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« on: October 28, 2014, 05:37:16 PM »
Is a sex change part of Trudeau's super-secret strategy to max out his appeal to women?
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 06:07:25 PM »
« Edited: October 28, 2014, 09:29:01 PM by New Canadaland »
So, it turns out the sergeant-at-arms didn't stop the shooter? The way the media picked it up is rather worrying if it wasn't true.
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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2014, 11:57:41 PM »
Quote from: Hatman on October 29, 2014, 02:54:26 PM
Oh please please please have Doug Ford run for leader of the PCs.
LOL, he may be just the red tory they're looking for.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/31/tories-need-to-be-socially-progressive-doug-ford
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2014, 08:11:56 PM »
Waiting to see whether Horwath survives as ONDP leader.
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2014, 09:01:10 PM »
« Edited: November 15, 2014, 09:04:58 PM by New Canadaland »
Horwath made the test.
https://twitter.com/spaikin/status/533769193754468352
77% is surprisingly high considering she got a similar number at the height of her popularity. I guess party members are convinced of her newfound commitment to the party base? That and the fact that there isn't a clearly better alternative.
Unfortunately I doubt Horwath's popularity (especially in the GTA) will recover to the levels she would need to be competitive in forming government. Hopefully she proves me wrong.
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2014, 11:22:26 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on November 24, 2014, 10:48:47 PM
^ Wish the dynastic culture returned to my province.
Careful what you ask for... the OLP are in a better position to create such a dynasty than the PCs. Wynne took over McGuinty's torch quite smoothly.
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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2014, 12:25:16 PM »
Holy crap.
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2014, 10:21:53 PM »
Hopefully these MPs will be gone from parliament soon.
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2014, 03:31:35 PM »
The federal liberals support STV don't they? I could easily see them considering it if they win because it would still give them a chance to obtain a majority and possibly hurt their rivals. MMP is more of an NDP thing so the liberal leaders not supporting it isn't an indication they oppose any electoral reform.
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2014, 07:42:45 PM »
Quote from: andrew_c on December 05, 2014, 07:34:44 PM
Liberal results under AV would be about a 5% boost on top of what they get now.  It's the easiest path to government for them.
According to Grenier, the NDP would get second seat-wise under a preferential ballot system, even more than under MPP, with current polling because Bloc voters preference them over Liberals = automatic orange crush in QC and in CPC-NDP fights liberals preference NDP over conservative. So most of all CPC would get screwed over at least in the short term.
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« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2014, 03:45:08 PM »
How does a party just give up like that? Wasn't Wildrose expecting to form government if they just kept at it for a decade or so?
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« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2014, 04:44:45 PM »
Is a Wildrose implosion a potential catalyst for the Libertarians to finally become relevant somewhere?
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« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2014, 11:41:13 PM »
« Edited: December 16, 2014, 11:43:17 PM by New Canadaland »
Amazing that Danielle Smith is among the crossers! She was probably screaming about their traitors not that long ago.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/danielle-smith-among-wildrose-mlas-crossing-to-alberta-pc-party-1.2875672
They may lose opposition status soon.
I don't think it's right for PC to give the crossers any power though. Seems a little shady.
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« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2015, 08:11:06 PM »
« Edited: January 16, 2015, 08:23:19 PM by New Canadaland »
Rob Ford has a surprising endorsement for Ontario PC leader.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rob-ford-backs-monte-mcnaughton-for-conservative-leadership/article22494462/

Monte McNaughton! And I thought he was a no-hoper kinda guy. Interesting that he broke from his brother Doug's endorsement of Elliott. Elliott is seen as a red tory (but has tacked on blue tory policies when it was popular) and McNaughton is on the conservative wing, opposing the new sex-ed updates and also not wanting to take a conciliatory position on unions like the other tories have.
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2015, 12:28:37 AM »
Quote from: MaxQue on January 28, 2015, 04:13:54 PM
Various news reports about Sun News (the Canadian Fox News) closing in two months if Quebecor doesn't find a buyer. They apparently lost 47 millions in three years since its launch.
Good riddance. Or should I say, welcome to hell! They provided some good tears in June but that's their sole purpose for existing.
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« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2015, 02:42:58 PM »
Some not so veiled bigotry from the Bloc Quebecois.

https://www.facebook.com/blocquebecois/photos/a.565035510197157.1073741825.289645734402804/912716315429073/?type=1



The Bloc also accuses Mulcair of being a "fundamentalist multiculturalist".
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2015, 12:16:53 AM »
Quebec separatists have evidently given up the idea of being a unifying force among Quebecers. While their new anti-minority campaign styles are unpopular with a large majority of Quebec, it lets them cling on a particular segment of voters which comprise about a quarter of Quebec's electorate, allowing them to remain on the very fringes of relevance.

And politicus: seriously?
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« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2015, 03:35:19 PM »
Wow QS!
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« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2015, 04:00:51 PM »
An election on those CROP numbers could result in a PQ minority despite being third in PV if their vote is still as efficient as before. What a mess that would be. Maybe CAQ prop up the Liberals in such a scenario.
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« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2015, 05:56:09 PM »
A strange poll on Alberta's provincial voting intentions:
http://1abvote.ca/poll-prentices-table-chat-pc-voting-intentions/

26% PC
23% NDP
21% Wildrose
20% Liberal
9% Alberta

Does the pollster have any credibility here? It doesn't seem realistic for the NDP to have a chance of winning... it should be an easy PC win, no?

It would be great news if this poll was in any way accurate. Not just because the centre/left can have a chance, but a four-way race would be a well-needed shake-up in Albertan politics.
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« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2015, 03:12:01 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on April 23, 2015, 10:51:13 AM
Yes to both questions. Though Harper had almost always led on PPM and economic management. We Quebecers know Justin far too well, it was an Ontarian fling.
It was a western/atlantic fling as well. The liberals at times were projected to have a higher percent of western seats than under Chretien's majorities. But now the liberals have gone from 1st to 3rd in BC in the last few polls. Trudeaumania has been confined to the GTA and Atlantic for now.
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« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2015, 09:15:22 PM »
I doubt the federal Greens can win in those ridings. They are too large for personal campaigns to break through. Nonetheless, the Greens will be focusing their vote like they did NB/PEI, albeit in different parts of the country like Victoria. I don't think any Atlantic ridings are high enough on their radar yet.
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« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2015, 04:10:34 PM »
What matters more than national polls is the Conservatives are polling in the low 20's in the Atlantic, around what the PCs got in their 1993 nadir when they lost every NS seat. I'd say it's vulnerable. Definitely not "L+1!!!" though.
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« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2015, 11:12:09 PM »
« Edited: June 05, 2015, 08:13:14 AM by New Canadaland »
Are conservatives seriously boycotting Tim Hortons over pulling an Enbridge ad?
http://globalnews.ca/news/2036702/tim-hortons-faces-backlash-after-yanking-enbridge-ads-from-stores/?hootPostID=fe43cf0e03c0343e7de441d2b852e7e4
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« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2015, 04:21:57 PM »
Does anyone think Duceppe's goals would be better served had he run for the PQ leadership?
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