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« Reply #1500 on: June 18, 2013, 03:07:16 PM »

Another "anti-corruption crusader" bites the dust as he turns out to be a corrupt crook. Good riddance.

It's hilarious how often that turns out to be the case, isn't it? One of the classics is still Swansea in the 1970s, of course: corruption scandals saw an entrenched Labour administration lose power in 1977 to a group of heroic anti-corruption independents. It soon emerged that many of these heroic anti-corruption independents were the same local businessmen who had been bribing members of the previous administration...
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« Reply #1501 on: June 18, 2013, 03:52:21 PM »

Add Eve Adams to the list of traffic offenders, fined $150 last week for driving while on the cell.
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« Reply #1502 on: June 18, 2013, 05:27:32 PM »

Who will be Montreal mayor now? Or will Cowell-Poitras just serve as acting mayor until the Fall?
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« Reply #1503 on: June 18, 2013, 06:06:03 PM »

Dunno, council will probably vote on another interim appointment.
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« Reply #1504 on: June 18, 2013, 07:29:57 PM »

Unanimous vote to adjourn for the summer! Cheesy First convention, then shuffle. Whew.
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« Reply #1505 on: June 18, 2013, 07:42:10 PM »

Unanimous vote to adjourn for the summer! Cheesy First convention, then shuffle. Whew.

Thank goodness!

Went on youtube to look up a clip from the 2011 election debates and made the mistake of reading the comments. How unedifying Tongue.
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« Reply #1506 on: June 18, 2013, 08:10:07 PM »

Senate will remain in session for another 2 weeks to pass remaining legislation. As for the convention, the most contentious resolutions will be barred or admitted behind closed doors so I don't expect any fireworks.
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« Reply #1507 on: June 19, 2013, 09:52:17 AM »

Bob Rae is about to announce his retirement. Also posted this in the by-elections thread for obvious reasons. Tongue
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« Reply #1508 on: June 19, 2013, 10:31:23 AM »

Rae and Trudeau's presser was pretty emotional. But there's more news: Montreal City Council will choose a new interim mayor next Tuesday, and Option Nationale leader Jean-Martin Aussant is leaving politics. Wonder if the party folds. Trudeau said he's told the Liberal senators to vigorously oppose C-377, so LeBreton will have to ram it through in the next 2 weeks.
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« Reply #1509 on: June 19, 2013, 11:15:31 AM »

If the Quebec construction strike doesn't end in 2 weeks they'll be legislated back to work. CAQ will back the PQ. I assume the PLQ will as well, should it come to that.
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« Reply #1510 on: June 19, 2013, 01:07:49 PM »
« Edited: June 19, 2013, 01:20:15 PM by Leftbehind »

More capitalist freedom for workers.
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« Reply #1511 on: June 19, 2013, 03:50:35 PM »

More capitalist freedom for workers.

Construction workers aren't poor, really. They have very good conditions. Anyways, we have no proof than the workers are backing the strike, as the system is totally biaised. Workers vote for an union every 2 years and the leadership may do as they want. A general strike just needs the agreement of the leadership of unions having a weight of 50%. There is no consultation of the workers.

And I can see why the government wants to force it back, since all construction industry is paralysed, which can be quite problematic, as you can see.
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« Reply #1512 on: June 19, 2013, 11:20:00 PM »

ON leader, Jean-Martin Aussan, resigned as leader and left political life.

Also, a CROP poll in Quebec. (http://www.lapresse.ca/fichiers/4663151/perception.pdf)

Marois approval: 28-68
PLQ 38, PQ 25, CAQ 22, QS 11, ON 4

Harper approval: 26-72
Liberals 42, NDP 32, Bloc 15, Conservatives 8, Greens 3
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« Reply #1513 on: June 20, 2013, 06:36:34 AM »

Kind of surprised that Harper's approval rate is that high in Quebec.
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« Reply #1514 on: June 20, 2013, 06:55:31 AM »

Especially since only 8% of Quebecers support the Tories per CROP. Whose crosstabs are a bit interesting: Montreal and the couronne (plus Francos as a whole) remain a tossup, but the Liberals lead in Quebec City and have a big 47-30 lead in ROQ. Provincially the PLQ leads in all regions except the tied couronne. Depends on vote splits but they'd probably hypothetically win with that breakdown IMO. PQ needs ROQ and couronne. Also LOL @ Marois being last for best premier, behind undecided. Tongue

Funke suggests the shuffle might be the week of July 8. Makes sense, that's when Harper did the mini-shuffle last year.
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« Reply #1515 on: June 20, 2013, 05:58:33 PM »

Well, if we head back to around the time that the CAQ was formed, everyone knew that Marois was never going to make a good premier. Tongue
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« Reply #1516 on: June 20, 2013, 06:50:09 PM »
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RCMP is seizing the election returns of 9 Tory MPs in the Duffy investigation, and they're also formally investigating Mac Harb.

More polls: Leger's federal pegs LPC 37, CPC 29, NDP 21. 46-26-15-8 in Quebec.
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« Reply #1517 on: June 21, 2013, 01:47:23 AM »

That's quite the  flood evac going on in Calgary right now.
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« Reply #1518 on: June 21, 2013, 01:58:53 AM »

That's quite the  flood evac going on in Calgary right now.

Haha, tell me about it.  It's at times like this that I'm thankful that I live on fairly high ground, and away from the rivers.  But I was down at the reservoir tonight, the water is much higher than normal and lots more is rushing in from the north.  The dam's going to overflow soon, I just hope that people in the evac areas heeded the warnings. 

Tomorrow's going to be unusual too, it's the first day since I moved to Calgary 11 years ago that things got serious enough for the downtown core and all the schools to close.
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« Reply #1519 on: June 21, 2013, 09:56:27 AM »


That's baaaaaddd for the NDP.
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« Reply #1520 on: June 21, 2013, 09:57:00 AM »

Ashfield is leaving Cabinet due to Hodgkin's lymphoma. Best of luck in a speedy recovery. The article also suggests late June for the shuffle- I doubt that it happens before the convention myself, and most other sources say the week of July 10. Maybe Ivison or Fife will let us know on Sunday...
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« Reply #1521 on: June 21, 2013, 10:25:37 AM »

So much for my Banff vacation.  Would have arrived today Sad
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« Reply #1522 on: June 21, 2013, 10:35:12 AM »

There are 1200 troops deploying as we speak alongside numerous air assets. Tory convention was scheduled for Calgary next week, might be rescheduled or moved to another location.
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« Reply #1523 on: June 21, 2013, 11:36:35 AM »

There are 1200 troops deploying as we speak alongside numerous air assets. Tory convention was scheduled for Calgary next week, might be rescheduled or moved to another location.

it's funny how you refer to it as "the convention" as if it's the only convention ever Tongue


Those wouldn't be bad numbers if it were 2010 Wink

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« Reply #1524 on: June 21, 2013, 11:43:26 AM »

Context and all that. Tongue More seriously, Harper is enroute to Calgary to tour the flood damage with Redford.
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