We ain't backing down, buddy!

Leslie Swartman, the director of communications for the Leader of the Official Opposition, just distributed the following to newsrooms in the nation’s capital:

Neither Mr. Dion nor any member of the Liberal Party will apologize.  If anyone owes an apology, it is the Prime Minister to the Canadian people.

What ...   more »

View Article  Dona Cadman: I believe Harper

Dona Cadman, the widow of former MP Chuck Cadman, released a statement this afternoon:

March 3, 2008

Personal Statement by Dona Cadman

I’m a little bit surprised at the level of reaction to the disclosures in Tom Zytaruk’s book and I guess that’s probably because it was put to rest ...   more »

View Article  Harper sues Dion

Sometime around breakfast this morning at Stornaway, Stephane Dion became what is believe to be the first-ever Leader of the Official Opposition to be sued for saying something nasty about a Prime Minister. Lawyers for Stephen Harper served Dion with a Notice of Libel for “two devastatingly defamatory articles” that ...   more »

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