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« Reply #125 on: March 17, 2014, 08:35:02 AM »
Confirmed that Baird will run in Nepean.
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« Reply #126 on: March 17, 2014, 08:58:56 AM »
With Deb Coyne? Also, hoping for an election next spring due to the many provincials that fall. IIRC Harper hinted as much.
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« Reply #127 on: March 17, 2014, 03:34:11 PM »
Zach Paikin is a "Liberal star?" WTF? Anyways, he's quitting his race and giving rigged nominations as his reason.
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« Reply #128 on: March 18, 2014, 03:16:14 PM »
BREAKING: Jim Flaherty has resigned. Says he's returning to the private sector.
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« Reply #129 on: March 18, 2014, 03:30:51 PM »
Quote from: Hatman on March 18, 2014, 03:24:26 PM
Wow. Who will be the Finance Minister now?

Clement is the logical choice, with an outside shot of Kenney.
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« Reply #130 on: March 18, 2014, 03:52:32 PM »
His replacement will be sworn in tomorrow.
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« Reply #131 on: March 18, 2014, 07:57:43 PM »
Looks like MacDougall was right: it will be Oliver, per CBC. Hopefully just till the election. So who replaces Oliver at Natural Resources?
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« Reply #132 on: March 18, 2014, 08:21:50 PM »
Here's the link.
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« Reply #133 on: March 19, 2014, 06:06:54 PM »
No questions. So reshuffle or more apologies IMO.
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« Reply #134 on: March 19, 2014, 06:35:12 PM »
That's the Twitterverse rumour too. I hope Albertans don't fall for this in 2016.
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« Reply #135 on: March 19, 2014, 07:11:44 PM »
Good riddance.
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« Reply #136 on: March 23, 2014, 09:27:23 AM »
Leaving aside the whitewash of how Chretien got ousted, for once I strongly agree with Kinsella. Treat caucus the way you want them to treat you.
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« Reply #137 on: March 23, 2014, 02:50:46 PM »
More Laurentian tears, though nothing Mulroney didn't say in his memoirs. 15 months from now should be interesting.
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« Reply #138 on: March 24, 2014, 08:50:00 AM »
Angus-Reid: 33/32/26 LPC among LV.

I'm sure Horwath will find an excuse for abstention.
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« Reply #139 on: March 25, 2014, 01:05:25 PM »
Insert snark, JT will have a memoir out this fall.
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« Reply #140 on: March 25, 2014, 04:56:00 PM »
His rationale when asked is that voters still have questions and want to know more about him. You don't usually see this much fluff outside of bedding stores. I liked Mulcair's line about waiting another 15 years.
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« Reply #141 on: March 25, 2014, 05:45:28 PM »
That would be rather hilarious. Chretien, Iggy and Layton all wrote pre-campaign memoirs, but they'd accomplished a lot before writing them.
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« Reply #142 on: March 25, 2014, 09:01:43 PM »
I'm sure the ghost will pop up eventually. I'll probably skim the book in a bookstore, but no purchase. I only buy prime ministerial memoirs. Wink
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« Reply #143 on: March 25, 2014, 09:59:05 PM »
Quote from: MaxQue on March 25, 2014, 09:38:40 PM
Who really wants to read boring platitudes?

Quite a few people, in this case. My guess is plenty of soft-focus stuff, not that certain media needs too much prompting.
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« Reply #144 on: March 25, 2014, 10:34:31 PM »
He's been quite consistently in the low to mid 30s since becoming leader. Throwing himself down some stairs, taking his shirt off or swearing in the House... none of those things require ghostwriters. I used the LV numbers, but eligible voters haven't changed at all since the last A-R poll. 33/28/27 now, 33/28/26 then. Still white noise till the writs are dropped, needless to say.
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« Reply #145 on: March 26, 2014, 02:39:05 PM »
Clement has reached a deal with the PEUs.
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« Reply #146 on: March 26, 2014, 07:59:35 PM »
« Edited: March 26, 2014, 08:16:13 PM by RogueBeaver »
Interesting nomination brouhaha in Oakville but doubt it amounts to much. I agree with what Bellevance said on PP: no such thing as a truly open nomination. Trudeau caused himself needless grief by pretending there was.

Fletcher wants to reopen the euthanasia debate.
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« Reply #147 on: March 27, 2014, 03:23:14 PM »
Some lying Grit hacks are trying to insinuate that Megan Leslie's a truther or promoting trutherism. No reading comprehension, since they didn't read the disclaimer.
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« Reply #148 on: March 29, 2014, 09:28:50 PM »
She didn't even discuss SSM, rather carbon taxes. One of our attack centrepieces next year on both opposition parties.

On another subject, Redford loved her opulence.
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« Reply #149 on: March 30, 2014, 01:39:41 PM »
More Gazpalooza in Ontario.
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