conservative.ca - 12/2/2008
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On October 14, 2008 Canadians rendered a clear judgment in the Federal Election. Stephen Harper and the Conservatives promised strong, certain leadership to protect Canada’s future in a time of unprecedented turmoil. Canadians passed judgment on Stephen Harper when they awarded the Conservative ...
cbc.ca - 12/1/2008
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cbc.ca —
Liberal caucus members agreed unanimously on Monday that
Stéphane Dion will stay on to lead a Liberal-NDP...
coalition, after the two parties reached a tentative agreement to replace the minority Conservative government.
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Dion to lead Liberal-NDP coalition, Liberals confirm
the-reaction.blogspot.com - 12/4/2008
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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 ...
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Bare Naked Politics: The ongoing situation in Canada
guardian.co.uk - 12/4/2008
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Kevin Grandia: Canada takes over where Obama refused to go
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... on the heated rhetoric and divisive-style of politics that Obama refused to engage in south of the border in the recent US election.
Many would say it was Obama's unwillingness to "go there" that won him the presidency.
Unfortunately, Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party in Canada - well known allies of the Republicans and George W. Bush - are in a the fight of their political lives right now and are taking over from where Obama refused to go.
The Conservative Party's most recent press release is filled with the kind of divisive language and ...
I Did
Newshoggers.com —
... With the odds of a Liberal-NDP coalition government looking better and better, it is somewhat amusing to look at the language coming out from the. C.P.O.C spin masters Basically a long whine about how the dastardly, power-hungry, socialist, separatist opposition is launching some sort of coup against Canadian voters. Boiled down out of the ...
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Prorogued —
Daimnation!
Harper buys more time for the coalition to tear itself apart :
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has granted a request from Stephen Harper to suspend Parliament until late next month, a move that avoids a confidence vote set for Monday that could have toppled his minority government.
"Following my ...
The Prorogation of Parliament by the Coward Stephen Harper —
The Reaction
By Grace This morning, Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean to ask for a prorogation of Parliament. It was granted. As I said in a previous post , this is the most selfish and cowardly option that Harper could have pursued. Rather than face the impending ...
Canada wants History Paliamentary Coalition Government —
Politicol News
Stephen Dion, Liberal on the left Stephen Harper, Conservative on the Right In Canada politics is not history making very often and neither is it on the minds of Canadians today, as the economy is of the upper most importance similar to the USA. Canadians went to the polls just six weeks ago ...
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Buelph Mercury;Frank Valeriote does not favour a coalition government and instead hopes Prime Minister Stephen Harper can work toward rescuing the Canadian economy. “I believe in working toward a solution, not working toward a coalition,” Guelph’s Liberal MP said Wednesday....
Jumping ship —
Daimnation!
One Liberal MP isn't enthusiastic about the would-be coalition:
Frank Valeriote does not favour a coalition government and instead hopes Prime Minister Stephen Harper can work toward rescuing the Canadian economy.
I believe in working toward a solution, not working toward a coalition, ...
Prime Minister... Dion? —
The Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings Over the weekend, Grace noted that "there [were] rumblings that two of [Canada's federal] opposition parties, the Liberals and New Democrats, [were] in the process of brokering a deal to throw out the Tories and form a coalition government with the support of the ...
Harper blinks —
Daimnation!
As the Chronicle-Herald 's Stephen Maher put it, Harper is usually playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers - but this time , he was playing chess while everyone else was playing hockey:
After 24 hours of peering into a yawning political abyss, the Harper government stepped back ...
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