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View Article  Apparently the sky was not the Liberal limit

Remember that Liberal "Sky's-the-limit" fundraiser back in February?

That was the one, held on Feb. 13, where Liberals were encouraged to bid on various auction items and they could bid as much as they want - the sky was the limit! After this poster raised some eyebrows, it became clear ...   more »

View Article  Goodale's factors for "a rationale for change"
In the weekly newsletter to his Regina constituents, Liberal House Leader Ralph Goodale (left) talks about election timing and what he expects his leader Stéphane Dion is considering:

Three factors are coming together to create a compelling rationale for change.



First, there’s that disturbing pattern of unethical Conservative ...   more »

View Article  Winning the carbon war

Remember Stéphane Dion's early speeches on the environment shortly after he became Liberal leader? I'm paraphrasing but it went something like, if Canada can lead the way in figuring out how to cut megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, Canada can make megatonnes of money.

So here's a report from ...   more »


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