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Another election promise broken. Conservatives went to man in black and great lengths for income-trust secret Cryptic e-mails, cellphone confiscations, and a no-nonsense security agent in a black suit helped Prime Minister Stephen Harper keep a tight lid on his income-trust announcement. Determined ...

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Why is it called the World Series when all but one team is in the US? St. Louis, are not World Champions like the TV and Commissioner state. Japan are the World Champions. St. Louis is nothing but the American champions. It is just typical americam arrogance that they say "World Champions"...

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Harper strikes back The Liberals and the Conservatives held duelling press conferences on Parliament Hill on Thursday in what appears to be pre-election posturing. With the opposition parties flexing their muscles in the House, the Senate and in committees, the Liberals and Conservatives have spent...

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One of Canada's most outspoken political leaders is giving Stephen Harper a B grade for his performance so far as prime minister. As far as Ralph Klein is concerned, Harper's major failing is in the department of media relations. "I believe some of the things he's done are good... but his rela...

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Ignatieff's former co-chair joins rival's Liberal leadership campaign The former co-chair of Michael Ignatieff's leadership campaign in Toronto is now endorsing chief rival Bob Rae. Thornhill MP Susan Kadis says she switched to Rae, a former Ontario NDP premier, because he's experienced and shares ...

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The government House leader is denying the minority Conservative government is losing its control of the House of Commons. Speaking to reporters after Wednesday's Tory caucus meeting, Government House Leader Rob Nicholson said despite recent setbacks the government is still "moving ahead"...

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Stephen Harper is wading into a bitter dispute over a key Conservative crime-fighting bill, warning opposition parties they’ll pay a price at the polls if they persist in thwarting the measure. At issue is legislation that would curb the power of judges to sentence convicted criminals to house arre...

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Canada doesn't practise what it preaches in early childhood care: experts Countries around the world need to make early childhood education a higher priority according to a United Nations report released Thursday, and child advocates say Canada is no exception. In its annual report on education in ...

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Alberta's shoot-from-the-lip Premier Ralph Klein says federal Liberal leadership candidate Bob Rae is a "dumb politician." Klein, never one to mince words during his 14-year term, told the Sun yesterday that "education bears no relationship to intelligence" and that for all his ...

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A proposed law that would make it illegal for companies to hire so-called scab workers during labour disputes took a giant step closer to becoming a reality Wednesday. The House of Commons voted 167 to 101 today in favour of a private member’s bill on replacement workers, which would represent a se...

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Do you think Kennedy could beat Harper?

I would say yes, I wonder if the big Liberal names are regretting not running now?

But even I did not see the tories collapsing as much as they are now. Whoever wins the Liberal will be the next PM after the next election.

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This story sure has a lot of steam. Sexism charge dogs Peter MacKay Peter MacKay's attempt to cool the controversy over his alleged sexist slur against Belinda Stronach has only succeeded in heating things up. Now, instead of calls for an apology, the foreign affairs minister is facing demands for h...

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The Canadian government has lodged a complaint with the Bush administration over a Republican election ad that belittles Canada as a global freeloader. Canada's ambassador to Washington registered his displeasure over a Senate election ad from Tennessee that implied Canada doesn't pull its weight i...

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Canada's sharp pro-Israeli turn under Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks damaging the country's historic standing as a neutral arbiter in the Middle East peace process, the head of the Arab League said in an interview. Amr Moussa, the Arab League's long-time secretary-general, said he has been dis...

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Kennedy, Dion camps hold talks The outlines of a political alliance that could overtake Liberal leadership frontrunner Michael Ignatieff at next month's convention are beginning to take shape. Yesterday, Mark Holland, MP for Ajax-Pickering and Ontario chair for Gerard Kennedy's campaign, told the T...

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Opposition parties are accusing Stephen Harper's self-proclaimed government of openness and transparency of muzzling federal officials and muffling free speech. Three senior bureaucrats sent e-mails this week saying they could not appear Tuesday to discuss budget cuts before the House of Commons co...

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Green Party leader Elizabeth May says it would be "classy" if she was allowed to run unopposed by the governing party in the coming by-elections, as the Liberals allowed Stephen Harper to do when he was a new leader facing a Calgary by-election in 2002. Former Liberal leadership candidate...

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After the past week in Ottawa signs are beginning to appear that Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be losing his tight grip on his caucus. Since the winter election campaign, Canada's "new government," as they like to call themselves, has been primarily a one-man show. The previous break ...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, defying opinion polls that suggest his Conservatives are slipping in the key battlegrounds of Ontario and Quebec, yesterday called a pair of by-elections for Nov. 27 to fill vacant Commons seats in both provinces. Harper announced the by-elections in London North Cent...

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A funny thing happened on the way to a comic spoof at 24 Sussex Drive this weekend. An Ottawa photographer was hired, then un-hired to work with TV comedian Rick Mercer in a sketch at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's residence. He was let go from the assignment, he was told, because he'd been "...

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Provinces want money to back clean-air efforts Canada's two biggest provinces are upset that the Conservative clean air plan doesn't mention multi-million-dollar promises made by the previous Liberal government to help curb air pollution. Ontario and Quebec say they expect the Tories to pay up. The...

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Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe says he is willing to force an election if the minority Conservative government doesn't deal with the so-called fiscal imbalance in the next federal budget. The threat comes as a new poll suggests that support for the Conservatives in Quebec is eroding fast. Ott...

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Decima Oct 16,2006

CPC 32
Lib 30
NDP 15
Bloc 11
Grn 10

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I notice too, the Greens are 5% higher in this poll.

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Harper and Porna don't "get" anything and that is the problem. Both are totally incompetent. Provinces want money to back clean-air efforts Canada's two biggest provinces are upset that the Conservative clean air plan doesn't mention multi-million-dollar promises made by the previous Liber...

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Wow that is one crappy plan. Well it is really no plan at all. Seems like a total free for all for four years, especially for the Oil Patch. Porna is on Politics now, trying to explain this so called programme which is basically just consulting for four more years. All she is talking about is we don...

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Wal-Mart opened two Canadian stores Wednesday that feature fresh produce, launching a battle that its supermarket competitors have long been dreading. The Wal-Mart stores, one in London, Ont., and the other just outside Hamilton in Ancaster, Ont., are actually expansions of existing Wal-Mart stores...

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Former prime minister Paul Martin won approval in principle Wednesday for a private member's bill aimed at resurrecting his cherished Kelowna accord. Martin's bill, which would compel the Harper government to implement the $5.1-billion aboriginal pact, passed 159-123 with the support of Liberal, Ne...

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The social safety net in British Columbia is going to collapse unless it get billions of dollars in additional government funding, says the executive director of the Federation of Child and Family Services of B.C. Speaking to the legislature's finance committee in Victoria on Monday, Craig Meredith...

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Ottawa and St. John's appeared to be headed for a new round of hostilities over the weekend as Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams clashed with visiting Prime Minister Stephen Harper over equalization and the development of offshore oil and gas fields. The weekend started cordially, with Mr. Harper...

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They are sinking and will sink faster once libs get a new leader and once the Bloc gets more support in the polls, there wil be an election and Harper and the rest of his toadies will get the boot. Compared to past PM's Harper never really got thathuge bump in the polls after the election either. He...

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They sure do not want to upset their Alberta base, maybe it is "revenge" for the NEP? As they are going after Ontario's auto industry hard but ignore the dirty stinky polluting oil patch.

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They had that arse Chuck Strohl on Politics today. Basically he is dumber than a sack of potato's.

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This is no surprise the Kleinites would do this: Alberta spent $1M to undermine Canadian Wheat Board The provincial NDP has released documents showing the Alberta government spent $1 million over fours years on a campaign to undermine the Canadian Wheat Board. Premier Ralph Klein's government has be...

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Canada's small political parties will share around $500,000 after an Ontario Superior Court judge struck down a law that allowed federal parties to be paid $1.75 per vote they received only if they took more than two per cent of the vote. The law ensured big political parties took home lots of publ...

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Tories' wheat board plan carries political risks Alan Skardal has voted for the federal Conservatives for more than 30 years, but insists the ballot he cast for them last Jan. 23 was his last. The grain and cattle farmer from Baldur, Man., says his commitment never wavered despite Tory-supported ag...

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"Porna" Ambrose touts soon-to-be released Clean Air Act Just ahead of the release of the federal government's Clean Air Act, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose pledged the legislation will include mandatory greenhouse gas emissions regulations for all industries. Ambrose appeared on CTV's ...

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Good Riddance. I am more confident than ever he will lose the next election, then the backstabbers will come out and force him to resign as leader.

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The sooner they are booted the better. They have so many useless twits........

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She is dense and stupid and has no qualifications whatsoever for the job. Spreading misinformation is what Porna and Stevie do best.

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Labrador communities fear losing net connection Residents of isolated communities along the Labrador coast fear they may lose vital connections to the internet. The federal government announced last week that its participation in the cost-shared Community Access Program will end in December, as par...

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Klein gives Harper a 'B' for performance as PM

Liberal Leadership

Tories deny they're losing control of the House

Opposition will pay electoral price for stance on crime,

Childcare Failure

Klein calls Rae dumb

MPs back anti-scab bill- not tories though

Peter Mackay has gone to the dogs

Republican ad chides Canada

Arab League takes Harper to task on Israel

Kennedy, Dion camps hold talks

Tories accused of 'censoring' officials

Harper losing his tight grip

Pair of by-elections called for Nov. 27

Photographer bumped from job at 24 Sussex

Bloc's Duceppe threatens Tories over imbalance

Wal-Mart kicks off 'fresh' supermarket showdown

Martin bill to revive Kelowna accord approved in principle

B.C. government urged to increase social spending

The Rock proves a hard place for Harpe

Votes for small federal parties now worth $1.75

Tories' wheat board plan carries political risks

Porna touts soon-to-be released Clean Air Act

Labrador communities fear losing net connection