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Forum: Current Events Topic: Liberals don't get it |
| StuntmanMike |
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:03 am
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| Derby Aside from Wayne Gretzky who do we have the brides the political divide in terms of respect? You're right, we don't seem to. At least not in contemporary politics. But Trudeau certainly doesn't come close to that either. Far from being seen as a statesman, he's actually the subject of derisio... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Liberals don't get it |
| StuntmanMike |
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:50 am
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| Hurley 108 MY Liberal leader? Nope. But my point is that the CPC are up by only 16, not the 28 they needed to win a majority, or more, even with the disastrous Dion at the Liberal helm. Good point. The Conservatives should have done alot better considering the fact they are facing the weakest, most... |
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Forum: Current Events Topic: Liberals don't get it |
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:51 am
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| DerbyX wrote: Yes he did face a divided right which split the vote also but he also faced the increasingly popular NDP siphoning votes from him. Actually, that's not correct. The NDP support dropped during the 90's, from an all time high of 43 seats under Ed Broadbent in the 1988 election, to the p... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Mckenna May Take Liberal Helm |
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:44 am
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| Interesting article in today's National Post.... Former Premier Said To Be Mulling Leadership Bid If Dion Resigns OTTAWA • Frank McKenna, the former premier of New Brunswick, is said to be seriously considering a bid for the Liberal leadership should Stéphane Dion step down. “Frank still has the bug... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Tories Elect 4 Aboriginal MP's-Most of any party |
| StuntmanMike |
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:07 pm
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| During the election, Paul Martin came out of hiding to take a few jabs at the Tories for their policies towards Aboriginal Canadians. http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=1939366f-3ea5-4b4a-be81-36625c229e7f&k=62909&p=1 Interesting that in yesterday's election, the Torie... |
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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Harper's Disregard for Democracy with regards to Bill Casey |
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:39 pm
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Replies: 67
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| quote="Blue_Nose" He said it best in one of the interviews last night: this sends a very clear message that MPs represent their constituents to the government, not the other way around. C'mon Bluenose, you know this is just spin. This tired old boring argument gets trotted out by politica... |
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