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« Reply #325 on: March 05, 2012, 11:13:41 AM »

New Nanos poll: Tories 36, Grits 30, Dippers 25. That Place pegs a Liberal OO and Tory minority.
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« Reply #326 on: March 05, 2012, 02:46:13 PM »

Dippers go for some nationalist showboating.

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/201203/05/01-4502646-francais-au-travail-le-npd-blame-les-autres-partis.php
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« Reply #327 on: March 05, 2012, 03:20:25 PM »

Robocalls, OAS, F-35. Now if someone can explain why the Grits voted against the Jordanian FTA... thx.
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« Reply #328 on: March 05, 2012, 03:36:39 PM »

Nanos is a Tory pollster, and has been an outlier for a while. Always shows bad numbers for the NDP.
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« Reply #329 on: March 05, 2012, 03:48:25 PM »

QP should have a different tone with Mulcair in LOTO's seat. Personally I'm waiting for the Grits to retake second place in the polls.
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« Reply #330 on: March 05, 2012, 05:21:55 PM »

BC teachers go on strike.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/05/b-c-schools-shut-down-across-the-province-as-teachers-begin-strike/
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« Reply #331 on: March 07, 2012, 05:34:17 PM »

QP has been the same this week, so I'll only update if something different happens.

1) Harper v. Turmel, we all know who wins that one.

2) Pat Martin gets up and acts entirely in character.

3) Del Maestro gets up and acts entirely in character.

4) Boulerice or Angus fire off a robocall question.

5) Poilievre or Del Maestro give either nonsequiturs or sarcastic barbs in response.

6) Rae scores a hit on Harper. Sometimes Harper scores back, but that hasn't happened since pre-Vikileaks.

7) Peter Julian asks an economic question. Always a draw with whichever Tory answers.

8] Either veterans' or fisheries issues are raised by their respective critics.

9) White noise from Dipper poteaux.

10) Miscellaneous questions from various opposition MPs.

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« Reply #332 on: March 08, 2012, 10:39:59 AM »

Air Canada strike? What Air Canada strike?

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Government%2Bappears%2Bpoised%2Bprevent%2BCanada%2Bstrike/6267915/story.html
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« Reply #333 on: March 08, 2012, 12:06:59 PM »

Le Match will be nationally televised.

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2012/03/20120307-174840.html
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« Reply #334 on: March 08, 2012, 12:46:22 PM »

Joe Volpe is accusing Conservatives of registering at least 2700 false electors in Eglinton-Lawrence last election.
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« Reply #335 on: March 08, 2012, 12:53:24 PM »

Let the judge handle that. We don't know a) if it's true b) if they voted, and c) it wouldn't change the outcome.

Excellent news.

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/344550/engorgement-du-systeme-d-immigration-la-solution-d-ottawa-ne-fait-pas-l-unanimite

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201203/08/01-4503632-plus-de-pouvoirs-denquete-reclames-pour-elections-canada.php
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« Reply #336 on: March 08, 2012, 12:59:50 PM »

Which brings me to a larger point raised by, IIRC, Chantal Hebert: all these allegations make it hard to separate wheat from chaff. Right now the only wheat is in Guelph.
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« Reply #337 on: March 08, 2012, 01:39:17 PM »

Not than I care about Joe Volpe. I think I prefer a Conservative over a fake Liberal like Volpe.

I have a strong dislike of this man.
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« Reply #338 on: March 08, 2012, 01:53:45 PM »

Volpe is just "meh" to me. If any GTA Liberal were to come back, I'd take Kennedy and/or Hall Findlay. No one else.

Air Canada: Meh. I don't think airlines are an absolutely essential service, but I wouldn't be upset if Raitt kept the planes flying.

Immigration: Keep it coming.

Le Match: I'm rooting for Trudeau, but I don't think this is nearly the BFD media's making it out to be. 'Tis for charity, people.
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« Reply #339 on: March 08, 2012, 02:37:36 PM »

Air Canada lockout starts Monday.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/air-canada-to-lock-out-pilots/article2362836/
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« Reply #340 on: March 08, 2012, 05:28:57 PM »

Scratch that, Raitt's referring it to the IRB.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Government%2Bappears%2Bpoised%2Bprevent%2BCanada%2Bstrike/6267915/story.html
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« Reply #341 on: March 08, 2012, 10:35:35 PM »

Excellent.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/03/08/pierre-poutine-robocalls/

http://www.canada.com/life/Sweeping%2BTory%2Bbudget%2Bplans%2Bbreathtaking%2Bscope%2BTandt/6273161/story.html

 
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« Reply #342 on: March 09, 2012, 03:13:18 PM »

Alas, this will have to be the norm because we'll never get an RTW law.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/03/09/air-canada-harper.html
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« Reply #343 on: March 10, 2012, 03:36:31 PM »
« Edited: March 10, 2012, 03:38:53 PM by RogueBeaver »

Dual messaging? Cause that's not what Flaherty's saying.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/10/pol-tony-clement-march-budget-culture-shift.html

Agreed, and very regrettable.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Where%2BConservatives/6280804/story.html

My already-favourable opinion of Diane Finley increases weekly.

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Feds%2Bwant%2Bprivate%2Bsector%2Bplug%2Bholes%2Bsocial%2Bsafety/6282478/story.html


In case no one saw last week, Trudeau gave his tacit approval to Charest's tuition hike.
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« Reply #344 on: March 10, 2012, 03:59:19 PM »

Surprise!

The Conservative Party isn't conservative, it is neoliberal.

And while I have respect for conservatism, I have no for neoliberalism.
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« Reply #345 on: March 10, 2012, 04:21:45 PM »

Surprise!

The Conservative Party isn't conservative, it is neoliberal.

And while I have respect for conservatism, I have no for neoliberalism.

Coyne's article bemoaned Harper/Flaherty's deficit spending, it wasn't a Red Tory lament. Brison does the same thing whenever he gets an opportunity in the House.
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« Reply #346 on: March 10, 2012, 04:41:19 PM »

I know.

But at least, that ideology is coherent. Downsize the state, make people "more responsible". It is coherent, at least and I can see their point.

Neoliberalism is taxing more the poor and taxing less or even subsising the rich. It isn't even an ideology, it is rich people using their political infuence to get richer.
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« Reply #347 on: March 11, 2012, 08:26:28 AM »

More like a weird hybrid of reactionary neoliberalism, but whatev.
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« Reply #348 on: March 12, 2012, 01:34:15 AM »

The Liberal Party is of course Canada's conservative party.
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« Reply #349 on: March 12, 2012, 01:44:12 AM »

In non political news, Ontario wins the Brier! Smiley
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