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« Reply #2400 on: December 19, 2013, 04:47:31 PM »

Northern Gateway approved...with 209 (!!!) conditions. Over to you, BC Grits.
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« Reply #2401 on: December 19, 2013, 06:05:29 PM »
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Did I really call Julian's refusal? Good lord.

Of course pundits will spin this into a general "no one wants to be NDP leader!" narrative, but it's more subtle than it looks. The executive until the 2013 election was still ran by brass from the Clark days (Sihota, Dix) and for good reason. But it has been fifteen years, and people like the federal MPs are nowhere near that group. Julian was a community activist; Donnelly environmental. They're closer to Green MLA Andrew Weaver than anything.

In wake of the election, the 90s generation have a candidate; Mike Farnworth, who ran last election on a credibility platform. You're going to hear party members say he'll be coronated, but who knows? That the BCNDP has not been able to articulate a winning coalition means no one knows what the ideal candidate should be.


EDIT: Kennedy Stewart (MP Burnaby-Douglas) is still thinking. But this is more out of necessity, since Burnaby North-Seymour next election will screw him hard.
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« Reply #2402 on: December 19, 2013, 06:17:09 PM »
« Edited: December 19, 2013, 06:22:59 PM by RogueBeaver »

Harper's year-end interview with Postmedia. His TV interviews will air later tonight, Global and TVA.

Here's the Global one.
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« Reply #2403 on: December 19, 2013, 07:58:34 PM »

Did I really call Julian's refusal? Good lord.

Of course pundits will spin this into a general "no one wants to be NDP leader!" narrative, but it's more subtle than it looks. The executive until the 2013 election was still ran by brass from the Clark days (Sihota, Dix) and for good reason. But it has been fifteen years, and people like the federal MPs are nowhere near that group. Julian was a community activist; Donnelly environmental. They're closer to Green MLA Andrew Weaver than anything.

In wake of the election, the 90s generation have a candidate; Mike Farnworth, who ran last election on a credibility platform. You're going to hear party members say he'll be coronated, but who knows? That the BCNDP has not been able to articulate a winning coalition means no one knows what the ideal candidate should be.


EDIT: Kennedy Stewart (MP Burnaby-Douglas) is still thinking. But this is more out of necessity, since Burnaby North-Seymour next election will screw him hard.

He doesn't have to run in Burnaby-Seymour, I think they can all shuffle around to have at least marginal ridings to defend.
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« Reply #2404 on: December 19, 2013, 08:04:54 PM »


Not everyone has ipolitics accounts, not even us EKOS employees. Tongue

Here is the full results: http://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2013/12/political-landscape-freezes-with-winter-cold-december-19-2013/

(No accolades, I didn't work on this one)
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« Reply #2405 on: December 19, 2013, 08:07:32 PM »

In theory, I'd like to see the reaction if Tories had a plurality of seats but not a plurality of votes. Not that the latter matters...
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« Reply #2406 on: December 20, 2013, 10:43:05 AM »

Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that prostitution laws are unconstitutional! (Despite a majority of the court being Harper appointees)

Good decision in my opinion.
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« Reply #2407 on: December 20, 2013, 12:24:59 PM »

Parliament will ban it in a way that complies with the ruling. Personally I don't have a strong opinion either way.

Here's the year-end At Issue.


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« Reply #2408 on: December 20, 2013, 02:24:47 PM »

Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that prostitution laws are unconstitutional! (Despite a majority of the court being Harper appointees)

Good decision in my opinion.

Well, it fits with the ultra-libertarian patterns of the Court. Prostitution is a very complicated issue, through, so I'll retain from commenting further.
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« Reply #2409 on: December 23, 2013, 11:22:47 AM »

Polling roundup for 2013, and Vito Rizzuto has died.
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« Reply #2410 on: December 23, 2013, 11:28:51 AM »

So, when was the last year a non-Tory party led the average of all polls done in the year? 2004 or 2005?
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« Reply #2411 on: December 23, 2013, 11:35:08 AM »

2004 I'd guess, though probably not by much given the seesaw nature of that Parliament.
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« Reply #2412 on: December 24, 2013, 07:11:06 PM »

No, this is not The Onion. Worse than the perennial attempts to inject linguistic politics into hockey.
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« Reply #2413 on: December 24, 2013, 07:42:54 PM »

Dear God.  Next time we have a "best joke party" poll, the PQ better be included. 

I feel so sorry for everyone who has to live in a province where these clowns are taken seriously.
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« Reply #2414 on: December 24, 2013, 08:57:55 PM »


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  Does the French language not have the same negative connotations of idiocy with the turkey bird that English does.  I wouldn't think that they would want to suggest that Bill 60 is a turkey.
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« Reply #2415 on: December 24, 2013, 09:09:13 PM »

Following on their earlier poster.



Here's the guide.

On a related note, Marois said recently that the budget may not come down till April instead of the usual March. Confidence vote would be about a week afterwards. As with Ontario, expect the third party to be trigger shy until they aren't. Saves everyone the letdown.
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« Reply #2416 on: December 25, 2013, 02:29:03 AM »


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A turkey indeed have negative connatations, but, most likely, given the time of year, people will think of the food.
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« Reply #2417 on: December 25, 2013, 03:51:24 PM »

It's tradition in Canada to eat turkey on Christmas. It's removed enough from Thanksgiving (which is in early October) so as to not be repetitive.
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« Reply #2418 on: December 27, 2013, 08:51:22 AM »

NP is right about Harper's protectionist follies. Meanwhile the MB NDP is tanking to quarter-century lows, even in Winnipeg. PCs lead 41/29. I doubt any OLP will be handcuffed before spring.
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« Reply #2419 on: December 27, 2013, 09:02:07 AM »

Oh, the perpetual noices from the free traders wanting to destroy Canadian agriculture on the altar of ideology. Sure, prices may be lower, but how much person will grow poorer because of it?
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« Reply #2420 on: December 27, 2013, 09:08:42 AM »

A few thousand farmers in a handful of what are for Tories safe or irrelevant ridings, as MHF pointed out in her paper. I don't really see the political risk for Harper.
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« Reply #2421 on: December 27, 2013, 10:19:53 PM »

Hebert's 5 to watch: Wynne, Marois, Harper, Kenney, Wright. Maybe she should've swapped Wynne with Horwath, since Horwath will decide whether or not the OLP runs its full term.
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« Reply #2422 on: December 28, 2013, 08:12:35 PM »

Flanagan has a flippant blurb on Chong's bill, while also calling the Oz/NZ caucus leadership system "Third World antics." Ugh.

The author of PET's charter likes Marois'.
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« Reply #2423 on: December 28, 2013, 08:31:54 PM »

It's tradition in Canada to eat turkey on Christmas. It's removed enough from Thanksgiving (which is in early October) so as to not be repetitive.

Poor Canadian turkeys...
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« Reply #2424 on: December 30, 2013, 12:51:35 PM »

Interesting year-end # from Nanos and Ipsos.

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