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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/4/2008
Canada on the brink, cont.
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I apologize if this seems a bit arcane to those accustomed to fixed election dates, two-year campaigns and three-month transitions. But what's happening in Canada is shaping up as the biggest constitutional crisis in the country's history. Remember when Jim Jeffords flipped control of the Senate ...
the-reaction.blogspot.com - 12/4/2008
Bare Naked Politics: The ongoing situation in Canada
— the-reaction.blogspot.com — By Michael J.W. Stickings I just wanted to mention that The Guardian asked me to write an... article, for it's Comment is Free section, on the turbulent political situation here in Canada (which I initially wrote about here ). It was published this ... (more) Bare Naked Politics: The ongoing situation in Canada

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Parliament shut down till Jan. 26
theglobeandmail.com - 12/4/2008
Parliament shut down till Jan. 26
— theglobeandmail.com — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has obtained Governor-General Michaëlle Jean's consent to temporarily shut down Parliament,... a move that allows him to avoid a confidence vote next week that he was expected to lose. It's a blow for the ... (more) Parliament shut down till Jan. 26

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guardian.co.uk - 12/4/2008
Michael Stickings: Canada readies itself for a political shift in Ottawa
— guardian.co.uk — Michael Stickings: This rare period of rapid political upheaval in Ottawa may be the best thing for... the country if it brings in new leadership (more) Michael Stickings: Canada readies itself for a political ...

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Canada’s Coming Coup?
The Sundries Shack — ... their greed for power, put their country right in the middle of the biggest Constitutional crisis Canada may have ever seen. The people of Canada should not settle for it. Regardless of political affiliation, the country needs to rise as one and tell the rebels that in a free nation of laws, elections are how government is decided, not fits of political pique. The people have spoken and this government is the one they have chosen. Nothing else must be allowed, for the good of Canada. Mark Steyn has a dire view of two potential outcomes that bears reading. If the rebels don’t ...

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