If it were still just Lower Canada and Upper Canada in Confederation, we'd be in a minority Liberal government right now.
Stephen Harper leads his campaign into Quebec and Ontario for the next week so let's review party standings there at dissolution, if we were just counting those two provinces:... more »
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Sunday, September 14
Party Standings in Central Canada
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DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Sep 2008 10:49 PM EDT
Twitter and Election 2008: I'm being followed by AntiHarperBias!
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DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Sep 2008 07:57 PM EDT
You've heard of Twitter, right?
Twitter is all the rage among the political class in the U.S.. It's a little less popular here. Still, politicians and others are fiddling with Twitter. With Twitter, you sign up and then choose some friends, notable, or political journalists (more on that ... more »
Liberal ads attack Harper as a "great leader"
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DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Sep 2008 09:34 AM EDT
They're pretty mild as attack ads go, but new Liberal French-language television ads are now airing in Quebec that tell viewers that Stephen Harper is hardly a great leader, because great leaders don't engage in personal attacks and don't use the politics of fear. The "truly, great leader" in this ... more »
First MP of the 40th Parliament elected!
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DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Sep 2008 08:29 AM EDT
The Calgary Herald reports that LaVar Payne has won the nomination to carry the Conservative flag in Monte Solberg's southern Alberta riding so, with that fight complete, I'd say we could pretty much swear him in as an MP in the 40th Parliament right now. |
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